For the second year in a row, Visit St. Petersburg/Clearwater (VSPC is the official destination marketing organisation of Pinellas County in Florida) has seen an increase in UK visitors. More than 600,000 Brits visited in 2012 compared to 584,442 in 2011 (an increase of 3.8%) and reports from the industry indicate ...

UK & Europe, April 4, 2013

Our knowledge of where landmarks are in Britain is appalling according to new research published yesterday. Land's End marks the northern tip of Britain, Hadrian's Wall is in Cornwall and the Jurassic Coast is to be found in Scotland, are just some of the shocking answers in a report conducted by ...

UK & Europe, April 4, 2013

The North Cyprus Tourism Centre has kickstarted an advertising and social media campaign to remind the trade and holidaymakers the area is operating as normal. As its currency is Turkish lira and not the euro, North Cyprus has remained unaffected by the financial crisis in the south and has continued to ...

UK & Europe, March 25, 2013

Saint Lucia is looking to boost its tourism numbers this year with new airlinks and hotel openings, but could go further if it weren’t for Air Passenger Duty (APD), its director of tourism has told Travel Daily. Louis Lewis, director of tourism at Saint Lucia Tourist Board (SLTB) said he hoped ...

UK & Europe, March 21, 2013

Bath Tourism Plus (BTP) has teamed up with Bath Rugby to promote sports tourism to the city. As part of its initiatives staff in the Visitor Information Centre will wear rugby shirts on matchdays and will sell game tickets alongside merchandise. As part of the tie-up, an accommodation booking widget will be ...

UK & Europe, February 19, 2013

Cyprus’ capital city Nicosia is to be regenerated in a multi-million euro project with help from British architect Zaha Hadid. The city, which is locally known as Lefkosia and dates back to the 16th century, is to be transformed in the next two years under the project to preserve its history. A ...

UK & Europe, January 3, 2013

Tourism Australia and Etihad Airways have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in an effort to augment visitors from the Middle East, UK and Europe to Australia.  As per the new strategic marketing agreement, the signatories will together invest up to A$6mn over the next three years in a range of ...

Middle East, December 17, 2012

Qantas has severed its ties with Tourism Australia over what it called a "conflict of interests". The Australian national carrier claimed yesterday (Wednesday 28 November 2012) that Tourism Australia's chairman, former Qantas CEO Geoff Dixon, is undermining the airline's restructuring attempts, including its proposed tie-up with Emirates. "This conflict has arisen from ...

UK & Europe, November 29, 2012