Holiday News - Direct

Continental Airlines are the first carrier to introduce mobile boarding at London’s Heathrow Airport. The US based carrier is the first airliner to offer mobile boarding – a paperless facility, on flights from the UK to the USA.
Travellers will have a pass sent to a mobile device in the form of a two dimensional […]

New legislation introduced by the US government is being brought to clarify travel and security policies for visitors and travellers to the USA and to promote America as a top tourist destination.
The new programme is aimed at attracting an extra 1.6 million visitors which will increase consumer spend by up to £2.6 billion ($4 billion).
President […]

Online travel agency, www.citybreaks-direct.co.uk has revealed the most popular European city break destinations for couples and families alike during the Easter period. 
Bookings increased in relation to previous years for city breaks in Europe as the economic climate became more challenged and UK holidaymakers cut back on more luxurious […]

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 […]

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. […]

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, […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Aer Arann and Aer Lingus have teamed up to launch a new timetable of flights to Cork from Glasgow along with increasing the number of flights to Dublin.
The new flights from Glasgow Airport will start on 28th February under the new name ‘Aer Lingus Regional’.
Amanda McMillan, managing director of Glasgow Airport, told the BBC: “Ireland […]

This April will see special events taking place in Rome throughout April to celebrate the Festival di Primavera, or Festival of Spring.
The Spanish Steps will be the central location for this regular Roman festival and a programme of concerts to be held across Rome will be announced by the local tourist board.
Spring flowers will adorn […]

City breaks are popular in February as loved ones whisk partners away for a romantic getaway.  However, this year luxury holidays are playing a bigger part in February and with the cold dreary winter not leaving anytime soon; romantic luxury holidays are becoming more popular reveals Holidays-Direct.co.uk.
Holidaymakers searching for worldwide […]

Here is a selection of The Guardian’s online list of ‘destinations of the decade’:
• Argentina – a positive outcome from financial collapse made Argentina become affordable in the early ‘noughties’ for many holidaymakers wanting an alternative to Miami and Rio.
• Croatia – budget friendly Croatia has drawn tourists in with its beautiful coastlines, beaches […]

City breakers going on city breaks to Barcelona next month to see the carnival which commences 11th February will get the opportunity to experience local culture first hand. The carnival marks the last weekend before fasting begins for Lent.
It is also known as ‘Jueves Lardero’ (fat Thursday), where many locals indulge and treat themselves […]

In 2009 a record 40.9 million international passengers passed through Dubai International airport according to latest figures.
An increase in traffic from the previous year was up 9.2 percent making it the world’s fastest growing airport. Other airports to record an increase of international passengers were Istanbul, Kuala Lumpur and Cairo.
Traffic is expected to increase […]

Travellers don’t often know their rights when travelling, for example if a flight a traveller is on is disrupted or cancelled, what do you do?
The following guidance gives travellers some information on; flight cancellations, cost of extra hotels, compensation and flight delays.

Flight cancellation
Full refunds will be given on flights which are cancelled within 7 […]

Holidays-Direct and partner sites, Ski-Direct, Cruises-Direct and CityBreaks-Direct have a clear policy of helping all package holiday customers in the event of a third party airliner or tour operator experiencing financial difficulties.
Reassuring customers is vital in peak booking periods says Holidays-Direct who believe holidaymakers peace of mind is an important factor to consider as the […]

According to the Telegraph, the latest travel advice advices holidaymakers looking at booking package holidays should book as soon as possible.
The advice from one of the UK’s leading newspapers said January and February are the best times to get a great deal on package holidays in Europe and beyond. Tour operators offer incentives for […]