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Why “NOT” to Believe Dreamy COVID-19 Recovery Predictions

2020-03-26 by Phil Butler

Tacoma COVID-19

The COVID-19 situation where travel and hospitality are concern, is largely understated by most experts who project a mid-term leveling out.

Tags: Asia Pacific, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Donald Trump, Double Check, Europe hotels, Greece hotels, hotel revenue, Le Bijou, London, london hotels, Madeleine Hübner, McKinsey & Company, RevPAR, STR, US hotels, World hotels, WTTC

Bébé Voyage Trails: Easy Day Tours with Baby in Tow

2018-10-23 by Argophilia Travel News

Bébé Voyage, the premiere community of globetrotting parents, together with Crumbdrop, a technology platform that generates instant animated slideshows, releases Bébé Voyage Trails.

Tags: Bébé Voyage, Bébé Voyage Trails, Chicago, Crumbdrop, day tours, kids travel, London, Paris, Sydney, toddlers, Tokyo, tours

Abercrombie & Kent Launches Regional Portfolio for Luxury Tailor Made Travel

2017-03-15 by Argophilia Travel News

Reykjavik

With unbeatable airfares and favorable exchange rates, travellers are looking towards Europe and intriguing new ways to explore the region. Luxury travel innovators Abercrombie & Kent have designed a new portfolio devoted to Luxury Tailor Made Travel in Europe, an insider’s guide to the world of customized travel, featuring iconic sites and places not on everyone’s radar, chosen by A&K’s local experts for their distinctive character.

Tags: Abercrombie & Kent, Europe travel, Fire & Ice, Iceland, Italy travel, London, Mediterranean destinations, travel agencies

An Unforgettable Weekend in London

2015-01-09 by Aleksandr Shatskih

London tea

London is a city of unique opportunities. There are so many restaurants, that even if you go to a new one every day; you will hardly manage to visit them all. Quite often, when you come to the UK capital on business or for leisure, you get lost in this variety. And so we have […]

Tags: Britain travel, London, London spas, London tourism, London weekend

London’s Rankings as a Major Centre for Business Tourism Improve

2013-05-17 by Aleksandr Shatskih

London skyline

United Kingdom was the fourth country in the International Congress and Convention Association’s (ICCA) top organized by number of meetings organised in 2012, with London placing six in the top cities positioned as a major centre for business tourism. This city placed seven the year before, and is now very close to enter top 5 […]

Tags: business tourism, business tourism top, ICCA top, International Congress and Convention Association’s (ICCA) top, London

5 Free Attractions To See In London This Spring

2013-04-25 by Phil Butler

London skyline

With the winter months behind us, many of us will be looking to brighten up our lives from the cold and drizzly British spring. Unsurprisingly, the capital is often the first name on many tourists’ lips as they look to soak up the London culture and feast their eyes on some of the world’s most iconic sights.

Tags: London, London attactions, London Spring, London tours, London travel

Selected London Hotel Images from Google Plus

2012-02-16 by Phil Butler

Hazlitt’s 6 Frith Street, Soho Square London

Reading the Google News ticker this morning we ran into some extraordinary images via hotel pages on G +, so we thought we would share. For the travel enthusiast, there is perhaps no imagery more effective than the views of and from a hotel. For the hotelier, imagery is certainly the Holy Grail of media. Let’s look at some extraordinary examples from random hotels.

Tags: 5 star hotels, Augustus Collection, G+, g+ London, Google Hotels, Google Plus, Grange City, Grange City Hotel, Grange Hotels, Hazlitt’s, hospitality wonders, hotels, Langham Hotels Collection, London, London 5 Star, london hotels, Mandarin Oriental, marketing, Rochester Hotel London, SAVOY, technology, World hotels

Pantos, Pleasures and Peppa Pig – Christmas Shows and Events in London for the Whole Family

2011-12-13 by Guest Author

Winter Wonderland

Everybody loves an outing to the theatre at Christmas time and London has a myriad of shows, musicals and events for your family this Christmas.

Tags: children, Christmas, events, festive fun, kids, London, pantomime, parents, theatre

WTM: 2011 Money Generation Machine

2011-11-07 by Aleksandr Shatskih

WTM Facebook badge

Travel Daily News reported this morning, the start of this week’s World Travel Market in London, the leading worldwide travel industry event, welcomed some 183 new exhibitors for 2011. From national tourism boards, destination management companies, to technology entities and beyond, ExCeL, London is the place to be November 7 through 10.

Tags: Google Travel, London, Rate Tiger, RateTiger, Reed Travel Exhibitions, Tnooz, travel conference, Travel Daily, Travel Daily News, travel industry, World Travel Market, WTM, WTM Facebook, WTM London, WTM Twitter

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