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Quick Find Those UK Festivals and Events (Infographic)

2013-06-07 by Aleksandr Shatskih

T in the Park

Headed to the UK? Wondering what’s on during your stay there? Hunting festivals via Google, or even through tourism portals can be time consuming and a pain. The infographic below solves for the pain of hunting what festivals are scheduled year round in the United Kingdom.

Tags: UK, UK events, UK festivals, UK tourism, UK travel

Airfasttickets Opens London Office

2012-03-14 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Airfasttickets

Airfasttickets, a global online travel agency (OTA) has announced the opening of new offices in London. As part of the company’s overall expansion across Europe, the UK offices will support UK and Ireland serving as a local agent there.

Tags: airfares, car rentals, Hotel rooms, Ireland air, Ireland tickets, London air, London travel, OTA's, UK air, UK tickets, UK tourism

Almost Unsung Travel Wonders: Adventure North Wales

2012-01-11 by Phil Butler

Kite surfing in the Atlantic

Let’s face it, no matter how much or often you surf the web searching for the best of the best, there’s always something really nice that escapes your attention. Researching the travel niche this morning we ran across a fascinating adventure tour business Adventure North Wales, via Twitter no less. Read on and learn a bit about Wales, and one company adventurous enough to cater to a lesser known niche.

Tags: Adventure Tourism, Kayaking, North Wales, North Wales travel, rock climbing, sea kayaking, The Quay, The Quay Hotel & Spa, UK adventure, UK hotels, UK kayaking, UK mountains, UK tourism, UK travel, Wales

Dreamticket Becomes UK Traveler Nightmare

2011-05-27 by Phil Butler

The Maldives

And in case you thought your nightmare vacation was the worst you ever heard of, when Selsdon Travel, aka Dreamticket, shut its doors the other day, and hundreds of UK travelers found themselves stranded at destinations across the Middle, East, Africa, and on Islands in the Indian Ocean.

Tags: airline tickets, CAA, Dreamticket, maldives, Maldives travel, online sales, online travel, refund, Selsdon Travel, stranded traveler, ticket refund, ticket refunds, travel advisory, traveler, UK tourism, UK travel

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