What do the Bedruthan Steps Hotel, Cornwall, Whitesands Hotel, Penzance, Upcott House, Okehampton, the Castle Hotel near Taunton and Audleys Wood Hotel near Basingstoke have in common? As well as being excellent establishments all, I’m sure, they offer another, and still extremely rare, selling point in the tourism industry. They each have charging points where… Continue reading
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Is it time tourism industry embraced conservation issues?
Do you know about the gurnard? Do you really care? Read this, and I think you might. Last week this humble fish received unexpected promotion, in esteemed company. At Visit England’s media reception in London, where the country’s national tourist board and its constituent local boards previewed the attractions for the coming year, chefs from… Continue reading →
Awaydays in Britain -Travel writer’s take on Britain’s towns and cities.
Travel writer publishes e-book on the many and varied attractions in Britain’s towns and cities. Click here. Awaydays in Britain – spoilt for choice. By Gareth Huw Davies. Published by Amazon for $.99. The work contains 29 sections, on towns, cites and a few counties mainly in England, with some entries too from Wales and Scotland…. Continue reading →
Twitter tourism – can social media beat the guidebooks?
Twitter is already a serious alternative to the conventional news media. You can’t say much in 140 characters, and you can impart important information very quickly, and also guide people to further reading. This is a simple example of the former. Say I arrive at Euston station and find a big throng of people… Continue reading →
Your car awaits – pick-me up for hard times
What’s the single place tourists most want to escape from the course of a holiday abroad? Why of course, it’s the airport terminal after the return flight. And which journey do they dislike the most, in the course of their trip? You guessed, the one that gets them home from the airport, when they aren’t… Continue reading →
Take the train to Yorkshire’s streamlined city
Wherever you are coming from, York’s central location makes it one of the most easily reached cities in Britain. And with trains running in from all parts of the compass, it’s an ideal destination for a day trip or a weekend away at any time of year. The writer revisits one of his favourite haunts… Continue reading →