Holidays & Travel

With school summer holidays just around the corner, searches for last minute summer holidays are up by over 50% v last week according to lowcostholidays.

With many holidays now cheaper than last summer, late deals are available for holidaymakers looking for guaranteed sunshine at the beach. Majorca, The Algarve, Lanzarote, Costal Del Sol and Orlando are currently this summer’s top family holiday destinations with Ibiza and Corfu proving most popular for couples and younger groups of friends. More holiday makers have chosen 4 and 5 star hotels for this summer than ever before with...

Deadlines for this year’s official tourism awards for Visit Devon and other counties Cornwall, Dorset and the South West, have been extended after websites receive record 13,475 views. With judging of this year’s tourism awards due to start in July, tourism businesses across the region are being offered a short extension until Friday 19th June for submitting entries, with Friday 26th June the last submission date for those who register on or before Friday 19th June. For the Unsung Hero & Tourism Event and Festival categories there is a later deadline of Friday 28th August. The awards...

With peak travel season is fast approaching, hoteliers are seeking out for the ways to invite more guests, but how things will be executed appropriately is something they are still untouched with. If you are also waking up after a long seasonal gap, be prepared to welcome the flock of guests since autumn is round the corner. Let’s wash up the dirty windows, burnish the silver and do all other little things for which you don’t have time during the peak season, especially while you are running apart hotels (like http://www.spaceaparthotel.com ), hostels and other accommodation businesses....

In celebration of 30 years of providing inspirational, hands-on learning experiences to schools across the region, Buckfast Abbey’s Education Department will play host to a major Christian Storytelling Festival from 2nd to 4th July. Set in idyllic gardens with the magnificent backdrop of Buckfast Abbey, a working Benedictine monastery just off the A38 and within easy reach of Exeter and Plymouth and surrounding areas, the three-day extravaganza of storytelling, theatre and puppetry will include school visits on the first two days and culminate in a fabulous Family Day on Saturday 4th July...