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Over seven hundred travel firms have now signed up to the Save Our Summer campaign – to reassure consumers they can book 2021 holidays with confidence. Save Our Summer, or SOS Travel, launched Monday this week (15th February) with over a hundred firms backing the campaign and now sees over seven hundred large, medium and small
The High Streets Cultural Programme is part of the High Streets Heritage Action Zone initiative. The initiative is funded by the Department for Digital, Culture Media and Sport, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, and the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The £95 million initiative is currently working across 68 English high streets, and aims
The effective lockdown on cruising brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic has meant that many of the cruise lines have decided to take the unwelcome but unavoidable step of selling off older vessels for scrap. It means that some much-loved ships will be sailing no more, and the fleet that will be providing future cruises
After a treacherous road in 2020, coach operators have started making plans for the year ahead, releasing incredible new offers with a focus on the UK and tours much closer to home. Along with a lot of the travel industry, the future of coach operators is still uncertain. After a lack of bespoke financial support
New year cruise updates from Riviera Travel, Oceania Cruises, Holland America Line, Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines and Saga. Including amazing new small group tours, new itineraries and new Coronavirus restrictions. Riviera Travel: 2022 Small Groups Tours Now Available to Book. Riviera Travel has announced that their full European small groups tours are now on sale
The largest collection of Thomas Hardy memorabilia ever displayed at one time. Four fascinating exhibitions displayed from 28th May – 30th October 2022. Take a fresh look at the life and literature of the Victorian novelist and poet, Thomas Hardy, in the stunning Wessex landscapes that shaped his view of the world. His story will
A new membership organisation for coach operators throughout the UK has been created with the rebranding as the UK Coach Operators Association of the body that was originally the London Tourist Coach Operators Association. LTCOA was formed in 1976, and from the beginning of the year has become the UKCOA, seeking to represent those who
One of the UK’s most popular attractions, North Yorkshire Moors Railway, has announced the success of its ‘Crisis Appeal’, which was set up to support the not-for-profit charity over the pandemic. The appeal went live at the start of lockdown in Spring 2020 and has raised an incredible £440,000. It was started to raise vital
2020 saw some of the biggest UK events and festivals cancelled and postponed until 2021. As we enter the new year and a new national lockdown, the state of the UK events industry is still undecided, and a lot of event organisers have announced that some of the biggest events of the year are still
Anne Diamond to be Godmother of new Viking Venus Viking Cruises has announced that British journalist and broadcaster Anne Diamond will be the godmother of its seventh ocean ship, Viking Venus ®. Anne is best known for her iconic work on morning shows in the UK during the 1980s, along with a legendary career in