Holidays & Travel

Highbullen Hotel, Golf and Country Club were honoured to be named the winner of two coveted categories at the South West Tourism Excellence Awards 2015-2016, held in Exeter on 4th February.

Facing competition from over 100 finalists across the region, Highbullen were awarded Gold for Venue and Business Tourism and Bronze for Large Hotel of the Year.

Ronnie Orr, Resort Director, said, “It is a great honour to be presented with the Gold award for Venue and Business Tourism and the Bronze award for Large Hotel of the Year. It has been an incredible year since we first opened...

Blue Chip Holidays has announced that 2015 has been its best year of trading to date, with the number of guests up by over 17.6% and revenues up an additional £2.15 million by 14.5% from £15.2 million in 2014. The Devon based UK holiday operator has also started 2016 in its strongest position in its 14-year history with forward bookings for guests arriving in 2016 up by 26.9% and revenues up by 28.8% year on year. Perhaps even more impressive, Blue Chip Holidays has reported a 49.4% increase in bookings arriving in January 2016 compared with the same month in 2015. A notoriously difficult...

Gastropubs along the Avocet Line from Exeter to Exmouth are offering discounts to diners who travel there by train. Rail passengers can get 10% off their food bill at selected pubs when they show the train ticket for their journey. The discounts will run until the end of March, excluding Valentine’s weekend, 13th and 14th February, and Easter weekend 25th-28th March. All are close to stations on the Avocet Line.

This initiative is part of the promotional campaign being run for the line by the Devon & Cornwall Rail Partnership working closely with the Avocet Line Rail Users’...

Buried treasure sounds like the subject of pirate movies, but there are hoards of hidden gems lurking under the sand of Britain’s beaches.

Online travel agent Florida4Less , has released advice for those hoping for a major find to coincide with its virtual Grand in the Sand treasure hunt*.

The Portable Antiquities Scheme, based at the British Museum, provides advice for those wanting to search for interesting finds - and do so responsibly - on Britain’s beaches. The scheme operates a database of at least 1,300 historical items that have been found along the country’s...