Holidays & Travel

Tapas, beaches, and sunshine: Embrace the authentic camping in Spain experience

Spain is one of the most beautiful destinations in the world. It is especially a leading summer destination because of its diversity and beauty. The best things about Spain are the beaches drenched in sun, historic cities, island fiestas, and exciting mountain trails. There are so many things...

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Flybe announces Booking.com partnership

Flybe, Europe’s largest independent regional airline, has joined forces with the world’s leading online accommodation booking site, Booking.com, that allows agents and independent customers seamless access to Booking.com’s extensive worldwide accommodation database.

The direct link to Booking.com accessed via the airline’s website www.flybe.com provides a ‘one clickbooking’ gateway to...

Thomson adds Exeter to Rhodes flights

With the first of Exeter Airport’s summer weekly departures to the Greek island of Crete with Thomson this week came news that the tour operator, the UK’s largest, has confirmed that in summer 2015 they will be offering an additional route from Exeter to the popular island of Rhodes.

Exeter Airport’s managing director Matt Roach said: “The announcement that the 2015 Thomson and First...

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Show your support for earlier trains to Plymouth

Businesses and residents are being asked to put their weight behind calls for earlier trains from London.

In March First Great Western announced plans to start running earlier trains but wanted to gauge the response from the public and business before committing to a timetable change.

The company launched a consultation on the change that will introduce a new service leaving...

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Flybe to close 'sun routes' from Exeter Airport

Flybe have confirmed that they are to cease operations on four major ‘sun routes’ flying from Exeter airport, from October.

The move will see four regular Flybe routes, from Exeter Airport to Spain and Portugal, closed as the airline changes focus to regional flights.

The Exeter routes due to close currently fly to Alicante, Malaga and Palma Mallorca in Spain as well as Faro in...

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Daily Flybe flights from Exeter to London

Direct flights between London and Exeter are set to begin this October as part of a major expansion deal by locally-based airline Flybe.

Three city-to-city flights will run from Exeter to London City Airport as part of a five year agreement with the capital airport.

The expansion to the airlines’ Exeter flights will also see daily flights service Edinburgh and Dublin, two...

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Food and Farming Minister celebrates English Tourism Week with Farm Stay UK

Food and Farming Minister George Eustice, representatives from DEFRA and the NFU were among the guests invited to celebrate English Tourism Week on April 4 with a farmhouse breakfast hosted by Farm Stay UK member Hannah Elford and supported by local businesses.

The breakfast, which took place at Degembris Farm near Newquay in Cornwall, was held in response to the news that the...

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Lymington's Stanwell House Hotel, on the Solent

Travel editor David Powell visits Lymington. He stayed at a Boutique hotel, Stanwell House, right in the High Street. You can read about his visit here ... ...

Passing through Lymington last year on our way to Southampton after a lovely visit to the New Forest, I said to my wife that we must return and spend more time here ... ... and return and stay in style we did ... with a short...

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Alison Seabeck MP delighted as additional seat capacity is promised for SW rail services

After continued campaigning to increase capacity on rail services from London to Plymouth, Alison Seabeck, MP for Plymouth Moor View, was delighted to hear that First Great Western and the Department for Transport have confirmed that work will soon begin on increasing standard class capacity through converting some of their first class carriages.

The work, which will deliver almost 3,...

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Leading hotel App adds Bristol to its destinations

HotelTonight, an app which allows users to book quality hotel rooms at the last minute, had added Bristol to their destination list.

This means that users of the app will now be able to book up a stay in a Bristol Hotel at the swipe of a button on the very day they wish to visit the city.

Users of the mobile app can get a room at a selection of stylish hotels including the...

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National Express steps up services to the South West

National Express is stepping up its services to the South West in a bid to help stranded rail passengers.

In light of the damage to rail lines in the South West caused by the recent storms, the UK’s largest coach operator has added five new express services to cope with extra demand already seen from the region,

Starting from Monday (10 February), the new express services...

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