Posts Tagged ‘
Foreign and Commonwealth Office ’
Aug 23rd, 2020 |
By The Editor
The time has come to create a tourism and travel department which incudes the travel advisory service and passport departments from the FCO and the Home Office.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Does DCMS do anything for tourism?
Tags: DCMS, Department for Digital, Department for Transport and Tourism, Department of Transport, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, HM Passport Office, Visit Britain, Visit England
Jul 2nd, 2020 |
By The Editor
No wonder the travel industry and us holiday makers don’t know if we are coming or going.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on So much for air bridges
Tags: air bridges, air corridors, FCO, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Apr 6th, 2020 |
By The Editor
The new advice is that any travel is advised against for an indeterminate time.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on When will we travel again?
Tags: coronavirus, FCO, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Summer holidays 2020
Jan 27th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Overnight came the news that the FCO had recommended that only essential travel to mainland China take place.
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on A holiday in China?
Tags: China, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Hubei Province, Wuhan
Jan 4th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Part of the world has become a little less inviting for tourists but then, wasn’t it ever so?
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Opening up Iran?
Tags: Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Iran, Iraq., Kuwait, Oman, Ras Al Kahaimah, sharjah
Oct 23rd, 2019 |
By The Editor
The Egyptian tourism minister, Rania A Al Mashat tweeted “Welcome back to Sharm el Sheikh. Our Friends…You’ve been missed.”
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Back to Sharm
Tags: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Raina a Al Mashat, Sharm El Sheikh
Jun 14th, 2019 |
By The Editor
The lifting of the ban on travelling to Sri Lanka has come within months of the terrorist incident.
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Re-opening Sri Lanka
Tags: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Sri Lanka
Jul 26th, 2017 |
By The Editor
The Foreign & Commonwealth Office lifted the ban on travel to most parts of Tunisia this afternoon.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Tunisia is open for British visitors
Tags: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Tunisia
May 2nd, 2016 |
By The Editor
Travelling to Tunisia all hinges on whether you have insurance and that depends on what our government says. Unless you do as you will like Matt Wallace and the other Brits who played in the Open.
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Visiting Tunisia
Tags: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Habib Aamar, Matt Wallace, travel advice, Tunisia
Apr 29th, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
I talked to a hotel management company, Concorde who operate two hotels, one in Hammamet and one in Port El Kantaoui near Sousse about how they were adapting to the heightened safety demands.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Preparing for the return of the Brits
Tags: Concorde Green Park Palace, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Hammamet, Holiday Confidence Index, Port El Kantaoui, Sousse, Tunisia
Apr 4th, 2016 |
By The Editor
The UK government is considering changes to how it offers its travel advisory service. And it would like your thoughts on what if any changes might be made.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Do you use the Foreign Office travel advice service?
Tags: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, government travel advisory services
Aug 23rd, 2015 |
By The Editor
Last week HolidayTravelWatch, a website that acts as a conduit for holiday complaints, announced that there was “a general failure by the travel industry to offer a clear picture… to provide full information about a given destination.”
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Is holiday risk underestimated?
Tags: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Frank Brehany, HolidayTravelWatch, travel advisories
May 16th, 2014 |
By Adrian Lawes
This morning our television screens have carried stories about Tui (Thomson and First Choice) bringing home its customers who have been holidaying in Kenya.
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Ministers and Foreign Office advice
Tags: First Choice, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Kenya, Thomson Holidays, TUI
Sep 1st, 2013 |
By The Editor
CD-Traveller tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world. This month, it’s good news for Norway and nudists – if not all inclusive holidays
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on What’s hot: September 2013
Tags: Britain, Easynest.com, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Hampshire, Iraq., Kent, Twitter, UK
Aug 16th, 2013 |
By The Editor
The decision, this afternoon, by TUI and Thomas Cook to stop sending German holidaymakers to Egypt on holiday seems a little one-sided. If it was unsafe for German holidaymakers to go there doesn’t the same apply to British and Irish holidaymakers?
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Should we go to the Red Sea resorts?
Tags: Department of Foreign Affairs (Republic Of Ireland), Egypt, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Red Sea resorts, Sky News, travel advisories for Egypt
Sep 29th, 2012 |
By The Editor
CD-Traveller tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world. This month business class passengers, Barcelona FC and boozy Brits are all generating media inches
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on What’s hot: October 2012
Tags: Andres Iniesta, Barcelona, Brazil, China, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Egypt, Florida, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Hainan, Hilton, Laos, Lionel Messi, Maldives, Marriott, President Obama, Princess Diana, Queen's Diamond Jubilee, Singapore, South America, Thanburudhoo Island, Travelodge, Tunisia