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Barcelona experiences drop in tourists - Wed. 07 Oct. 2009
UK visits to Barcelona declined in 2008 as approximately 100,000 fewer trips were made year on year. City breaks in Barcelona have constantly featured among the top city breaks destinations in Europe, whilst its superb setting south of the Costa Brava make it a popular holiday destination also.
Ney York and London in deal to boost travel - Thu. 17 Sep. 2009
A two-year tourism deal has been agreed between the cities of New York London. It is hoped that the arrangement will provide a much needed boost to both cities, which are traditionally popular in the city breaks market across both sides of the Atlantic. The deal was unveiled by New York mayor Michael Bloomberg and London mayor Boris Johnson.
Inghams Cancels Summer City Breaks Programme - Fri. 13 Mar. 2009
Inghams, best known for its ski, mountain and lakes holidays, has cancelled its summer city breaks programme. Lack of demand has forced Inghams hand in making the move and the company has confirmed that bookings will no longer be taken. All existing bookings will be honoured however.
New Attractions Help Disneyland Break Profit - Wed. 22 Oct. 2008
Euro Disney, the parent company of Disneyland Resort Paris, has announced net profits of €1.7 million for the year ending September 30th, compared to € 41.6 million losses for the same period last year.
Directline Citybreaks Re-Launched With Hotel Maps - Thu. 10 Jul. 2008
directline-citybreaks have re-launched their website to include search results with maps. Completing any search at www.directline-citybreaks.co.uk will bring back results with an interactive map allowing users to see the exact location of their hotel.
Throw Away Your Bulky Guide Books - Tue. 17 Jun. 2008
directline-citybreaks.co.uk has added essential information on each of the most popular cities featured on its website. The idea behind it is to distill all the most necessary information that a person would need when visiting a city in to just one sheet of A4.
New York Attracting Record Numbers In 2008 - Fri. 06 Jun. 2008
New York City breaks are attracting record numbers of tourists, allowing the city to re-access its tourism targets over the next few years. UK visitors to New York in 2007 are expected to be announced at 1.2 million, representing a 7% rise in numbers from 2006.
City Breaks Preferred To Traditional Holidays - Mon. 03 Mar. 2008
In an effort to save time and money, more and more British tourists are favouring city breaks and short breaks instead of a fortnights summer holiday according to a survey from Holiday Inn. The hotel chain polled 5000 British people on their 2008 holiday plans and found that around half of those will definitely not be taking a two-week summer holiday this year.
Dublin 'Making It Happen' With Tourism Initiative - Mon. 14 Jan. 2008
Dublin has launched a three plan to increase regional tourism, which details the target of increasing visitors from abroad by one million per year.
Inghams Re-brands City Break Programme - Tue. 04 Dec. 2007
Inghams has taken steps to re-brand its Eurobreak programme and renamed it as Inghams Short Breaks. Inghams Short Breaks features city breaks in 43 cities, spanning 30 different countries and with over 273 hotels.
