Number 10 Downing Street is among the iconic buildings which will be opening its door to tourists as part of the 21st Open House London event. This weekend (21 and 22 September), more than 800 la ...
London landmarks to open their doors
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Liverpool best-known British city outside London in USA
Liverpool is the best-known British city outside London in the USA, according to a new survey. The Beatles' hometown topped the rankings with 15% of respondents answering 'Liverpool' ...
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Paris wins Seven Cities competition
Paris has been named the best tourist destination in the world by thousands of travellers. The French capital won the Top Seven Cities competition initiated by the travel website Where Are You No ...
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Lufthansa orders new environmentally efficient planes
Lufthansa has put in an order for 59 state-of-the-art environmentally efficient planes. The German carrier is preparing to take delivery of 34 Boeing 777-9Xs and 25 Airbus A350-900s, starting fro ...
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Lahore's Walled City getting a makeover to boost tourism
Major renovation work is taking place in Lahore's Walled City in India in order to make the area more attractive to tourists. Modern commercial activity, much of it illegal, has impacted on t ...
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London City Airport hopes to double passenger numbers
London City Airport wants to double its passenger numbers from 3m to 6m over the next decade. To achieve this aim, it has applied for planning permission to expand its infrastructure in order to ...
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Branson ready to fly people into space
Richard Branson has said the first Virgin Galactic flights will lift off within 'a matter of months'. The billionaire owner of Virgin Atlantic, which carries people on holiday aboard more ...
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Young travellers holiday spending up 40%
Young travellers spent an average of £2,500 each on foreign holidays last year, according to a new report. Fresh research by the World Youth Student and Educational Travel Confederation (WY ...
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France world's most popular ski destination
France is the world's most popular ski holiday destination, according to new figures. Domaines Skiables de France (DSF) says that 57.9m 'skier days' were registered in the country las ...
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Snake on a plane delays passengers
A group of passengers had to spend a night in a Sydney hotel after a snake was discovered on board their plane. The Mandarin rat snake did not have a boarding pass for the Qantas service to Tokyo ...
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Get on with airport expansion, trade ministers urge
The government has been urged to get on with dealing with the UK's lack of airport capacity by two former trade ministers. In a letter to Sir Howard Davies, who is heading up the government ...
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Africa enjoying hotel boom
Booking a hotel in Lagos should soon be a lot easier with 25 new hotels in the pipeline. The Nigerian capital is just one of a number of African cities experiencing a hotel boom, with 191 new res ...
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FAA could relax rules on electronic devices
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the USA is looking into the possibility of relaxing the restrictions on the use of electronic devices during take-off and landing.It has commissioned a rep ...
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Study: Around 200,000 jobs dependent on Heathrow
As many as 230,000 jobs could be put at risk if the government decides to build a new airport to the east of London and close Heathrow, according to a new study. A report seen by the Financial Ti ...
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Welsh town to host Europe's biggest Elvis festival
It might be far removed from Memphis, but that's not going to stop the Welsh town of Porthcawl hosting its 10th Elvis Festival. Taking place between 27 and 29 September, the event will featur ...
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Brits putting holidays ahead of pensions
One in three Brits are living for the now, according to new figures, with more people currently saving for trips abroad than for their retirement. Lending service Zopa found that more than two-th ...
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Hard Rock brand coming to Palm Springs
The legendary Hard Rock brand of hotels is coming to Palm Springs in California, with a 163-room property set to open next month. On October 4th, the Hard Rock Hotel will bring a bit of rock and ...
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Spain heading for record year for tourism
Spain is predicting 2013 will be its best ever for tourism with visitor numbers up 4.5% in the year to the end of August. There were 8.3m international arrivals to the sun soaked destination in A ...
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Celebrate National Chocolate Week
If you're on holiday in the UK the week commencing 14 October, you have the ideal excuse to indulge your sweet tooth: it's National Chocolate Week. This celebration of the work of top cho ...
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Thorpe Park to host overnight experience for Halloween
Thorpe Park is preparing to host its first-ever Halloween overnight scare attraction as part of its Fright Nights 2013 movie takeover.Small groups of guests will stay on site overnight for a fully imm ...
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