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Dec 26th, 2018 |
By The Editor
We start our survey of what the industry “experts” suggest by looking at ABTA, the main trade body for the British travel industry, and what it thinks will be the top twelve destinations to watch over the coming year.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: ABTA, Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Denver, Durban, Galicia, Japan, jordan, Madeira, Poland, Thessaloniki, Uzbekistan, Western Australia
Nov 10th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
Charlie Brown, Bruneland carry on baggage sizea are some of Adrian’s comments this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 10th November 2018
Tags: Aqaba, Cyprus., Good Growth for Cities Index, jordan, Peanuts, Philippines, Remembrance Sunday, Somerset House, Sri Lanka, travel visas, Wizz, WTTC
Oct 1st, 2018 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot (and what’s not) in the travel world right now
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Aqaba, Austria, BA, Big Apple, British Airways, coffee, diving, dog owners, Durban, Heathrow, Iran, Italy, jordan, Lavazza, Melbourne, Middle East, New York, pets, Red Sea, South Africa, Stanley & Livingstone, Tehran, Turin, Victoria Falls, Vienna
Apr 14th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
With so many destinations recording increased British visitor numbers, tenerife is trying to attract even more of us with its medical tourism promotion!
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 14th April 2018
Tags: Azores, Dresden Music Festival, Eupalinos Tunnel, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, jordan, Kerala, Maldives, Manchester, Ryanair, Samos, Sir John Monash Centre, Tenerife, Villers-Bretonneux, Visit Florida
Feb 10th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
The anniversary of HMS Belfast being launched, snow sculpting in Finland, free travel for local heroes on the Talyllyn Railway and development plans at George Best Belfast City Airport are some of the snippets Adrian has gathered together this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 10th February 2018
Tags: Baltic Snow Call, Ecuador, Finland, George Best Belfast City Airport, Greece, Greek "stayover tax", HMS Belfast, jordan, Kokoda Track, Papua New Guinea, Petra, Ryanair, Taiwan, Talyllyn Railway, USA
Mar 23rd, 2017 |
By The Editor
Seating a child in front of an electronic game or DVD has brought about a golden silence in planes compared to thirty years ago. The value of two hours of Peppa Pig and Peter Rabbit is not to be underestimated.
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: airline security measures, Egypt, jordan, laptops, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Turkey
Mar 18th, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
A new low- cost airline – Level – launches, there are re-openings of museums and its nearly cherry blossom season.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets; 18th March 2017
Tags: Abuja, American Airlines, Arizona, Baltimore, Barcelona, Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art, credit card charges, free food on US domestic flights, IAG, jordan, Kenya, Las Vegas, Level, Light City, National Army Museum, National Media Museum, National Science and Media Museum, Nigeria, North Yorkshire Moors Railway, Painted Desert Community Complex, Ryanair, Scottish tourism week, Tobago, Trinidad
Dec 30th, 2016 |
By The Editor
Advice and tips from tour operators on where to holiday in 2017 is compiled from those received before Christmas. Canada, New Orleans, Russia, South Africa and Chile feature across the lists.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on What’s hot in 2017 – according to the travel industry part 2
Tags: Abu Dhabi, Audley Travel, Bermuda, Canada, Citalia, Cox & Kings, Flight Centre, Great Ocean Road, Headway, India, ITC Luxury Travel Group, jordan, Lido de Jesolo, New Orleans, New Zealand, Norway, Paphos, Peru, Petra, Russia, South Africa, Transylvania
Sep 7th, 2016 |
By The Editor
The country came up with the Jordan Trail, a 650 kilometre wander through the country linking 52 villages and towns and showcasing dramatic and diverse landscapes, biodiversity, history, and local culture.
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: Aqaba, jordan, Jordan Trail, Um Qais
Jul 9th, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
What do elephants, Beatrix Potter, Durham Cathedral and Elizabethan theatre in France have in common? They are all in Adrian’s column this week
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 9th of July 2016
Tags: Beatrix Potter, Brexit, car hire, Competition and Markets Authority, Cumbria, dog friendly, Durham Cathedral, Entente Cordiale Cultural Centre, Euromonitor, holidaymakers who lie, jordan, Malawi, Melford Hall, Miami, Miami Spa Month, Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve, Suffolk, sunshine.co.uk, USA, Vietnam, YHA
Jun 11th, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
Gin, street parties and the never ending saga of Jon Platt – the main who took his children on holiday in term time – occupy Adrian’s thoughts this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 11th of June 2016
Tags: ABTA, Bombay Sapphire, Condor, Dà Mhìle Seaweed Gin, Dyfi Distillery, Eureka! The National Children’s Museum, Indonesia, Jon Platt, jordan, New Orleans, Petra, Plymouth Gin, Scottish Canals, teh monarchy as a tourist attraction, TS Queen Mary, Worls Gin Day
Dec 12th, 2015 |
By Adrian Lawes
Where are we going for Christmas? Which destinations are have attracted us and will continue to do so in 2016?
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 12th December 2015
Tags: Abu Dhabi, Barlaston, Cathay Pacific, Croatia, Dubai, Gatwick, Iceland, jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Sydney, Tunisia, Visit Britain
Oct 10th, 2015 |
By Adrian Lawes
Curries and chocolate may dominate next week but Adrian also looks at airline seat design and coach visits to Rome.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 10th October 2015
Tags: Air France, airline seat design, Cherry Peak Resort, Cruise Show-Glasgow, Family Travel Show, Grand Central, jordan, Monarch Holidays, National Memorial Arboretum, Park City, The Martian, Utah, Virgin trains, Wrexham and Shropshire Trains
Oct 8th, 2015 |
By The Editor
Travelzoo says that three out of four British holidaymakers are actively avoiding Islamic countries following recent acts of terrorism.
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: Egypt, jordan, Maldives, Morocco, Oman, Travelzoo, Tunisia, Turkey
Mar 19th, 2014 |
By The Editor
Wild Jordan, a division of the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN) in Jordan, this year celebrates 20 years of pioneering eco-tourism and socio-economic projects across the country.
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: jordan, Wild Jordan
Dec 31st, 2013 |
By Kaye Holland
CD-Traveller tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world. This month culture vultures are flocking to Florida while for film fanatics, the Sundance Festival in Utah is where it’s at. But there’s trouble in Thailand…
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: BA, Berlin, Canada, China, Copenhagen, Covent Garden, Dublin, Florida, Gordon Ramsay, Hamburg, Harbin, jordan, Miami, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Robert Redford, Sundance Film Festival, Thailand, The Pengcheng Space Capsules Hotel, USA, Utah, Venice
Aug 10th, 2013 |
By The Editor
The finding of what we know as the Dead Sea Scrolls in the late 1940’s and early fifties was one of the most important finds of the twentieth century. A new musuem just outside the Jordanian capital, Amman, houses the scrolls.
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: Dead Sea Scrolls, jordan, Museum at the Lowest Point on Earth, Museum of Jordan
Mar 24th, 2013 |
By Kaye Holland
Kaye loves London, so why did she leave? Read the second part of her story, here
Posted in Travel rumblings |
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Tags: Arabia, BA, Bahrain, Burj Al Arab, Cayman Islands, Dubai, Grand Cayman, Gulf, jordan, Las Vegas, London, Mall of the Emirates, Middle East, Oman, Qatar, Ski Dubai, The Palm, UAE
Aug 28th, 2012 |
By Kaye Holland
Jordan’s stunning archaeological site, Petra, is this month celebrating the 200th anniversary of its rediscovery. But ‘Perfect Petra’ isnt Jordan’s only jewel. Here Kaye Holland takes a look at Jordan’s remarkable royal women, who have caused waves in both the Arab and wider world…
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Cairo, Islam, jordan, King Hussein, Kuwait, Lisa Halaby, Middle East, Queen Noor, Queen Rania Al Abdullah, Saudi Arabia
Jun 4th, 2012 |
By The Editor
The Egyptian Prime Minister Kamal Ganzouri, Ministers of Tourism, International Corporation, Foreign Affairs and Interior have announced for the first time ever, changes to obtaining tourist visas on arrival to all Egyptian Ports for a variety of tourist nationalities
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: Canada, Egypt, EU, Gulf, jordan, Tourists, United States, visas
Oct 23rd, 2011 |
By The Editor
So Colonel Gaddafi has gone but, despite the death of the desperate despot, the future isn’t especially rosy for Libya. Gaddafi might have gone to his grave but the nation faces a tough battle to win back holidaymakers – like much of the Middle East
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Travelling is risky business
Tags: Bangkok, Civil War, Earthquake, Gaddafi, Japan, jordan, Libya, Middle East, Sri Lanka, Thailand, tsunami
Sep 14th, 2011 |
By The Editor
Thanks to a new code share with oneworld partner Royal Jordanian, BA passengers can now fly directly to Jordan and September -when temperatures are balmly, not blistering – is the best time to go. CD Traveller tells you how to get the most out of the Hashemite Kingdom, regardless of whether you have one week or infinitely longer…
Posted in Travel destinations, Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Amman, Aqaba, dead sea, jordan, Lawrence of Arabia, Middle East, Petra
Aug 17th, 2011 |
By The Editor
Jordan is one of the few countries that has produced a five year tourism plan this year. Many countries haven’t really updated their older versions. They have also started a major competition lasting 100 days to draw our attention to the Dead Sea.
As CD-Traveller have written before, Jordan is often seen as a heritage destination but increasingly they are promoting other features of the country, the mountains for example.
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: dead sea, jordan
Jan 7th, 2011 |
By Adrian Lawes
Remember last year? It was the year we were cutting back and staying at home to holiday. Destinations which didn’t offer value for money or were considered cheap to visit were supposed to be hit by a downturn in numbers. We knew that there had been increased interest in long-haul holidays but wasn’t this because it was cheap when you got there? But there are places not known for being inexpensive which have done rather well. Take Jordan for example. Last year up until the end of November over 67,000 of travelled there, largely to see the heritage sites. We were the second largest number of European visitors after France.
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: Ajloun, jordan, Kerak, Mount Nebo, Petra, Visit Jordan
Oct 20th, 2009 |
By The Editor
Once upon a time spas were the preserve of pampered Paris’s and J Lo’s but now everyone is at it. In the twenty first century self improvement is no longer about reading Shakespeare, it’s all about releasing toxins and realigning chakras – so much so that a National Spa Week (we’re in the midst of it) has been created ‘to highlight the many health benefits which consumers can enjoy through a visit to a spa including; detoxifying treatments, improved circulation, anti-stress benefits improved skin condition and general well being.’
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Tags: dead sea, jordan, spa