Ahead of the Golden Gate Bridge’s 75th birthday on May 27, San Francisco has never looked more golden writes Kaye Holland. Read her guide to the city with its head in the clouds, here
Just before his birthday – and St George’s Day – the Royal Shakespeare Company was given an award at the Enjoy England annual Awards for Excellence for the outstanding contribution to tourism. It seemed timely in this, the year that the company re-opened its remodelled Stratford theatre. But there were plenty of other winners on the evening itself.
Collecting someone from terminal 3 at Heathrow over the weekend, I misjudged the traffic and arrived early. To pass the time I thought I’d have a snack so went over to the departures part of terminal 3 where there is a better choice of outlets.Attached to one of the pillars was a sign saying ” [...]
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.
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