Holiday News - Direct

Research carried out by online travel agency www.holidays-direct.co.uk has revealed the most popular holiday destinations holidaymakers searched for online in the last six months. 
The study monitored which destinations holidaymakers searched for on the www.holidays-direct.co.uk website and has shown a noticeable increase in results of non euro holiday resorts.
 Top 10 most […]

Costa Cruises has announced the Costa Allegra and Costa Marina in winter 2010/11 will be based in the Red Sea in Sharm El Sheikh. They both will do seven day sailings with the Costa Allegra departing on Mondays and the Costa Marina departing Thursdays.
TravelMole reports, “The itinerary includes three days in Sharm El Sheikh […]

The maiden voyage of P&O Cruise lines new ship, Azura, has a list of celebrities lined up to perform on its first journey.
Opera singer Russell Watson, musical theatre’s Gary Wilmot and Mike Alexander, Claire Sweeney – TV personality and many more celebrities yet to be revealed.
Travelmole reports, P&O Cruises’ managing director Carol Marlow said: “Azura […]

City break travellers in Vienna will be able to take a river cruise from the new three story terminal in Austria’s capital city.
Opening in May, the location of the new terminal is between Schwedenbrucke and Marienbruke which links up to the River Danube, enabling tourists to travel to Slovakia on a 75 minute river cruise. […]

Popular holiday resort, Sharm El Sheikh is said to be planning on reducing emissions and becoming carbon neutral by 2020, reports the Daily Mail.
Experts in this arena have welcomed the plans to change and become more eco-friendly, aiming to attract eco-tourists the $238 million project will begin on smaller projects this year, towards making the […]

One of the world’s largest hotel chains claims they have one of the greenest hotels in world in popular city break destination, Copenhagen.
The Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers may not look aesthetically pleasing with its 85 meters of solar panels; it is however, the largest building with solar panel installation in Northern Europe.
The Independent online reports, […]

Announced today, British Airways has joined up with Comic Relief as its new global charity partner, to raise money for disadvantaged people and communities in the UK and across the poorest countries in the world.
Willie Walsh, Chief Executive of British Airways said: “I’m proud to announce our new partnership with Comic Relief, which will expand […]

Merlin Entertainments are set to bring stiff competition to the world famous Disney Parks in Orlando Florida. The LEGOLAND owners secured a 145 acre site, currently hosting Cypress Gardens attraction at Winter Haven.
The plan is to build the largest LEGOLAND in the world which will be situated approximately 30 minutes away from Disney World.
Celebrating […]

In the next few months, Las Vegas will host a number of new attractions in a bid to boost the city’s tourism figures.
The Stratosphere Hotel and Casino will host one of the most high profile attractions – the Skyjump. Opening in April, the Skyjump is a ‘controlled freefall’ which the rider will experience air […]

The luxurious emirate state of Dubai is home to many high class designer boutiques, cafes and world famous hotels, now luxury designer brand Armani are to open a hotel.
The Armani brand is known for fashion clothing, cafes, home accessory boutiques and spas and has opted to choose the former Burj Dubai, now the Burj Khalifa […]

Online travel agency Holidays-Direct, warns UK holidaymakers to be extra vigilant when travelling abroad this year and take extra care with items such as; money, passports and other valuables. With the upturn of holiday sales in 2010, holidaymakers are reminded of the risks when holidaying abroad.
Jon Pearce of www.holidays-direct.co.uk said, […]

Norwegian Cruise Line is bringing the Norwegian Epic to the Mediterranean cruise market in 2011. In a bid to expand their range of destinations, NCL has decided to focus on Europe in the second season for the ‘Epic’ liner rather than staying in the Caribbean.
Kevin Sheehan, Chief Executive of NCL said, “By bringing the […]

A recent finding by a group of Canadian scientists which is classed as one of the most inclusive studies has discovered skiers are 35 per cent safer wearing a helmet when skiing.
The findings also revealed the risk of neck injury is much lower.
In total 12 separate studies were carried out over an 18 […]

easyJet’s first new routes of the year commenced yesterday with flights from London Gatwick to city break destinations in Germany – Hamburg and Dusseldorf.
Over 70 new flight services will be launched by the low budget carrier in the next six months, which will include: Cagliari to Stansted, and Manchester to Helsinki.
easyJet will also be increasing […]

London’s Gatwick airport released figures for December 2009, which showed the hub handled 2.12 million passengers – an increase of just under 2 per cent on December 2008.
The London hub monitored annual growth by recording the number of travellers flying to the UK, Channel Islands and Europe, December’s increasing passenger numbers for the third consecutive […]

American airliner, Continental Airlines has said they will increase flights from London’s Heathrow Airport to New York this year, maximising opportunities for city breaks to New York.
In March, an additional flight will commence from the 27th of the month at Newark Liberty Airport, making it the fourth daily connection from the US to the UK […]

A theme park designed around fictional character Harry Potter, will be opening in Florida in the Universal Orlando Resort during spring 2010, reports the Telegraph online.
It is estimated to have cost over £160 million to make and features a minimum of four roller-coasters; Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey, Flight of the Hippogriff and Dragon […]

According to new research by the Post Office, UK holidaymakers will see their holiday spending money go much further in 13 of the worlds leading currencies.
In comparison to January 2009, the Post Office has found, a 15 per cent increase in the Egyptian pound, UAR dirham and the US dollar.
With winter holidays to Egypt and […]

Full body scans are now compulsory at London’s Heathrow airport and Manchester Airport The Times Online reports. Passengers will not be allowed to board flights if they refuse to have a scan.
Birmingham Airport is currently implementing the technology and will be ready by the end of this month – ahead of the national rollout.
The […]

Norway is becoming more popular with music festivals, especially in the capital, Oslo. Annual music events cover genres from, rock to jazz and folk, for music professionals and the general public.
In the mid to late 90s there were around 5 music venues, now there are over 20, just in Oslo. City break music […]