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It took hoteliers decades to become as big as they have become. It has taken Airbnb less than ten years to achieve this success.

Surely the first thing is to establish which flights, which time of day, which airlines and which airports are involved and then apply appropriate measures.

I have speculated as to how long Croatia can continue to see the double digit growth in British holidaymakers. But the growth just grows and grows.

Britons feel more comfortable about holidaying in Turkey again and by the end of 2019, it wouldn’t surprise many if a British surge had occurred.

Given the pressure by airlines for us, it seems surprising that 48% of us aren’t checking in online for one reason or another.

In conjunction with the Federation of Hostelry and Tourism in Tarragona, here is a run-down of the golf courses in the Costa Daurada.

Technically it is feasible. From a practical standpoint, I don’t think the world is ready for this.

It would seem that tourists in certain destinations will have to put up with this annoyance which isn’t anti-British just anti-tourist.

We are still attracted by the attractions of Dubai which saw a 4% increase in the number of Britons travelling there in the first six months of the year.

If new Ryanair planes will all sport a 32inch seat pitch, then that will be – says seatguru – three inches shorter than some of the planes they currently operate!

Is this too adventurous for me? Should I stick to cod and chips from my local chippie!

According to the ABC, a huge find of aboriginal rock paintings in the Wardekken area of Arnhem Land has been made. And by huge I mean an estimated 30,000!

Passengers will accept additional security measures as necessary. What they won’t accept are delays when the authorities should have known about the likelihood of delays and planned accordingly.

Should minimum seat sizes be mandatory and decided by medical staff rather than bean counters or aircraft designers?

Primera, another Scandinavian airline is entering the low-cost transatlantic market next April to join Norwegian.

Albufeira is one of the most popular destinations in the Algarve for British holidaymakers.

The Foreign & Commonwealth Office lifted the ban on travel to most parts of Tunisia this afternoon.

At present the University of Westminster is trying to assess the future demand for supersonic travel. You can help my clicking here or going to https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/VHWHQYF.

Here is a lsit of the new sites that were granted UNESCO World Heritage Status recently.

There are 47 puppets on view including Kermit, Miss Piggy, Rowlf, The Swedish Chef, Statler, Waldorf, Big Bird, Elmo, Cantus Fraggle, a Skeksis, and other popular favourites.

If the company has less confidence in reviews then surely it is now only another online booking engine, one of many.

You may not have heard of NATS but for every holidaymaker flying out of UK air space they are vital as they are the provider of air traffic control services. And today they say that it will be the busiest day ever in the skies above the UK. They expect to handle a record breaking 8,800 flights in and out of the country just today. During the summer NATS expects to handle more than 770,000 flights, an increase by 40,000 from last year. That 5.2%
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It goes to show that sometimes the general public can be a sandwich short of a picnic or, to put it a little bluntly, daft.

The airline is making books available to its younger passengers because the airline says that parents of 8-14 year-olds believe that children are reading less than when they were kids.

Whilst cyber attacks can take place virtually anywhere in the world, a recent study by Keeper Security finds that two of our favourite holiday destinations – Spain and Portugal- are where the threat is highest.

Today is the 200th anniversary of the death of Jane Austen, one of the most well-read of all novelists.

Looking at the remaining five, Stoke-on-Trent might be considered the strongest runner as its cultural heritage can be seen in museums and galleries around the world.

Champing is overnight camping in a church. Not just any church. You can’t pop into Westminster Abbey or York Minster and ask the rates for camping overnight.