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Advantage Travel Partnership launches its annual cruise guide for this year
Travel Daily Media
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June 18, 2025
Advantage Travel Partnership officially launched its annual cruise guide The Cruise Collection today, 18th June. The Cruise Collection for 2025 includes 26 leading cruise lines and aims to assist UK-based travel agents and their customers. That...
'Escaped bombs, traveled 500-km by road and..., Stranded Kolkata professor reaches Iran-Azerbaijan border, but his problem doesn't end here
India.com
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June 18, 2025
Home News ‘Escaped bombs, traveled 500-km by road and…, Stranded Kolkata professor reaches Iran-Azerbaijan border, but his problem doesn’t end here Meanwhile, all Indians in Tehran were on Tuesday advised to move out of the city to safe locations...
Full list of the countries where rabies is 'high risk' after UK tourist dies
Manchester Evening News
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June 18, 2025
A woman has tragically died in the UK after becoming infected with rabies in Morocco. She is said to have contracted the fatal viral disease while coming into contact with a stray dog during a visit to Morocco, the UK Health and Security Agency...
JD enters the hotel and tourism industry
China Daily Global
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Chinese e-commerce giant JD announced on Wednesday that it will enter the hotel and tourism industry through providing supply chain services for hotels to help them lower operational costs and promote the healthy and sustained development of hotel...
Spain tells British tourists: ‘No beer’ as killer heatwave strikes!
Euro Weekly News
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June 18, 2025
British tourists told: 'Put down your pint!' as Spain sizzles in 40°C heatwave. Credit: travelview, Shutterstock Holidaymakers heading to Spain this week and expats currently living there might want to swap their cold pint for a glass of water —...
Clarke County receives another $16K Virginia Tourism Corp. grant
The Winchester Star - Virginia
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June 18, 2025
BERRYVILLE — Clarke County has received another $16,000 grant from the Virginia Tourism Corp. (VTC) to put toward tourism development efforts. Specifically, the latest grant will help fund a marketing campaign titled “It’s Time to Visit Clarke...
Primark's 'brilliant' new £4 item is a 'game changer for travelling'
Glasgow Live
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June 18, 2025
Primark customers are raving about a new £4 product they're hailing as a "game changer." The high street giant, famed for its budget-friendly fashion and beauty essentials, might just have another hit on their hands. TikTok user Ashleigh...
Is the world’s big idea for greener air travel a flight of fancy?
Climate Home News
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June 18, 2025
This is the starting point for Europe’s lofty dreams of greener air travel – a collection point in Malaysia for greasy plastic bottles filled with discarded frying oil, thousands of miles from its final destination. One Saturday morning last month...
Meet the agency guaranteeing the quality of South Africa’s perishable exports
Fresh Plaza
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June 18, 2025
All of South Africa's perishable exports are inspected by an agency the likes of which has no equal in the world in terms of its operational scope, says Lucien Jansen, CEO of the Perishable Products Export Control Board (PPECB). "Not all countries...
Derry bucks trend of decline with remarkable 29.1% rise in tourist spend and 10.57% hike in overnight trips
Derry Journal
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June 18, 2025
Derry & Strabane has bucked the trend in tourist figures with visitor spend in the area increasing by a substantial 29.1 per cent, rising from £63,841,360 in 2023 to £82,442,469 in 2024. The number of overnight trips to the Council area also saw a...
Creation of new job opportunities for citizens in tourism sector discussed
Times of Oman
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Muscat: The Media, Tourism, and Culture Committee of the Shura Council held its seventh meeting of the second annual session (2024–2025) of the tenth term on, chaired by Abdullah Hamad Al-Harthy. The session hosted Azzan Qassim Al Busaidi,...
Air travel’s ‘holy grail’: Jet fuel made from CO2 and water prepares for take-off
Climate Home News
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June 18, 2025
Not far from the hallowed spires and research labs of Oxford University, two workers in overalls and hard hats are searching for air travel’s “holy grail” – climate-friendly airline fuel made from nothing but carbon dioxide and green hydrogen....
UK tourist dies of rabies after 'being bitten' in Morocco
Birmingham Live
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June 18, 2025
A British national has died of rabies after they were bitten by a dog in Morocco, the UK Health Security Agency has confirmed. The individual came into contact with a stray dog during their holiday in the African nation, leading to their diagnosis...
Almost 200 holidaymakers locked inside Spanish hotel after cops barricade door as tough new rules for tourists revealed
The Scottish Sun
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June 17, 2025
NEARLY 200 holidaymakers at a Costa del Sol seafront hotel have been blocked from leaving through the front door. Spanish town hall bosses ordered cops to seal off the four-star Vivemar Hotel after discovering it was operating without proper...
"Only for customers": Kerala High Court restricts public use of private petrol pump restrooms
Asianet Newsable
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June 18, 2025
The Kerala High Court has issued an interim order prohibiting the use of restrooms at private petrol pumps as public toilets. This decision impacts numerous individuals who utilize these facilities during long and short journeys. Kochi: The Kerala...
UK tourists to be fined up to £5,000 for breaking new EU travel rule
Glasgow Live
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June 18, 2025
Holidaymakers yearning for a taste of France's finest baguettes, meats and cheeses may be in for a shock upon their return to the UK, thanks to new rules. A strict ban on meat and dairy products entering the UK from the EU could lead to a bitter...
£300 warning to Glastonbury travellers over 'one mistake'
Birmingham Live
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June 18, 2025
Glastonbury Festival is back next week, with approximately 210,000 attending the Somerset-based event. Many tens of thousands will be commuting to the venue held on a 900-acre site in Pilton, yet a motoring expert has shared a warning for those...
Get the Love Island stars' go-to handheld clothes steamer with 30% off - it's perfect for travelling
OK!
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June 18, 2025
There's nothing more frustrating than arriving at your hotel, unpacking your suitcase, and finding that all your meticulously packed clothes are now wrinkled and creased. No one fancies doing the ironing while on holiday, and it seems even the...
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Is it safe to travel to Bali and rest of Indonesia after volcanic eruption? Your rights as flights cancelled
The Independent
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June 18, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
The Boeing Aircraft That Changed Global Travel Is Now a Luxury Hotel
Simple Flying
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June 18, 2025
The Boeing 747 entered service decades ago, and it fundamentally changed the world of commercial aviation when it did. With a widebody fuselage that could seat hundreds of passengers (and later variants even had a partial second deck for seating),...