Booking your annual summer holiday used to involve trooping down the high street to peruse the brochures at the travel agency, taking advice from family and friends and seeing where your savings could ...
Online holiday booking outpaces high street travel agents
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Opera festivals across Italy this summer
Verona, Siena, Macerata and Pesaro are all holding opera festivals this summer, making Italy a top destination for those wishing to hear some arias being sung by world-class performers.Between June an ...
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Hamburg Port to celebrate 824th anniversary
The Port of Hamburg is to celebrate its 824th birthday next month with the biggest harbour festival in the world.Visitors to the city in northern Germany between 9 and 12 May will find plenty of event ...
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New flights to connect Western Australia with Christchurch, NZ
Travellers thinking of taking extended holidays to Australia might be pleased to learn that they will find it easier to get to New Zealand thanks to a new twice-weekly service set to be introduced by ...
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South Africa 'is a stand-out tourist destination'
The number of tourists visiting South Africa has grown at double the world average, highlighting the country as a stand-out holiday destination, its tourism minister has stated.Marthinus van Schalkwyk ...
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US tourist charged over collecting pebbles from Turkish beach
An American tourist could face a jail term after being found trying to leave Turkey with the pebbles he had collected on a beach in his luggage.Jason Dement from Purvis in Mississippi has been charged ...
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French tourism board suggests quirky things to do
Holidaymakers don't need to travel the length and breadth of the planet to enjoy some spring sunshine, as France has everything you need and is just a short flight away from the UK.The country' ...
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12m passengers decide on top 10 airports
An annual survey of 12m travellers has revealed the top ten airports in the world, with Singapore, Seoul and Amsterdam coming out as the best.Skytrax asked those it questioned to take a set of 40 crit ...
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India opens first international standard theme park
A new theme park has opened near Mumbai, which claims to be the first in India to compete with other international attractions on the same scale.Adlabs Imagica uses various aspects of Indian culture a ...
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14 historic Europe landmarks shortlisted to be saved
The Renaissance monastery of San Benedetto Po near Mantua in Italy and the former royal estate of Tatoi near Athens in Greece are on a shortlist of historic landmarks that could be saved under a new i ...
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Slow Fish Festival provides a gastronomic treat in Italy
Foodies looking for a gastronomic treat on their holidays to Italy should check out the Slow Fish Festival in Liguria, Italy.From May 9 to 12, the sixth edition of the festival will take place in Geno ...
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Katy Perry's home tops list of most in-demand celebrity tour stops
Celebrity spotting is the raison d'etre for many travellers visiting Los Angeles, as it remains the heart of America's film industry.Now, Starline Tours - the oldest sightseeing company in LA ...
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Head to Croatia for a summer of festivals
With plenty of things to do in Croatia, tourists looking for a cheap holiday destination might like to book their flights to coincide with one of the many festivals and carnivals put on across the cou ...
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Experience the European Night of Museums this May
The European Night of the Museums is to be held on 18 May and will see more than 580 venues offer access to the public throughout the evening and into the small hours.An idea that started with museums ...
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Virgin Atlantic passengers to get 2 hours more entertainment
Passengers aboard Virgin Atlantic planes are to be allowed to watch their in-flight entertainment systems for longer under new rules brought in by the airline.Many carriers do not enable travellers to ...
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San Fran CityPass adds aquarium to list of attractions
Holidaymakers looking to save money on their San Francisco getaways should invest in a CityPass in order to get discounted entry to a range of attractions.It has just been announced that the Monterey ...
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Man walks from Sweden to Israel
A Swedish man has walked the 2,800 miles from his home in Lund to the Israeli city of Jerusalem over the course of six months.Setting out on November 18th, Jorgen Nilsson travelled through Denmark, Ge ...
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Money stretching further in the Algarve and Costas
Holidaymakers travelling to the Algarve in Portugal and the Costas in Spain are finding that their cash is going further despite the struggling state of the pound against the euro.According to the Pos ...
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Head to Florida for all things Harry Potter
Harry Potter fans who head to Florida for a family holiday have plenty of things to keep them occupied, such as the Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction at Universal Orlando.But did you know the ...
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Runners offered own weight in wine as prize
Fans of locally produced wines might like to enter a race where the prize is to win their own weight in a Spanish tipple.The Lanzarote Wine Run takes place on June 23 through the wine region of La Ger ...
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