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Feb 3rd, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
Ziplining in Ras Al Khaimah, passport price increases and learing that we are creatue of habit when travelling took Adrian’s attention this week.
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: Alice Hawkins, British Airways, Chicago, Chile, Customer Satisfaction Index, Dreamland, GEEK, Greece, Jamaica, Leicester, Margate, passport price rise, Primera Air, Ras al Khaimah, travel insurance, Turner Contemporary, USA
Jan 20th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
The Venice Carnival and the Bayeux Tapestry are two of the news stories of the week that attracted Adrian’s attention.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 20th January 2018
Tags: airline reclining seats, Bayeux Tapestry, British Airways, Carnival of Venice, Cayman Islands, Chicago, Italy, Jamaica, Montego Bay, Royal Caribbean International, Saudi Arabia, Travel Republic, USA, Venice
Nov 18th, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
A swathe of figures show that British visitor numbers to the Sychelles, Dominican Republic and Cyprus show that we are not cutting back yet. So campaigns by Italy, Ras al Khaimah and Chicago will be pleased that we might consider them for holidays as well.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 18th November 2017
Tags: ABTA, Athens, British Airways, Chicago, Christkindlmarket, Cyprus., Dominican Republic, Festa del Calamar, FICO, fraudulent travel sickness claims, Greece, Italy, Jebel Jais, Madagascar, Ras al Khaimah, Salou, Seychelles, spain, World Tourism Barometer, World Travel Market, ziplining
Jul 22nd, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
As new security measures are introduced on flights to the US, Adrian also looks forward to the end of credit card charges whilst wondering if airfares and holidays will increase in price next year.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: July 22nd 2017
Tags: Arundel Castle, Chicago, Coventry, credit card charges, drunken passengers, Electric Railway Museum, Ibiza, jousting, Mallorca, Marwell Zoo, Menorca, RICKFEST, Slovenia, Turkey, Unity Temple, USA, Wiltshire, Winchester Science Festival
Jul 1st, 2017 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: British Airways, Chicago, Estonia, Europe, Frank Sinatra, New flights, Tallinn, Windy City
May 16th, 2017 |
By The Editor
Considering that we have one of the foremost literary gatherings in the world and a heritage of writers going back 1,500 years (it seems an omission that no writers museum exists comparable to that opening in Chicago today.
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: American Writers Museum, British Library, Chicago, Dublin Writers Museum, Edinburgh Writers' Museum
Apr 22nd, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
With a general election called, will VAT and APD charges become an issue? Adrian also looks at touriswm on the Thames, in Durham, Leeds and Chicago whilst wondering what will happen to the street vendors of Bangkok.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: April 22nd 2017
Tags: Abuja, Bangkok, Cardigan Castle, Chicago, Colombo, Durham, Durham Cathedral, Leeds, Leeds International Festival, Nigeria, River Thames, Sri Lanka, The Hyper Reality Experience, UK inbound tourism, VAT on tourism services
Mar 4th, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
Canada, Croatia and Geneva all announced that more Britons were travelling there. New York expects fewer of us and Egypt seems to be trying to deter us from holidaying in the land “where it all began.”
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: ABTA, American Airlines, automated passenger checking, Barrhead Travel, biometric passports, Canada, Chicago, Croatia, Cruising with Jane McDonald, Dubai, Egypt, Eyptian visa costs, Geneva, InselAir, Kerala, Las Fallas, Navy Pier, New York, Rolling Stones, Route 66, Schipol, Thailand, Thomas Cook, TUI, valencia
Jan 21st, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
Caravans, Piccadilly Circus, playing in a steel band from Tobago and Tunisian holiday interests are some of the items catching Adrian’s eye this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 21st January 2017
Tags: ABTA, bmi regional, Capital Region, Chicago, National Space Centre, Newquay, Park City-Utah, Piccadilly Circus, Sri Lanka, Stobart Air, Sykes Cottages, Tobago, Tracey Crouch, Travel destinations, Tunisia, valencia, Welford Hall, WTO
Jul 4th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
From Thanksgiving to Labour Day, it’s no secret that our cousins across the pond like an excuse to celebrate, and 4th July is no exception. Independence Day is commemorated with fireworks, parades and concerts across America.
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: America, Asheville, Austin, Charleston, Chicago, Fourth July, Hawaii, Independence Day, Napa, North Carolina, Palm Springs, San Diego, Temecula, Texas, USA, Vegas
Oct 21st, 2015 |
By Kaye Holland
The Night Tube dream has morphed into a nightmare, says Kaye Holland
Posted in Travel rumblings |
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Tags: Berlin, Chicago, Copenhagen, Heathrow, London, London Underground, New York, Night tube, Stockholm and Sydney, TfL, Tourism, Transport for London, tube
Oct 13th, 2015 |
By The Editor
This year marks the thirtieth since I first visited Chicago. Since then I must have been back over a dozen times, one of the main reasons is that there is so much for the visitor to see.
Posted in Travel rumblings |
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Tags: Chicago, Choose Chicago, tourism budget cuts
Jun 6th, 2015 |
By Adrian Lawes
A few snippets from Adrian’s trip to America start his column this week before he wonders why so many of us confuse the Brighton Pavilion with the Taj Mahal.
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: Chelsey 'Sully' Sullenberger, Chicago, Delta, Karlsruhe, Lithuania, Louisiana, Mercure, Poverty Point, TripAdvisor, Vilnius
Jan 23rd, 2015 |
By Kaye Holland
Glendale will be getting a lot of love next week when the city hosts the 2015 Super Bowl at the University of Phoenix Stadium. But if you’re not a NFL aficionado, leave the Arizona city to the athletes and their fans and check out these five intriguing yet underrated US cities
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: Arizona, Chicago, Dallas, Fort Worth, Glendale, Lafayette, NFL, Salem, Santa Cruz, Sinatra, Super Bowl, Texas, The Lost Boys, University of Phoenix Stadium
Sep 7th, 2014 |
By The Editor
In the early autumn, Chicago provides a number of events for the visitor so that when you have finished wondering at the architectureand stopped shopping on the Magnificent Mile, there is always something else to see and do.
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: Chicago
Jul 26th, 2014 |
By Kaye Holland
The Windy City will, ahem, blow you away writes Kaye Holland
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: 360 Chicago, Al Capone, American Girl, Anish Kapoor, Art Institute of Chicago, Baseball, Billy Goat Tavern, Carlos Tevez, Chicago, Chicago Cubs, Chicago hot dog, Cloud Gate, Crown Fountain, Deep dish pizza, Fergie Jenkins, Field Museum of Natural History, Frank Gehry, Frank Sinatra, Gino’s East, Giordano’s, Green Mill, Hancock Building, Hot Doug’s, Hotel Felix, John Terry, Luis Suárez, Magnificent Mile, Millennium Park, Mr Beef, Navy Pier, Palmer House, Sears Tower, speakeasy, The Bean, The Congress Plaza, The Drake, The Intercontinental Chicago Magnificent Mile, The John Hancock Tower, The Union Stockyard, The Wrigley Building, Willis Tower, Windy City
Jul 19th, 2014 |
By Adrian Lawes
Adrian wonders why we aren’t travelling to the US but Indonesia and Croatia appeal more. From Bedfordshire to St Lucia and a beer museum in Bruges, he rounds off the smaller stories of the week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 19th July 2014
Tags: Bruges Beer Museum, Buccaneer Bay, Chicago, Croatia, Gardens by the Bay, Hatfield House, italian museum prices, Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, Singapore, St Lucia, Woburn Abbey, Zagreb
May 5th, 2014 |
By Kaye Holland
The Big Apple has been mesmerising visitors for years. Its pleasures are eternal but the particulars of where to stay, eat and play are ever in flux. Here’s the low-down on the latest news from NYC
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Big Apple, Brazil, Broadway, Brooklyn, Canada, Central Park, Chicago, France, Germany, New York, New York City, NYC & Company, UK
Apr 23rd, 2014 |
By Kaye Holland
The Chicago Cubs celebrate 100 years at Wrigley Field
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: America, Arizona, Arizona Diamondbacks, ballpark, Baseball, Billy Williams, Chicago, Fergie Jenkins, Hall of Famers, Windy City, World Series, Wrigley Field
Apr 12th, 2014 |
By Kaye Holland
It’s easy to bash BA but it’s not necessarily fair or accurate writes Kaye Holland
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on The major US airline that behaves like a low cost one
Tags: AeroMexico, America, American Airlines, bags, British Airways, Check-in, Chicago, Dallas, flight, In-flight entertainment, journey, suitcase, USA
Apr 9th, 2014 |
By Kaye Holland
British sports stars should follow in the footsteps of Fergie Jenkins and Robbie Gould, says Kaye Holland
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on A sporting afternoon in Chicago
Tags: Baseball, Chicago, Chicago Bears, Chicago Cubs, Fergie Jenkins, NFL, Robbie Gould, Superbowl, USA, Wrigley Field
Feb 6th, 2013 |
By Adrian Lawes
Adrian champions Chicago, America’s second city that’s the home of Barack Obama
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: America Windows, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cloud Gate, Macy's, Marc Chagall, Milan, Navy Pier, Palmer House Hilton, Pritzker Pavilion, Trump International Hotel, USA
May 15th, 2012 |
By Kaye Holland
The writer and poet Gertrude Stein, who was born in Oakland, once remarked about her California birthplace: “Oakland? There’s no there, there.” Fast forward to today and few would agree with Gertrude
Posted in Travel destinations, Travel news, Travel rumblings, Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: California, Chicago, Food and Wine magazine, food trucks, Gertrude Stein, James Syhabout, Michelin stars, New York, Oakland, San Francisco, The New York Times, Visit Oakland
Sep 8th, 2011 |
By The Editor
CD-Traveller mentioned a little while ago that British visitors were returning to the US after declining numbers over the last few years. One of the reasons we go is for the appeal of its heritage, according to a study recently released by their government.
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on American ‘culture’ and British visitors
Tags: Boston, California, Chicago, CHV’s, Civil War, Cultural visitors, Gettysburg, Ireland, New York, Richmond, UK, USA
Jan 22nd, 2011 |
By The Editor
The menus from outer space
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Beijing, Chicago, China, Dubai, England, molecular gastronomy, Singapore, UAE
Nov 26th, 2010 |
By The Editor
All the guide books, all the travel articles tell you about the historic part of US cities. And, in fairness, to other world cities as well. What of the other parts? Isn’t there history there as well? They can’t all have been built yesterday. And even if they weren’t, isn’t yesterday history?
It’s one of those little things in tourism that is beginning to annoy me. Why is one part of a place designated a historic district and another isn’t?
Posted in Travel rumblings |
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Tags: Athens, Chicago, historic district, London, Rome, tourism descriptions
May 21st, 2010 |
By The Editor
Remember the Route 66 competition that the Chicago and Illinois Tourist Office announced about a week ago? If you haven’t entered yet, then hurry because the first part ends this weekend. The prize is a 3 day trip to Chicago for 2 people and a hire car so you can explore some of Route 66. The website to go to, in case you’ve forgotten is www.chicagoroute66ambassador.co.uk.
Those people in Illinois, the state in which Chicago is, are working hard to persuade us to visit them. From the May bank holiday weekend for about a month , they will have taxis in Manchester emblazoned with their publicity. On a particular day each week, catch the right taxi, and your fare will be free. How do you know which day and which taxi? You don’t. It might be the same day each week but it needn’t be. It won’t be the same taxi so its no point taking the number plate. That’s as much as I could find out for you.
Posted in Travel destinations, Travel news |
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Tags: Chicago, Illinois, Living History Program, Manchester taxis, Route 66
May 11th, 2010 |
By The Editor
According to research carried out for the Chicago and Illinois Tourist Office, 81% of us are looking for adventurous or meaningful holidays. Whether that is right or not, the tourist office has used it to create a competition using the iconic Route 66 as its appeal. The competition is to appoint an Illinois Route 66 Ambassador to highlight the some of the tourist attractions in the state to prospective UK visitors. All you have to do is give your contact details and say in up to 150 words why you should be the ambassador.
Posted in Advertorial, Travel news |
Comments Off on Adventures on Route 66
Tags: Chicago, Illinois, Route 66, UK Route 66 Ambassador