Archive for the ‘holiday accommodation’ Category

Tallest hotel in Wales set to open spring 2011

Friday, April 9, 2010 11:39 1 Comment

The Wyndham Hotel Group has announced it is to operate the new 200-room hotel currently being built on the waterfront in Cardiff.
When complete, the £60 million, 127-metre-high Wyndham Cardiff Hotel will be the tallest building in Wales, offering 200 rooms and 35 serviced apartments over 32 floors. A signature bar and restaurant on the 24th [...]

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New owners for Hoseasons

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 19:05 No Comments

The Exchange and Rentals business arm of Wyndham Worldwide is set to acquire Hoseasons Holdings Ltd in a deal said to be worth around $60 million.
Suffolk based Hoseasons was established in the 1940s and currently offers more than 15,000 lodges, cottages, villas, caravans and boats across seven European countries. Hoseasons brands include: Bowhills, holidaybank, Dales [...]

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UK to scrap reciprocal health agreement with Isle of Man

Friday, January 22, 2010 20:33 1 Comment

The Isle of Man has failed in its attempt to persuade the UK Government to overturn its decision to scrap the reciprocal health agreement with the Isle of Man.
Although, often thought of as part of the UK, the Isle of Man is actually a Crown Dependency, part of the British Isles but NOT the UK. [...]

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Economy and environmental awareness leads to increase in staycation holiday swaps

Friday, October 23, 2009 21:13 No Comments

It seems like the economy and increased environmental awareness are having an effect on all types of holidays.
Take your traditional home swap holidays, which in the past were seen as a great way to take holidays abroad without the expense of renting a holiday home or hotel room. Now it seems more and more people [...]

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Is this Britain’s most environmentally friendly hotel?

Thursday, February 26, 2009 21:41 No Comments

If you’re concerned about the environmental impact of your holiday, you have a couple of options: offset your flight’s carbon emissions, or perhaps take a holiday at home and stay in Britain.
If the environment is foremost in your mind and you are taking a holiday in Britain, how about staying in what is possibly the [...]

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Bookings up at Center Parcs

Tuesday, February 24, 2009 11:19 No Comments

It’s certainly looking like a good year for British tourism, and if you’re planning to take a Center Parcs holiday this year, it might be an idea to book it as soon as possible.
In a recent press release, Center Parks says that summer bookings are up a whopping 44% year-on-year and their new contemporary style [...]

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Real Hotel Group calls in the administrators

Saturday, January 24, 2009 23:12 1 Comment

A week after its shares were suspended, the Real Hotel Group has called in the administrators.
The company runs about 40 hotels in the UK including the no-frills Purplehotels chain, Stop Inns and the New Connaught Rooms in London.

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Cheap holiday accommodation – what about a home swap?

Friday, January 16, 2009 12:54 8 Comments

In today’s economic climate, finding ways of getting a good deal on a holiday rental can mean the difference between going on holiday and staying at home. But to save money, have you ever stopped to consider a ‘holiday home swap’?
I must admit I’ve never done it, or really even considered it, although I knew [...]

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Travelodge to open 22 new hotels

Friday, November 14, 2008 16:00 1 Comment

Not everyone is suffering from the credit crunch.
As more and more people are feeling the financial squeeze, budget hotel chain, Travelodge, is set to cash in by opening 22 new hotels before the end of 2008.
At a cost of £125m, the new hotels will add nearly 2000 extra rooms to the chain. Locations for the [...]

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