Holidays & Travel

The South West's deepest gorge is now accessible to those with limited mobility thanks to a charity hire scheme based in Devon. The National Trust's Lydford Gorge in Devon has become the newest site to come on board as a partner for charity accessibility scheme, Countryside Mobility South West. Countryside Mobility, which has recently been recognised nationally in the Visit England Awards for Excellence, is run by charity Living Options South West and aims to open up the South West's countryside to those with limited mobility through the hire of their all terrain mobility scooters. These...

Devon Hotels and Restaurants Association members are reporting up to a 25% increase on business year on year over the critical spring holiday periods.

As well as Exeter based hotels, the Association also includes quality hotels and restaurants across Devon including Dartmoor, East Devon, South Hams, Torbay and North Devon.

The Queens Court Hotel in Exeter is feeling good about the year ahead. The Hotel is up on last year by 15% with regards to accommodation and restaurant bookings.

Combe House near Honiton has reported strong growth year on year with figures showing...

Stagecoach South West has announced (16 May) it will be promoting the recent service improvements to its flagship Gold bus service with two roadshows during half term week (week commencing 26 May 2014).

Responding to passenger demand, Stagecoach has doubled the frequency of the service’s Torquay to Plymouth connection with buses now running to up to every half hour, 6 days a week and an hourly service on Sundays.

The operator has also introduced an earlier, pre-9am arrival, into Torquay to provide improved links for commuters. Last departures from Plymouth will now leave 30...

The biggest ever guide to Exeter was published this weekend offering tourists an array of places to visit and stay in what is fast becoming one of the region’s top city break destinations.

Latest figures confirm that in total almost £187m was spent by visitors whilst on holiday in the city (2012).

Spend by UK holidaymakers staying overnight in Exeter increased from £66m to £80m and for overseas visitors from £30.2m to £38.7m (between 2011 and 2012). In just four years, spend by overseas visitors in Exeter has almost doubled, from £20.9m in 2009 to £38.7m in 2012.

As...