Top 10 Valentine’s breaks
By: The Editor | February 3, 2012 – 6:27 am | No Comment

Boutique hotel experts Mr & Mrs Smith have sifted through the schmaltz to find Valentine’s packages that will really set hearts aflutter (and won’t involve soggy petals clogging the plughole). Here are 10 hot properties that offer something a little bit different…

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Chester Rows: The Inside Story
By: | October 8, 2010 – 2:56 pm | No Comment
Chester Rows: The Inside Story

[ June 1, 2010 9:00 am to October 1, 2010 6:00 pm. ] Explore inside the Rows stores and help unravel their mysterious past. You will be taken to a part of the city that’s rich in hush-hush history and a tea shop where high tea is definitely on the menu!These tours will give you a much closer look at the city’s unique treasures than ever before [...]

Hotel Guests Being Treated Better
By: Adrian | August 3, 2010 – 9:37 am | No Comment
Hotel Guests Being Treated Better

This isn’t the way that that the authors of a US report on hotels worded their announcement. They said that the satisfaction levels of hotel visitors had increased over the last year. Does it mean the same thing? But if hotel guests are more satisfied surely that comes as a result of feeling that they are being treated better?
The next question is whether we should believe what we read. After all how many of us have stayed at a place after checking reviews and then decided that the reviews must have been written by someone who was not too observant? Or as blind as a bat. The same applies with research. If we understand it then we can accept or reject it.

Belfast banter
By: The Editor | August 3, 2010 – 7:54 am | No Comment
Belfast banter

Belfast tends to make the headlines for all the wrong reasons but don’t be deterred from visiting, for the reality is very different. Louise Browne, a Belfast local, reveals all…

Miniature Forest
By: | August 2, 2010 – 3:54 pm | No Comment
Miniature Forest

[ August 3, 2010; 10:30 am to 12:00 pm. ] Miniature Forest. Wyre Forest Discovery Centre, Callow Hill, Bewdley. DY14 9XQ. 10.30am-12noon. Booking essential. £3.50. 5-11 yrs. Tel: 01299 266929. www.forestry.gov.uk

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Session with the Pipers
By: | August 2, 2010 – 3:47 pm | No Comment
Session with the Pipers

[ August 3, 2010; 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] Session with the PipersFrom 3/8/2010 to 3/8/2010 Venue: The Cobblestone, Dublin 7 Traditional Music Recital Na Píobairí Uilleann presents “Session wi

RTÉ Summer Lunchtime Concert
By: | August 2, 2010 – 3:47 pm | No Comment
RTÉ Summer Lunchtime Concert

[ August 3, 2010; 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] RTÉ Summer Lunchtime ConcertFrom 3/8/2010 to 3/8/2010 RTÉ Concert OrchestraAnne-Marie Gibbons, mezzo-sopranoJohn Wilson, conductorN

Allen Toussaint in Concert
By: | August 2, 2010 – 3:47 pm | No Comment
Allen Toussaint in Concert

[ August 3, 2010; 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] Allen Toussaint in ConcertFrom 3/8/2010 to 3/8/2010 Allen Toussaint is one of the most influential figures in soul and jazz music.The New