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Posted: 18 Mar 2010 By: The Editor

If you’re thinking of coming along to Kensington, Olympia for this show at any time over the next two days, then many parts of the UK will be showing off local food and drink.
On the One North East stand they will have Pan Haggerty Pies, Durham Brewery Beers and Northumberland Bog Myrtle Gin. Competing against the Irish and Scottish whiskies will be Coquet Black Rory Whisky. And still discussing whisky, there will be a few distilleries on the Visit Scotland stand with samples for you to try like Glengoyne. Staying with the alcoholic theme, the Discover Gosport & The Royal Navy Submarine Museum stand may still have rum to sample

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Posted: 18 Mar 2010 By: Adrian

That is the name of the new advertising campaign that is being launched by the Spanish Tourist Board at the end of this month. Some 13.8 million visitors went from the UK to Spain last year and we accounted for over a quarter of all tourism. Therefore Spain sees us as a very important market.
Spending €40 million (say about £36 million) this campaign will be worldwide and run until at least the world cup.
The approach that the advertising will take will be to focus on Spanish lifestyle.

Events »

Posted: 13 Mar 2010 By: Adrian

[ March 15, 2010 to March 21, 2010. March 15, 2010 to March 21, 2010. ] www.britishtourismweek.com 15th-21st March

Over 200 events throughout England and Wales. The website is searchable on a regional and daily basis so you can find your nearest event.

Just one of the events is free entry to National Trust properties on 20/21st March; Not all events are free.

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Posted: 11 Mar 2010 By: Adrian

[ March 15, 2010 to March 19, 2010. March 15, 2010 to March 19, 2010. ] www.fallasfromvalencia.com, Valencia, Spain.

The huge cadboard statues called “ninots,” some 700 of them appear throughout the city.  there are firweork dispalys every afternoon in the Town Hall Square at 2pm. This culminates on the 19th of March when they are all burnt except 1

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Posted: 8 Mar 2010 By: The Editor

[ March 11, 2010 to March 20, 2010. March 11, 2010 to March 20, 2010. ] held throughout County Cavan,
see www.cavanmusic.com/nyah.html for a list of all events and their location