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Celebrate 100 Years Of Saucy Sea-Side Postcards
A series of world famous saucy sea-side postcards are re-launched this week to mark their 100th anniversary. The history of the postcards dates back to 1870 when James Bamforth, a portrait photographer opened a business in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire called Bamforth and Co, specialising in lantern
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Mexico’s Drug War Targets Holidaymakers
As Mexico’s drug war spreads to holiday and weekend resorts, tourists have become their newest targets. In the latest attack, a couple were ambushed by an armed gang in speedboats while riding jet-skis on a lake straddling the border with Texas. 30 year old David Hartley, an oil worker from
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Hoteliers Fury As Thomas Cook Stall On Payments
The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) have been angered by a move by leading UK tour operator Thomas Cook to reduce payments by 5% for August and September arrivals. It was believed that the Caribbean hotels were unaffected when hoteliers in Spain, Malta and Greece spoke out earlier in
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Crazed Man’s Vow To Petrified Passengers ‘You Will All Die’ As He Attempts To Open Exit Door In Mid-Air
Petrified passengers on a London-bound flight from Melbourne via Hong Kong froze in their seats as a crazed man ran down the aisle of the Qantas jet screaming: ‘You will all die!’ Yelling and praying in a foreign language, the maniac threatened to kill himself along with fellow passengers on
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British Airways Flight Makes Emergency Landing Minutes After Leaving Heathrow
A British Airways jumbo jet which left Heathrow airport on Saturday 2nd October was forced into making an emergency landing only minutes after taking off. The Boeing 747 flight bound for New York was carrying 296 people on board and was grounded after a warning light in the cockpit indicated one of
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Police Warn Holidaymakers Of Online Scam Artists!
Following a large increase in fraudulent advertisements, holidaymakers have been warned to exercise extreme caution when renting property online. Research carried out by a government-backed initiative aimed at increasing awareness of internet scams, Get Safe Online, revealed that one in three
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New York Waves Goodbye To Puffing In Public
As un-cool as it is nowadays, there are still a considerable amount of smokers who enjoy getting away from stringent Great Britain to a more relaxed atmosphere where sitting in a bar with a cigarette in hand is the norm! However Foreign Countries are now taking up this health-conscious approach by
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Easyjet Insures Against Collapse
Low-cost airline, Easyjet has switched financial protection for its package holidays from the Travel Trust Association to an insurance-based scheme with International Passenger Protection (IPP). Easyjet is the first low-cost airline to take IPP up on the scheme which will protect its package
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Aegean Cat Stops With A Thud
British Holidaymakers enjoying a day trip to the Greek island of Kos from the Turkish resort of Didim were left battered and bruised yesterday when the catamaran they were travelling on crashed twice as it approached the port. 25 people were taken to hospital out of the 209 tourists who were
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When Hotels Fight Back
Many of us use social networking and travel review sites to find out what fellow travellers think about hotels before we book them. Some of us even write reviews on these sites when we return, whether our opinions are good or bad, we don’t hold back. Most people are quick to complain but not so
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