Search For Top Tourism Businesses Begins

The search for Scotland’s top tourism businesses began today, when this year’s VisitScotland Thistle Awards were launched at the Musselburgh Racecourse.Tuesday, May 30th, 2006

Medieval Living Village At Kenilworth Castle

An authentic medieval hamlet has been built at Kenilworth Castle, where potters, shoemakers, blacksmiths, fletchers, carpenters, blacksmiths, basket weavers, rope makers and even a rat catcher will inhabit the village as it opens to the public from 28 May – 4 June.Tuesday, May 30th, 2006

Iceland Airwaves Festival

Icelandair has added an extra flight from Reykjavik to London Heathrow on Sunday 22nd October to offer music lovers more choice when returning home from the eighth annual Iceland Airwaves festival, running 18th-22nd October.Monday, May 29th, 2006

Virgin Atlantic Celebrates 10th Birthday Of Flights From Manchester Airport

Virgin Atlantic today celebrates its 10th anniversary today since it began flights from Manchester Airport. Virgin Atlantic’s first flights launched in May 1996 to Orlando and since then the airline has carried over 1.6 million passengers from the airport.Monday, May 29th, 2006

A New Dimension In Comfort For All The Senses

Austrian Airlines introduces a new dimension in Business Class comfort. An entirely new experience to enhance relaxation in the air, stretch out and switch on the massage function.Monday, May 29th, 2006

Viking Invaders Return To England!

940 years after they last stepped onto our shores, England’s most fearsome invaders, the Vikings, are set to return on Spring Bank Holiday weekend.Monday, May 29th, 2006

Butlins Teaches World Cup Widows How To Gossip

Women who holiday at Butlins during the World Cup are to be offered crash courses in how to gossip - about football.Monday, May 29th, 2006

A Ground Breaking Event For Handicrafts And Tourism

An enthusiastic response from high level local and international tourism and handicrafts experts has brought more than 500 participants from 35 countries to the world's first Conference on Tourism and Handicrafts opened last Saturday in Tehran. Its aim is to define the links between handicrafts and tourism.Monday, May 29th, 2006

Maypoles And More In Copenhagen And Malmo

Summer in Denmark and Sweden gets going in a big way the third weekend in June when both countries mark Midsummer, one of the best-loved traditional celebrations in the Scandinavian calendar. This holiday ranks alongside Christmas in the popularity stakes.Monday, May 29th, 2006

Manchester Celebrates ICCA World Rankings

Manchester has been ranked the world’s 49th most successful conference destination in a comprehensive survey carried out by the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA), taking the City over ten spots higher than its previous ranking.Monday, May 29th, 2006