British holiday information

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 [...]

If you are ever in any doubt about how beautiful Britain is just check out the Guardian’s Britain’s best view gallery which features stunning photos that just make you want to go on holiday now!
Personally, my favourite has to be the Old Man of Storr on the Isle of Skye which won first place in [...]

I’ve been contacted by Christian Roudaut, a French television reporter, preparing a TV package for the Franco-German channel Arte on “staycation” in Britain.
He is looking for a British family who would normally go on holiday abroad and who has decided to stay in Britain this summer (weakness of the pound, credit crunch, no airport stress, [...]

If you are yet to book your summer holiday and are still weighing up whether to take a British holiday or one abroad, maybe the latest forecast for the Met Office may sway you in favour of staying in the UK.
According to today’s summer forecast, summer 2009 is ‘odds on for a barbecue summer’.
Chief Meteorologist [...]

It’s a sad state of affairs if a survey commissioned by Vauxhall Motors is representative of the whole of the UK population.
Sky News reported yesterday that a survey conducted on behalf of the car manufacturer found that Britons will only see an average of 28 British towns and cities in their lifetime – a mere [...]

If ever there was a more pressing reason for taking a staycation this year it has to be the recent press release from Tourism Concern, the independent organisation fighting exploitation in tourism.
Tourism Concern highlights the effects of large-scale tourism on poor communities in developing countries and is calling for a stop to the development of [...]

Travel insurance will be a must after 31 March 2009 for travel between Jersey and the UK.
Anyone living in the UK and visiting Jersey, or living in Jersey and visiting the UK after 31 March 2009, needs to be aware that from 1 April 2009 the reciprocal health agreement that has been in place between [...]

As the weak pound attracts increasing numbers of tourists from abroad, Pontin’s is gearing itself up to accommodate additional visitors.
Less than a month after it announced the decision to close Pontin’s Hemsby, Ocean Parcs – the owner of Pontin’s – has announced a huge £50 million investment to develop and refurbish its holiday parks.
The investment [...]

The number of Michelin Star restaurants is on the rise.
The recent publication of the Michelin Guide has seen a record number of restaurants receive the Michelin Star award - 26 new one-star and four new two-star restaurants.
Of the 26 new one-star establishments, 18 are outside London – 14 in England and four in Scotland [...]

What a week it has been for Lapland style attractions and the poor families who had booked to visit.
First to make the news this week was the Lapland Experience in the New Forest which opened on the 28 November. As reported in my previous post, there were hundreds of complaints about Lapland Experience – I [...]