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Celtic Cultural Motifs Appearing Across European Travel and Lifestyle Media

Visual echoes of the Celts show up with surprising regularity throughout European travel and lifestyle media. Flip through magazines or scroll online, and you’ll spot mists, aged stones, and those distinctive, knotted patterns crowding the frame.

The National Galleries of Scotland notes that these designs rarely play it straight with history; they form a sort of media shorthand, half signaling...

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Why You Need to Celebrate Life’s Big Moments on Holiday in 2022 and Beyond

In 2022, our social lives and our celebrations are bigger and better than ever. We can go pretty much anywhere we like and we’re definitely making the most of it.

According to an ABTA survey, 49% of us say holidays are more important to us than ever, and a similar percentage (46%) expect to spend more on holidays than usual this year.

Travel company The Thinking Traveller...

Newmarket Holidays Predicts Agents Will Be All Shook Up With Elvis Sales

Newmarket Holidays is predicting a bumper year for Elvis-inspired trade sales following the release of Baz Luhrmann’s biopic of the King's early life, which opens in cinemas on 24 June. To prepare for the big-screen opening of ‘Elvis’, the escorted tour expert has launched a specialised training module for agents, created dedicated collateral about the star and his influences, and introduced...

COMPANION VOUCHERS OPENED UP TO SOLO TRAVELLERS IN UPDATE TO BRITISH AIRWAYS AMERICAN EXPRESS® CARDS

Travellers embarking on solo adventures around the world can now enjoy new benefits from their Companion Voucher, British Airways and American Express have announced.

From today, Cardmembers who have earned a Companion Voucher since September 2021 on either the British Airways...

Holidaymakers unprepared for summer travel meltdown

Holidaymakers financially unprepared to tackle flight cancellation fears

Research by tax refund experts, RIFT Tax Refunds , has revealed that the travel meltdown feared to continue for holidaymakers this summer holiday season could leave many out of pocket and out of options, as they fail to cover themselves for the worst case scenario of a flight cancellation.

The survey...

LANSERHOF: LONG-COVID TRAVEL PACKAGES IN-DEMAND MORE THAN EVER BEFORE

Google has reported that over the last few months, searches for “symptoms of long covid in adults” have risen 450% and searches for “treatment for long covid” are up 70%. Globally, the estimated prevalence of long covid is 43%, according to a study from the University of Minnesota , which reports that long covid is...

ETIHAD AIRWAYS UNVEILS NEW ‘SUSTAINABILITY50’ AIRBUS A350 ON INAUGURAL FLIGHT TO PARIS

Next-generation aircraft will be deployed to key North American and Indian destinations by peak summer season
‘Sustainability50’ programme to drive operational efficiencies and support Etihad’s decarbonisation efforts

Etihad Airways unveiled its new Airbus A350-1000,...

Newmarket Holidays Launches New Positive Travel Campaign

Escorted tour operator, Newmarket Holidays, has launched a new content-led campaign to mark the unveiling of its 2023/24 programme. The new “Dream it. See it. Share it.” campaign will see Newmarket Holidays move away from COVID referencing to a more positive narrative in its marketing, reflecting the return of travel and encouraging results in the first half of the year.

The campaign...

5 Dog-Friendly Festivals Paw-fect for 2022 holidays

Festivals are about celebrating the outdoors with great events to enjoy alongside family and friends. So why not bring along your four-legged best friend to take part as well and enjoy a holiday to remember!

Of course, not all festivals are suitable for dogs. Some can be too loud, uncomfortable, and stressful for our fur babies. It’s important to identify which festivals are suitable...

Fun Holiday Activities in Lisbon: Royal Treasure Museum opens

Fun Holiday Activities in Lisbon: The new Royal Treasure Museum has opened to the public in Palácio Nacional da Ajuda, in Lisbon, giving a permanent display for the Crown Jewels and pieces of Portuguese royal goldsmithery for the first time. The unique collection is of inestimable heritage value and represents one of the most important collections in the world.

With over one thousand...

Brits searching cancel my flight at the highest point in a YEAR amid airport travel holiday chaos

Brits searching 'cancel my flight' at the highest point in a YEAR amid airport, travel and holiday chaos

Analysis of Google search data reveals that searches for ‘cancel my flight’ exploded 163% in the United Kingdom as of the week between 22nd May 2022 and 4th June 2022 - the highest level in a year . The last week of May - the school half term period and Jubilee weekend - saw staff shortages at airports up and down the country resulting in queues lasting hours and missed flights for many...

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