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Titan Tours – Special deals and offers.
Global Holidays is delighted to announce that we have now started selling Titan Tours. A Titan Travel escorted tour is a wonderful, unforgettable holiday. Instead of a single destination, you will experience the many highlights of a particular country or region in the most convenient way. The itinerary has already been expertly planned with your …
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Review of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Movie
I went to see a really good movie this week. It was The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel starring Judy Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith and Dev Patel as well as several other well known actors. With a strong cast and an excellent Indian setting it’s about a group of ageing people who find themselves on…
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How to make a simple You Tube video
There are several ways to make a You Tube video. You can use a video camera or webcam to film yourself, you can use screen capture software or you can use PowerPoint slides. The video you see below was made using PowerPoint slides and here is how I did it. 1. Produce your slides in…
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Don’t go abroad says Stephen Fry and Visit Britain but he does!
Two of the Global Holidays team were at the cinema last night ! They, however, didn’t get to see the whole film that they went to see. They were at a showing of the The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, which they say was excellent, but they didn’t get to see the last 20 minutes of…
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Thomas Cook Airlines Call Centre is a joke!
Thomas Cook Airlines call centre is a joke! We need to speak to someone at Thomas Cook about a medical request for a customer and we have been trying for several days to get through. Every time we call we spend several minutes pressing numbers to get through to the correct department only to be…
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A thousand Greek hotels put up for sale
According to a report in today’s Sunday Times, as many as 1,000 Greek hotels are expected to close or be put up for sale in the next few weeks as owners fight for survival in the face of the massive economic downturn in Greece and reduced bookings. Visitors from Germany are down nearly 30% as…
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Cycling coast to coast
Have you ever wanted to cycle the UK’s Coast to Coast (C2C) cycling route? This is an ambition of one or two of our team here at Global Holidays, but so far we have never found the time! That’s not a good excuse if you really do want to do something but you do need to…
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Focus on California – the Best Places to Spot Celebrities
The US state of California is one of the most well known destinations in the world. It is home to Hollywood, has miles of sandy beaches and the state has some of the world’s most iconic cities. But California is not just about these things. There are hidden gems waiting to be discovered in Los…
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Over 55’s want to dance on tabletops on holiday!
New research has revealed that the over 55 age group don’t just want holidays on the beach or holidays to cultural destinations. Instead, it seems that the over 55’s are heading to the party destinations like Ibiza and Faliraki. Even a holiday to the party capital of South America, Rio de Janeiro is high up…
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Fray Bentos Pies and Sean Bean
You might wonder what Fray Bentos pies and Sean Bean have in common! Sean Bean was a guest on last Saturday’s Jonathan Ross Show and he was talking about how he flew out 60 Fray Bentos pies whilst he was shooting a film on location somewhere abroad. Now, I don’t mind a good quality pie myself on…
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Me, 36 students and the Eiffel Tower !
Paris was very cold last week. The daytime temperature was -8C and the windchill made it a bone chilling -15c and that was during the day! I’ve just come back from a short break in Paris with 36 travel and tourism students from Leeds City College. It was my job along with 2 other college tutors…