Say g’day to the UK’s first travel company dedicated to Tasmania.
Specialising in tailor-made breaks to the Aussie island state, Tasmanian Odyssey says much of the accommodation on offer has not previously been available to book through
a British holiday firm.
Tassie
is known as prime walking and fishing territory and famed for the Tasmanian devil – a carnivorous marsupial – and curried scallop pies.
It’s
about the size of Ireland and an archipelago consisting of 334 islands with a major tract of pristine, temperate rainforest with Unesco world heritage status.
Sample touring holidays include a Meet The Locals trip with stays in a range of
Tasmanian-owned accommodation and close encounters with local wildlife from £950 per person for 12 nights with car hire, not including flights Down Under. tasmanianodyssey.com, 01534 735 449.
Culture vultures
Want to go to Hull and back to check out the new UK City of Culture 2017?
The Yorkshire port scooped the accolade this week and is promising a spectacular programme of events including an opening ceremony with four rivers of light, elephants, trawlermen and dancing white phone boxes.
Tourist chiefs are hoping for a £184million boost to the city between 2015 and 2020 as a result of the title.
To
find out why Hull is hip go to visithullandeastyorkshire.com for ideas and visithullandeastyorkshire.com
for accommodation details.
Giza holiday
More
travel restrictions to Egypt have been lifted by the Foreign Commonwealth Office – it’s no longer advising against visiting Cairo and
the Pyramids at Giza. Two weeks ago the FCO said Luxor, Aswan and Alexandria were back on the holiday radar. gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/egypt.
Festive cheer is right here
Santa and his little helpers are putting the finishing touches to their winter wonderland at LaplandUK, which opens in a pine forest on the Windsor
Estate next Saturday.
Visitors can visit the elves’ toy factory before moving on to Mother Christmas’s kitchen and gathering for
traditional storytelling.
Then
it’s time to go skating and meet huskies and reindeer before getting to
meet Father Christmas himself.
Advance online-only tickets from £45-£75. laplanduk.co.uk
.
Timely return
The illustrious 140 year old Thomas Cook European Rail Timetable is back on track for 2014. Publishing of the train and ferry timetable ended in August when the firm axed its publishing arm.
But it has now reached agreement with former employee John Potter to allow him to print it again through an independent company, from February. First known as Cook’s Continental Time Tables, and published since 1873 (with a break for the Second World War), it was seen as the “rail bible”. europeanrailtimetable.eu
, thomascook.com
.
Child’s play
Grab a free child place to Malta between May and October.
Malta Direct is offering the deal for stays of at least seven nights at more than 65 hotels, apartments and farmhouses on the Med island with departures from seven UK regional airports.
Bookings before November 30 earn a free two-day city sightseeing bus pass. maltadirect.com
.
Devon supreme
A new £2.5million family entertainment centre is the showcase for the 2014 brochure from Woolacombe Bay Holiday Parks in Devon.
The attraction, at Twitchen House Holiday Village, will be home to a 10-pin bowling alley, cinema, craft centre, indoor soft play area and poolside terrace.
There
are early booking discounts of up to 30%, free night deals and entertainment that includes AquaTots for under fours and high-energy stage shows.
Sample 30% off deals include a four-night midweek break in May in a holiday home sleeping four from £115 or a week from £220.
In school holiday periods, discounts of up to 15% apply. woolacombe.com/bp
,
0843 208 0368.
Travel tip
If you’re visiting one of the poorer countries, for example in Africa, remember to take lots of stationery, writing books and sweets to give out to the children on visits to orphanages and schools. They are very highly appreciated. David Webster, Taunton, Somerset
Digital ads to the info
British
Airways has unveiled an advertising first – digital billboards in London that interact with its aircraft overhead. As a BA jet passes over, it triggers an image of a child on the board pointing up at the plane accompanied by its flight number and where it’s coming from – for example, “It’s the BA0234 from Los Angeles” – followed by a message about the route. The billboards are in Chiswick and Piccadilly. ba.com.
Dubai’s dynamic airport is the world’s best for restaurants and shops. Global flight search site skyscanner.net quizzed international airline cabin crew about their favourite terminals and the United Arab Emirates hub topped the vote, just ahead of Heathrow in both categories.
Cabin crew top five airports for restaurants: 1. Dubai 2. Heathrow 3. Singapore Changi 4. Amsterdam 5. New York JFK.
Cabin crew top 5 airports for shops: 1. Dubai 2. Heathrow 3.Singapore Changi 4. Hong Kong 5. Amsterdam.
Gatwick
is now on Google Street View, with 2,000 images allowing passengers to make an interactive virtual tour of the departure and arrivals halls, shops and restaurants in the North and South Terminals before heading to
the airport.
And once
at the airport, passengers will see staff wearing items from a new 21-piece collection of co-ordinated uniforms created by London’s Jermyn Street Design. They replace the previous 16 different ones. gatwickairport.com.
Bring everything including the kitchen sink… Singapore Airlines passengers are getting an extra 10kg checked-in baggage allowance for all classes of travel, making economy now a generous 30kg. singaporeair.com.
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