Articles tagged “england”

Stonehenge is on its way from looking like a glorified highway rest stop to a well cared for heritage site that finally puts the iconic structure into historical context.

Branson threatens to sue the DOT over the decision to award Virgin's only stake in the UK rail market to a higher bidder, especially after passenger numbers have doubled in the 15 years under Virgin.

The app has reached one million downloads in only three months proving travelers' growing reliance on real-time mobile updates and the benefits of making open data on city transportation public.

There's nothing wrong with calling out what's special about your destination as long as you don't over promise. And given Cornwall's cockiness, it likely wont' let that happen.

Taking the news off the page and putting it on the street for people to understand can be more interesting than waiting for it to show up in history books, even if that does mean you'll alienate certain customers with politics.

It's never a bad idea to explore the places around where you live, but this summer's misplaced staycation campaign hit so many wrong notes even the Prime Minister is skipping town.

David Cameron's government has given the unions plenty of reasons to play hardball, unwisely and cynically hoping he could use the Olympics to force through measures they despise. Now it's backfiring on him.

A stronger pound and bargains in destinations like Greece are two more reasons why outbound tourism from Britain is up this year, despite campaigns to get people to enjoy "staycations."

This directly contradicts industry-boosterism from the likes of Phocuswright in U.S. that is used as a proxy by travel agent groups to place PR-driven stories about the edge agents supposedly offer confused online users. For anyone who wants to use common sense, the travails of a giant like Thomas Cook in UK would tell you otherwise.