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Just 11% of Brits book their holiday with high street agents
Friday, 03 February 2012 13:05
Just 11% of Brits will be visiting a travel agent in person to book their 2012 holiday, according to a report by TravelSupermarket.
When it comes to booking their main summer holiday, 31% will book through an online travel agent, 20% through an online tour operator and 15% through an online price comparison site.
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UK holidaymakers leave it late
Tuesday, 09 August 2011 10:36
Domestic holidaymakers are booking later than ever to try to take advantage of last minute offers and good weather.
UK parks operator Hoseasons said since July 25, the start of the school holidays in England and Wales, bookings for the parks have risen by over 34% compared with sales in the same period last year.
Inbound tourism figures up over royal wedding period
Tuesday, 19 July 2011 09:08
VisitBritain, the national tourism agency, has reported an encouraging 11% rise in holiday visits in the last three months of 2011 (March- May), confirming Britain’s growing popularity at a key time for inbound tourism.
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VisitBritain throws £100m into rekindling US love affair with UK
Monday, 23 May 2011 11:29
On the day US President Barak Obama visits the UK, VisitBritain has revealed that Americans are falling out of love with the UK as a holiday destination.
Although the US was the UK's biggest overseas market from 1998 to 2007, it has since slipped to third place behind France and Germany. At the height of the US love affair with the UK - in 2000 - 4.1m American's visited Britain; last year there were less than 2.7m visits to the UK by US citizens.
Read more: VisitBritain throws £100m into rekindling US love affair with UK
Energy Performance Certificates for Holiday Lets
Friday, 18 March 2011 09:36
The outcome of the consultation document ‘Making better use of energy performance certificates and data’ was published by the Department for Communities and Local Government on 29 November 2010.
Amongst the proposals in the original consultation was to require energy performance certificates (EPCs) for short-term holiday lets.
Is the staycation still popular after all?
Friday, 11 March 2011 22:40
Plan To Change Britain's Clocks Abandoned
Tuesday, 08 March 2011 11:07
Plans to move the clocks forward an hour all year round in Britain have been abandoned.
The move, would have brought the country into line with the rest of Europe, has not been included in a new tourism strategy, despite expectations that it would be.
New tourism strategy may signal longer days ahead
Wednesday, 02 March 2011 15:00
The government's long-awaited tourism strategy will be unveiled, finally, by tourism minister John Penrose on Friday.
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Royal wedding creates 11 day holiday for many
Friday, 26 November 2010 09:39
Once they have done their bank holiday maths, parks should be rubbing their hands together in anticipation of a bumper crop of bookings next April.
New online marketing rules & your business
Wednesday, 24 November 2010 16:49
From March 2011, tougher advertising regulations will place a greater restraint on how businesses promote themselves on their websites and in social media. What are the new rules? And are they something small firms should be worrying about?
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