A day in… Belfast

Adrian explores Belfast in a year when the city majors on its links with the ill-fated Titanic.

The best holiday money saving tips for the year ahead

Make the most of your hard-earned cash with Stephen Baker’s 25 top holiday moneysaving tips

HM Revenue and Customs

From the website:

“HMRC’s purpose is to make sure that the money is available to fund the UK’s public services. We also help families and individuals with targeted financial support”

Zoo Appeal in Bristol

This year Bristol Zoo is 175 years old. Apart from celebrations it may also be a useful occasion to think of the changing appeal of the zoo. Originally it was designed to show us animals that most of us were unlikely ever to see. Now as travel is much easier you can take an Arctic cruise to see polar bears, go to Borneo to see orang-utans or to Kenya to see lions and giraffes. So do you still visit zoos?

Come to Taiwan

For those of you living in the London you are about to be deluged by Taiwanese advertising as they try and persuade more of us to visit their country. Only about 45,000 of us currently visit Taiwan each year and they want more of us to go there. So, for the next 6 weeks or so, you’ll not only see posters at tube stations you’ll also see 75 taxis carrying the same message, visit Taiwan.
They are using the slogan, “Where else but Taiwan,” as they try to get across the fact that they are not very well known.

Obese People Buy 2 Seats?

United Airlines has announced that obese people will have to buy 2 seats unless there are spare seats on a flight.As you might imagine, this has caused a little ripple of comment. Ripple did I say? In Chicago where United is based, the Chicago Tribune has had 265 comments on their website. The online news [...]

Where the Experts say You’ll Holiday

Just before Christmas, we mentioned a few ideas that some of the experts thought would flourish in 2010. Today we have the thoughts of another four groups on what they think, ABTA, IPK, STA Travel and the Intercontinental Hotels chain. You might remember that Mintel thought it would be another year of the staycation with days out and weekend breaks becoming more prominent. And Euromonitor forecast the rise of pop up hotels which could be assembled (and taken down) quickly and which would offer inexpensive accommodation.
ABTA (Association of British Travel Agents) says that Sri Lanka, Mexico and Thailand will see more tourists from the UK than they had in 2009.