Royal fascination continues May 8, 2012
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Aussies will be flocking to London for the key weekend of celebrations for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in June.
Leading online travel agent travel.com.au says its bookings for London are up more than 70 per cent on last year for the long weekend of June 2-5, when London will be alive with royal events.
Brits have been granted a four-day weekend to celebrate 60 years of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign and events will include a pageant of up to 1000 boats on the Thames, a concert at Buckingham Palace (tickets no longer available), an arts festival in Battersea Park, a Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral and a carriage procession of the royal family, with a Royal Air Force flypast.
The general manager of travel.com.au, Renee Welsh, says (more…)
Another year gone! December 20, 2011
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Season’s Greetings to all.
Thanks for staying with me in 2011 and I’ll be back in January with the key travel trends for 2012.
Wishing you all safe and happy holidays.
Starwood tells TripAdvisor to stick it November 10, 2011
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Starwood Hotels & Resorts is taking on TripAdvisor by encouraging travellers to rate and review its hotels on its own websites. Many other hotel groups are now integrating TripAdvisor into their websites but Starwood, which includes brands such as Sheraton, Westin and Le Meridien, has opted to go it alone.
The company claims reviews posted on its site will be “real, authenticated reviews” a clear shot at TripAdvisor, which is often accused of failing to ensure the reviews posted on its site are genuine. Travellers will only be able to write a review by entering their reservation name or loyalty program number, making it almost impossible to lodge a fake review.
Those reading the reviews will be able to (more…)
Which country am I in, again? October 28, 2011
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Travellers have long joked about not knowing what country you’re waking up in on a Contiki tour but the company is fighting back with a new range of slower-paced trips for those who want to see more.
Rather than racing through as many countries as possible in a given time, those who choose the “Easy Pace” tours spend two or three nights in each city, staying in comfortable hotels and with later starts on most days. Contiki has 16 Easy Pace tours in its 2012-2013 Europe program, including an eight-day tour of Italy and a 13-day trip to the Greek Islands.
The managing director of Contiki Holidays, Fiona Hunt, says the trips are aimed at the upper end of (more…)
