Travel News

16 February 2009
ABTA Moves Offices
ABTA (The Association of British Travel Agents) has moved out of London’s West End to new offices south of the River Thames.

16 February 2009
Ruby Falls Gains Green Award
Ruby Falls, America’s deepest commercial cave and largest underground waterfall open to the public, is the first U.S. attraction to gain Green Globe/Green Certification.

3 November 2008
Delta-Northwest integration begins
Delta Air Lines completed its acquisition of Northwest Airlines on Wednesday. Airline executives say hubs, flights and frequent flier miles will not be cut

3 November 2008
New Visitor Center opens at the heart of Congress
Coinciding with a tremendous surge in interest in US politics around the world, a brand-new $621million Capitol Visitor Centre opens at the very seat of government next month in Washington, DC.

29 October 2008
Giant airship returns to San Francisco skies
Zeppelins, the giant floating airships that used to carry passengers until the 1930s, haven’t been seen in American skies for more than 70 years.

20 September 2008
Heathrow’s VIP lounges add new ’KidsZone’
British Airways has built a separate KidsZone room in the £60m Executive Lounges at Heathrow’s Terminal 5.

4 September 2008
Hatton hires Mayweather Snr as trainer
Ricky Hatton has made the surprising move of hiring Floyd Mayweather Sr - dad of the only boxer to have beaten him - as his new trainer

26 August 2008
Gloves are off for Hatton-Malignaggi fight
Brooklyn-born boxer Paulie Malignaggi ups the ante in his forthcoming title fight with Ricky Hatton in Las Vegas

13 August 2008
Cirque du Soleil Comes to Los Angeles
Cirque du Soleil will open a major new show at Kodak Theatre -- home of the Academy Awards® -- in 2010.

18 July 2008
Madame Tussauds Hollywood unveils first figures
LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has just unveiled the first figures to star at Madame Tussauds Hollywood

25 June 2008
NCL to launch world’s first floating ice bars
Norwegian Cruise Lines is to introduce the world’s first ice bars at sea in its forthcoming new generation of cruise liners

20 June 2008
5th straight year for Continental
CONTINENTAL Airlines awarded the “Best Airline in North America” at the 2008 OAG Airline of the Year Awards

19 May 2008
The Simpsons Ride is now open at Universal Studios
The new mega attraction, based on the critically acclaimed TV series and movie is due to an unprecedented collaboration between Universal Parks & Resorts and The Simpsons creators.

1 May 2008
US numbers up!
THE U.S. Department of Commerce announced that 3.4 million international
visitors traveled to the United States in Jan 08, an increase of 11% over Jan 07.

29 April 2008
What’s new at theme parks this summer
You’ll find plenty of new attractions to amuse everyone at the more than 400 theme parks (and scores more water parks) this spring and summer. Here’s just a small sampling of what’s new out there:

18 April 2008
Las Vegas is “kid-friendly”!
Good value hotels, every kind of food you can imagine. Plenty of sizzle, spectacle, first-rate theatrical productions, giant red rocks for climbing and water playgrounds…

15 April 2008
New Orleans numbers released
The number of visitors to New Orleans increased from 3.7 milion in 2006 to 7.1 milion in 2007

29 January 2008
New Theme Park in Orlando
Aquatica - SeaWorld’s Waterpark will open in March 2008. The one-of-a-kind park will include up-close animal experiences, high-speed thrills and wide, sandy beaches.

17 January 2008
Miami Beach showcases Art Deco gems
Modern-day South Beach is still a vibrant monument to the Art Deco designs of the late 1920s and ’30s.

17 January 2008
The Signature at MGM Grand voted best hotel in USA
The hotel with a private, gated entrance has 576 suites in three towers and amenities that include 24-hour concierge service, a full service wedding chapel and a grand pool complex that has pools, whirlpools and a lazy river.

15 January 2008
NYC attracts record-setting tourist counts
New York City saw a record-setting number of tourists last year with 46 million people visiting the city, up 5% from the year before.

11 January 2008
Whale-Watching Season in Southern California
January through March is prime whale-watching season, particularly in the Los Angeles area

3 January 2008
Walt Disney Resorts
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts have purchased 21 acres in Hawaii on the island of Oahu to build a luxury family resort

21 December 2007
Proper bonding and insurance important
In a recent report the CAA (Civil Aviation Authority) was concerned that passengers who travelled on “Do It Yourself” packages in 2007, booking their own flights and accommodation separately, were not ATOL protected

18 December 2007
"Award for excellence" 2007
The 2007 "Award for Excellence" for outstanding customer services goes to NCL!

14 December 2007
Los Angeles Dodgers celebrate 50 Years
In 2008, the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the team moving to Los Angeles

5 December 2007
Amtrak – America’s main train travel company
Amtrak reported that rider ship this year increased to 25,847,531, marking the fifth straight year of gains and setting a record for the most passengers using Amtrak trains since the National Railroad Passenger Corporation started operations in 1971.

19 November 2007
New York Rockefeller Plaza annual event
Tree lighting set to dazzle as millions of New Yorkers and tourists come to see the tree while many get to ice skate on the rink

30 October 2007
Pound hits 26-year US dollar high
While the weak dollar is good news for British travellers planning trips to the US in the run-up to Christmas, it makes the reverse trip for Americans much more expensive.

20 October 2007
San Francisco transformation
San Francisco’s hippest upscale shopping district used to be one of its seediest. It is easy now to spend an afternoon exploring this friendly community of tree-lined streets and a smattering of Victorian buildings just west of the city’s Civic Center neighbourhood

12 October 2007
Ricky Hatton vs Floyd Mayweather Jr
Ricky Hatton vs Floyd Mayweather Jr is taking place in Las Vegas on 8 December 2007 - a boxing match not to be missed!

25 September 2007
Transfers by helicopter
Business travellers flying transatlantic with Continental Airlines to Newark are being offered free helicopter transfers to Manhattan.

4 September 2007
Silverjet Airline confirms second New York service
All business class airline has set a date for the start of a second daily return service to New York

10 August 2007
Caesars hopes cold therapy is hot
Qua’s ice room at Caesars Palace Las Vegas is the only one of its kind in the United States and comes from the millennia-old European bathing tradition of using snow to cleanse the body

7 August 2007
Oldest US city celebrates
Augustine founded September 8, 1565, by Spaniard Pedro Menendez de Aviles and his expedition celebrates 442nd birthday

6 August 2007
Aer Lingus inaugurates Dublin – Washington service
The first Aer Lingus flight between Dublin and Washington Dulles takes off on Monday, 6 August

6 August 2007
Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer’s Life 13 Oct 2007
More than 200 images from the Leibovitz lens will be on view including portraits of Brad Pitt and Nicole Kidman.

4 August 2007
Still Number One
New York most popular destination, again!

13 July 2007
COOlinary New Orleans
Celebrating Dining in America’s Most Delicious City!Restaurants are offering specially priced COOLinary three-course menus during July, August and September

25 June 2007
New low cost service to NYC
Zoom Airlines the UK sister company to Canada’s premiere low cost, full service airline, announced today that it is landing in the United States. The low-fare, full- service airline will operate daily flights from London Gatwick to New York JFK

11 June 2007
Atlanta
At the new World of Coca-Cola in Atlanta Georgia, , Joan Crawford and Clark Gable greet visitors from a 74-year-old advertisement. A 3-D movie ride takes audiences on a journey to find the secret recipe of one of the world’s most popular drinks

1 June 2007
New non-stop service to New York
Delta Airlines is starting a new non-stop service to New York from Edinburgh next year.

29 May 2007
Smoking ban at all Disney hotels
Smoking will be banned as of June 1 at all 22 Disney World hotels and time-share resorts in Florida.

25 May 2007
New tour delves deeper into life at Alcatraz
Inmates recollections of daily life on what used to be described “The Rock" are now part of an updated audio tour unveiled this month

22 May 2007
“Running of the Bride
Shops Boom Underway at Boston’s Copley Square; “Running of the Brides” June 15, 2007

17 May 2007
Universal Studios Horrors!
Known for introducing audiences to such chilling characters as Count Dracula, The Wolf Man and the Mummy, Universal Studios Hollywood returns to its early roots with the introduction of its new spine-tingling attraction

13 May 2007
UNDERSEA OASIS: Coral Reef Communities
Undersea Oasis: Coral Reef Communities, an enthralling exhibition of 30 full-color photographs at the American Museum of Natural History in New York

3 May 2007
NCL earns environmental reward
NORWEGIAN SUN earns environmental award from Port of San Francisco

18 April 2007
Strong £££
Pound reaches 26-year dollar high

17 April 2007
Safe in the air in 2006
2006 has been hailed as the safest year on record

4 April 2007
"The Art of the White House Dinner”
"The Art of the White House Dinner” exhibit opens in Boston. Kennedy Presidential Library Museum in Boston will present “Jacqueline Kennedy Entertains

4 April 2007
Top USA destinations for food and wine interest
Califorina is top destination chosen by travellers for food and wine related journeys to the USA

20 March 2007
Grand Canyon Skywalk
Walkway over Grand Canyon to be unveiled Tuesday March 20th will open to public week of 26th March

16 March 2007
Getty Museum Los Angeles
When Oudry’s Painted Menagerie debuts May 1 at the J. Paul Getty Museum... click above for full story

12 February 2007
San Francisco NO. 1
The readers of Condé Nast Traveler magazine voted San Francisco the #1 travel destination

5 January 2007
Shopping and sunshine USA
Think of Florida, think of family holidays…but think again. A long weekend in Miami gives you fantastic winter sunshine on a sandy beach, classy hotels, unbelievable shopping nearly $2 to the £....

20 October 2006
Foreign visitors to the US increase significantly
The number of foreign visitors to the US this year is forecast to surpass the previous record of 51.2 million achieved in 2000.