Dundee is transforming its waterfront, to draw visitors in. Adrian looks at what there is for the short break tripper
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A couple of years ago there was a justified outcry about the way certain airlines advertised their products. Free seats turned out not to be free because taxes and surcharges were added. The EU stepped in with legislation and it became more transparent but it took a while for it to happen.Now the EU [...]
“I believe that the cyclised city is the civilised city”, declares ebullient Boris Johnson. Love him or hate him, London’s mayor is – not so quietly –revolutionising cycling in the capital.
Dundee is transforming its waterfront, to draw visitors in. Adrian looks at what there is for the short break tripper
The number of people who move to France and embrace the French way of life, the countryside or cities as well the people can be counted in hundreds of thousands. As we draw towards the end of France Week, here is news of just one, Kate Rodde.
When it comes to fabulous weather and wildlife, there is nowhere like Namibia, says Adrienne. Here she shares her final note from Namibia – arguably Africa at its most authentic – exclusively with CD-Traveller readers
Last week it was the North Carolinians who named UK visitors as the ones they were targeting. They were visiting travel agents urging them to push North Carolina with its two direct links to the state (Gatwick-Charlotte and Heathrow to Raleigh-Durham) as the place British visitors should holiday in.
Now New York has followed with a worldwide campaign called “See More, Be More. This is New York City”. Not the snappiest of headlines but it is supposed to “reflect the feeling of personal transformation that lingers long after a trip to NY ends,” according to the creative head of NYC & Company, Willy Wong. Or to put it another way, good holiday memories.
A man few tourists will have heard of has died this week
His name may be unfamiliar but his achievements will be known. In York he was the driving force behind turning the excavations on the remains found into what became the Jorvik Centre. After that the company he set up, Heritage Projects, which used the skills of those people from the York work was used to promote other tourism work.
Sturgeon versus Condor and Bock & Others versus Air France isn’t on your bedtime reading list but if you fly you should be aware of them. A European Court of Justice ruling on Thursday confirmed that if your flight is delayed 3 hours or more you are entitled to compensation. Although there are 73 clauses in the judgement it can be summarised fairly easily. But the interpretation wrapped around the words still requires you to probably seek expert guidance.
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