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Game of Thrones tours launched in Dubrovnik and Belfast
DestinationsFans of the epic fantasy series Game of Thrones can visit sites made famous by the television drama on new walking tours around Dubrovnik and Northern Ireland. The tours visit some of the most popular filming locations and have been launched this summer by tour company Viator. Guides will be up-to-date on the latest gossip [...]
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VisitEngland teaches businesses how to attract travelers with special needs
DestinationsVisitEngland, the country’s official tourist board, wants to help businesses promote themselves as accessible and welcoming to disabled travelers. Expanding on the organization’s online tools, VisitEngland launched a free marketing guide Speak Up! aimed at educating hotels, tour companies, and restaurants how to communicate with this important customer. The guide explains why accessible is a [...]
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Gatwick boss decries state of airport shuttle while ignoring state of airport
TransportRemember that time you took the Gatwick Express into town, only there weren’t any seats left, so you had to sit on the roof? Or the time you were delayed for two hours because a farmer was herding his cows across the line at East Croydon, and all the local traders popped up to sell [...]
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France’s legendary Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc goes real estate shopping in London
DestinationsThe company behind the famous Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in the south of France is on the hunt for a London property to add to its portfolio. The Oetker Collection, part of German family conglomerate the Oetker Group, wants to find a base in the capital as part of expansion plans which include New York and [...]
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Eurostar train direct from London to Provence — and into the life of Cezanne
DestinationsSoon after we emerge from Le Tunnel, we start the time-honoured litany of English folk on to the Continent. “The French are so much more stylish.” “Thinner too.” “Cultured.” We eat croissants and pains au chocolat and resolve to kick out the schoolboy Franglais once and for all. “I am, finally, going to learn French [...]
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Verona considers charging tourists to see Romeo and Juliet’s famous balcony
DestinationsVerona, the city of Romeo and Juliet, is hoping to cash in on the enduring appeal of Shakespeare’s “star-cross’d lovers”, by charging two euros (£1.68) per head to see the famous balcony. Tourists who want to enter the courtyard to see the balcony from where Juliet was supposedly wooed by Romeo could soon have to [...]
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Best travel ads this week: Holland argues it’s cooler than Brooklyn
TransportTrave ads seek to inspire and excite viewers into booking a trip. The methods used to elicit such sentiments include fast-paced music, flashy images, and emotional voiceovers; and ultimately they aim to convince viewers that a better time is just a plane ride away. This week Holland defends its traditional way of life as the [...]
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River cruise line Viking adds first ocean voyages with two new ships
TransportViking Cruises Ltd. ordered two vessels to start an ocean cruise business, a first for the company, which has focused on river voyages, Chairman Torstein Hagen said. The 928-passenger ships are being built by Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani Spa and will sail beginning in 2015 and 2016, respectively, on European itineraries, Hagen, who leads Woodland [...]
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Spain bullfighting ban pushed by Nobel prize winner
DestinationsNobel Literature laureate J.M. Coetzee has called on Spain to abandon plans to protect bullfighting, making a rare public appeal against what he called “an archaic form of entertainment.” In an open letter to Spain’s legislature released Thursday, Coetzee called bullfights “a throwback to a time when people took no heed of the feelings of [...]
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The world’s most popular international meeting destinations
DestinationsThe number and frequency of meetings held by international associations, and the business travel they generate, is on the rise. The International Congress and Convention Association estimates that the number of conventions increased by more than a thousand to 11,150 meetings in 2012. Europe is the most popular destination for international meetings with 12 out [...]
