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The members of U2 have been spotted in and around Fez, Morocco, sparking speculation they are in the country to record their next album.
It’s not the first time the Irish supergroup have turned to Morocco for inspiration, the video for the single “Mysterious Ways” was filmed in Fez by Moroccan film-maker Stephane Sednaoui.
Although nothing has […]

A new report claims that the amount of money being spent on holidays by British travellers will continue to rise over the next five years.
The report entitled “The UK Tour Operators Market Development” by Market and Business Development, a research company, predicts a rise of 15 per cent on holiday expenditure.
Holiday spending will exceed 28 […]

The cheap flights on offer from budget airlines are boosting overall worldwide air travel.
The continues rise of budget air travel across Europe is playing a large part in the increase I the number of flights booked across the world, according to statistics revealed by OAG, a UK-based flight information company.
Cheap flights from budget airlines account […]

Mandarin Oriental Hotel’s have announced plans for a new luxury hotel in Milan, Italy’s fashion capital.
The luxury hotel will be created by the re-development of three elegant 19th Century townhouses on the Via Monte di Pieta, one of Milan’s most prestigious addresses.
The design of the hotel will reflect Mandarin’s oriental beginnings and feature sleek, modern […]

The international hotel group, Hilton has announced its latest move into Poland with the development of a hotel resort in the city of Rzeszow in south-east Poland.
The complex will be part of the Millennium Hall retail centre, comprising retail, entertainment and business facilities.
The Hilton Garden Inn is the debut for the Hilton Group’s award-winning mid-priced […]

Cuba will receive more than 2007 holidaymakers during 2007, for the fourth year running.
The country has been running a variety of tourist initiatives since 2000 in a bid to increase the number of people taking holidays in Cuba, the initiatives have paid off with the steady rise in the numbers of holidays in Cuba being […]

For the first time, Italy has been voted ahead of Spain as the UK’s most popular holiday destination, a new survey has revealed.
The poll of 2,000 holidaymakers was conducted by Saga Holidays and found that 1 in 7 people chose Italy as their favourite destination for summer holidays.
Spain was the second placed country in the […]

Qantas are to offering passengers the option to offset their flights.
The Australian airline has been granted certification from the Australian government’s Greenhouse Friendly Initiative, encouraging carbon neutral domestic and international flights.
Qantas launched the new initiative which will cover 950 flighrs carrying more than 100,000 passengers on 19 September. It is claimed that 40,000 tonnes […]

Workers have been busy during the summer getting the Swiss ski resort Zermatt ready for the winter 2007-8 ski season, developing new ski lifts, trails and snowmaking equipment.
The old Breitboden double chairlift is being replaced with a new chairlift with heated seats. This will have a capacity of 2,000 people every hour.
In a addition, […]

Perfect Choice, a Surrey-based travel agency that specialised in holidays in Turkey has collapsed.
The company has an ATOL license which means the 500 holidaymakers currently on holiday in Turkey through the company will be able to carry on with their holidays as normal.
A refund will be offered to all the 1,250 people who had bookings […]

Eight new routes will be introduced next summer from Leeds Bradford Airport, including flights to Crete and Cyprus.
There will also be new regular flights to Jersey, Sardinia, Madrid, Hamburg, La Rochelle, and Avignon starting in May.
The airline has a target to fly 3.5 million passengers from Leeds Bradford Airport by 2010, one million more than […]

The number of Britons owning holiday homes abroad looks set to rise to record levels.
A study by Moneycorp, a foreign currency exchange company predicts a surge in purchases of overseas properties in the next six months.
They suggest that people are inspired by their summer holidays abroad, looking to buy their dream homes in sunny locations.
Between […]

Hotel management company, the PREM Group has announced a multi million Euro investment to buy and renovate hotels across Europe.
The group, owned by property developer Paddy Kelly has spent 65 million Euros on nine hotels in different cities in France and Belgium.
These hotels are in Hasselt, Mechelen, Antwerp, Ghent, Ostend and Calais and and are […]

Prague has entered the race to host the 2016 summer Olympics.
The capital of the Czech Republic will compete against candidate cities from the United States, Japan and Brazil.
The mayor of Prague, Pavel Bern, and the Czech Olympic Committee chairman, Milan Jirasek, officially launched the bid with a new official logo at a ceremony attended by […]

Tourism Australia has launched a provocative new campaign to boost the popularity of holidays in Australia.
The message of the new adverts is “Where the bloody hell are you?”, emphasising aspects of Australia that people might not be familiar with.
The adverts will be broadcast in cinemas and online, as well as appearing in print magazines and […]

We’ve all experienced it. The aeroplane circles to land and there’s grey clouds of fog and drizzle, it’s immediately clear that the blue skies we’ve left behind are very far away.
A survey by Birmingham International Airport has confirmed what many of us believed, two-thirds of us experience “the blues when we return from holiday.
In […]

Las Vegas hotels and clubs are involved in a bidding war to attract big name celebrities, such as Paris Hilton to their venues.
The trend started when Hilton was persuaded to host her 24th birthday at PURE, a nightclub at Caesars Palace, instead of Light at Bellagio where she had celebrated the previous three birthdays.
It’s alleged, […]

Ferrovial, the holding company that owns BAA (the owners of Heathrow Airport and two other major airports in the UK) has announced a “cash injection” for Heathrow Airport to improve conditions and services.
There have been a number of criticisms made against BAA in recent months, as well as speculation that Heathrow Airport could be sold […]

The Greek Travel agents’ association has sent out assurances that the recent forest fires in Greece are not effecting people taking Greek holidays.
The association, known as HATTA has announced that “all national roads are fully accessible, all archaeological sites and museums are open to visitors, and hotels and resorts are not affected and are operating […]

The Foreign Office has issued guidelines for the inceasing numbers of football fans travelling abroad to support their teams when they play in Europe.
According to the Foreign Office, 165,000 British football supporters followed their teams across Europe last season, a figure which is likely to increase this year.
However, Steve Jewitt-Fleet from the Foreign and Commonwealth […]