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 For years I have toyed with the idea of piecing together a ‘Beers of Belgium’ tourist trail.
It’s one of those pet projects stashed in the ‘labours of love’ file and based on tasting the country’s top tipples over many years – starting many moons ago with clandestine trips to dimly
[...click on headline to read full story] Sir Richard Branson, President of Virgin Atlantic, today warned that the UK Government’s plans to increase taxes on air passengers are out of control.
He predicted they would hurt passengers, the aviation industry and seriously damage developing regions such as the Caribbean and Africa. [...click on headline to read full story] Brits are still keen to get their kicks on route 66 despite the weakness of the pound. But when it comes to cheap as chips holidays, non-Euro destinations Turkey and Croatia are proving a safe haven for hard earned cash this year according to the latest figures from international currency experts ICE (www.iceplc.com). Although the value of the Pound against the US dollar has fallen 17.5% since June 2008, sales of the US
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Eiffel Tower Considering it was supposed to have been dismantled a century ago, Paris’ most famous landmark is looking good as it turns 120 years old. However, none of this growing old gracefully – the ‘Iron Lady’ is being given a facelift to maintain her youthful appearance… Once every seven years, the Eiffel Tower gets a makeover- every nut, bolt and beam
[...click on headline to read full story]  THE FLORALIES FLOWER show is a horticulturalist’s paradise.
It is celebrating its 10th anniversary year by bringing together 200 of the world’s top floral artists, landscape gardeners and environmental architects to create an explosion of colours and scents for one of the world’s greatest gardening events. The 35-hectare Beaujoire exhibition centre will be transformed into a huge garden, with this year’s theme “The
[...click on headline to read full story]  WITH NORTH EASTENERS looking for value-for-money holidays this summer, it looks as if Turkey is all set to be a top destination, with a big boost in flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport.
Turkish holiday specialists Holidays 4U will launch their programme in May with a Wednesday flight to Dalaman which will operate weekly through to the end of October—and, because of the high
[...click on headline to read full story] Bicentenary celebrations for two giants of the classical music world is generating a flurry of tourist related activity in their home countries of Austria and Poland.If you are fans of Joseph Haydn and Frederic Chopin there’s musical and historical delights aplenty in store this year and next.
Two hundred years after his death, Joseph Haydn, is more celebrated than ever. Throughout 2009 music lovers can enjoy the great composer’s music in the buildings where he lived and worked. [...click on headline to read full story] Durham Tees Valley Airport’ summer flights programme has been given a major boost with leading low cost airline Ryanair announcing it will be operating ten flights a week—six of them to the Spanish hotspots of Alicante and Barcelona Girona.
The Ryanair summer schedule which will operate from the end of March includes flights to Alicante and Girona on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, with the
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TURKEY, Egypt and Mexico will see a significant increase in British visitors in 2009 as holidaymakers favour destinations that do not use the Euro. The 2009 travel trends report issued by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) & ABTA shows the number of Brits going to Egypt has risen by 38% in the last year and visitors to
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