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96 cruise ships back to European waters from winter routes

July 9, 2016 • Alicia
Online travel agent Directline Holidays reports package holiday bookings are up for summer 2013 following a surge of last minute bookings as holidaymakers snap up reduced price holidays, many with discounts of as much as 50%, as a result of Britain’s heat wave. All-inclusive packages have seen the most important increase over the past few weeks with bookings now up 11% in comparison to summer 2012. The hot surge has also seen overall passenger figures for summer 2013 surpass those of summer 2012, with the height summer time just beginning. Recent figures released by ABTA showed that package holiday bookings are up around the industry as an entire with almost half (48%) of these who booked an overseas holiday in 2012 booking a package holiday when compared with 47% in...
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96 cruise ships back to European waters from winter routes

July 6, 2016 • Alicia
As the summer cruise season gets under way in Europe, 96 ships have sailed back to European waters from their winter routes within the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa and Asia, bringing the whole fleet inside the region this summer to 200 cruise ships, operated by 65 lines, serving at the least 530 destinations stretching from the Mediterranean to the Arctic. Underlining the industry’s steady growth in Europe, the eu summer fleet will include 11 new ships this year, including 3 ships re-entering service for brand spanking new operators because the data compiled for the Cruise Lines International Association in Europe shows. “The variety of new destinations, new lines and new ships entering service in Europe this year are all further evidence of ways cruising is growing and may keep growing...
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UK visitor numbers increase to New Zealand

July 3, 2016 • Alicia
Tourism New Zealand says UK visitor numbers in thefirst half 2013 were up 3.3% compared with the identical time last year. Globally, there was a robust increase in international visitor arrivals, setting an effective base for the winter season. “When we glance on the first six months of the year we see a robust picture for arrivals -with total arrivals up 5.8 per cent against the identical period last year and holiday arrivals up 10.0 per cent,’ says Justin Watson, Tourism New Zealand’s acting Chief Executive. “This puts the industry in an amazing good place earlier than the 2013 ski season which has already seen a pretty good start – with record levels of snow to all ski-fields and Australian arrivals up 17.0 per cent for the month. We anticipate...
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VisitBritain in family-friendly focus as royal baby is born

June 30, 2016 • admin
As the royal family celebrate the birth of the 1st Prince of Cambridge, VisitBritain are encouraging travellers to go to the country’s royal sights and produce their families to sample the attractions. The son of Prince William and Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, was born at 4:24 p.m. Monday, weighing 8 pounds, 6 ounces, Buckingham Palace revealed. The news of the birth was announced by easel proclamation outside Buckingham Palace, just as Prince William’s birth was announced in 1982. In true tradition, visitors and well wishes queued outside Buckingham Palace to photograph the birth sign. VisitBritain offers suggestions of royal-inspired family-friendly places to go to in Britain, bound to create special memories to your own little prince or princess! For example, VisitBritain means that royal revellers explore areas of Kensington...
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New Zealand and Seychelles Ministers discuss tourism

June 27, 2016 • admin
The New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs and MP for East Coast Bays, the Hon. Murray McCully, who’s in Seychelles for the AIMS (Atlantic, Indian Ocean and South China Seas) sub-regional grouping meeting, made time to name on Minister Alain St.Ange, the Seychelles Minister liable for Tourism and Culture. The hot Zealand Minister was accompanied by Ambassador James Kember, the recent Zealand Ambassador just accredited to Seychelles. The two Ministers discussed the tourism development in Seychelles and likewise the moves to diversify the islands’ tourism source markets. At the marketing front they discussed their Tourism Board’s presence at tourism trade fairs and the usage of events to advertise tourism through culture and those. Minister McCully said as he was leaving the Ministry of Tourism and Culture Offices on the national...
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