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20 November 2007  Unfit skiers 'waste holidays'
Skiers are being advised to work on their health and fitness before jetting off on snow sports holidays this winter.Halifax warns that 38 per cent of skiers and snowboarders were physically unprepared for last year's winter holidays - causing one in ten to suffer an injury in the process/Meanwhile,... [more]


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Filed under: Travel Research | Speciality Travel | Travel Resources and Archive20 November 2007  Better shopping for BA passengers
British Airways primary shopping portal highlifeshop.com has been relaunched by Cedar Communications and web agency Reactive, it has been reported. Meanwhile, the existing in-flight magazine is also being reissued. Reactive intends to control the online gift search and back-end functionality while... [more]


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Filed under: Travel Research | Travel Resources and Archive20 November 2007  One in ten travellers 'lose luggage'
A total of ten per cent of all UK adults have lost their luggage while travelling over the last two years, it has been reported. According to InsureandGo, this situation is a "complete mess" and is causing holidaymakers to feel cautious about their possessions. Furthermore, the study... [more]


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Filed under: Travel Research | Travel Resources and Archive19 November 2007  Christmas holidaymakers 'leave it late' for better deals
People planning on heading overseas for Christmas holidays tend to leave booking until late on in order to bag the best deals, it has been revealed. According to a spokesperson for Thomson Fly, Christmas is a popular time for people to travel abroad because parents and children have a set amount of... [more]


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Filed under: Destinations | Travel Research | Speciality Travel | Travel Resources and Archive19 November 2007  Mixed generational holidays 'popular'
Multi-generational travelling is a major new trend in the tourism sector, it has been revealed. According to Travel Weekly, Cheryl Hudak, chief executive of the American Society of Travel Agents reported the news at the World Travel Market last week. Ms Hudak noted that in particular the cruise... [more]


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Filed under: Travel Research | Speciality Travel | Travel Resources and Archive19 November 2007  "Boom" in luxury travel
There has been a "boom" in the field of luxury travel of late, it has been claimed. According to Frances Tuke, spokesperson for the Association of British Travel Agents (Abta) the travel agency industry has gone through many alterations during the last ten years meaning that a wider choice... [more]


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Filed under: Destinations | Travel Research | Speciality Travel | Travel Resources and Archive19 November 2007  Advice for passengers packing presents
Holidaymakers jetting away on holiday or travelling overseas to visit friends and relatives this Christmas have been issued with advice on transporting gifts. According to a spokesperson for Stansted Airport, there are a number of security issues in regards to the transportation of presents in hand... [more]


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Filed under: Travel Research | Speciality Travel | Travel Resources and Archive16 November 2007  Italy and US 'popular for Christmas flyers'
Destinations in Italy and the US are popular for travellers flying from Stansted Airport during the festive season, a spokesperson has said.According to the airport representative, many travellers are looking to visit friends and family over the Christmas period, with flights to these countries... [more]


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Filed under: Destinations | Travel Research16 November 2007  Travel agents 'used for tricky holiday bookings'
Travel agents are more commonly used to book complex or hard-to-organise holidays than online booking systems, according to the Association of British Travel Agents (Abta).Frances Tuke, spokesperson for Abta, said that despite the rise in numbers of people choosing to book independent elements of... [more]


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Filed under: Travel Research | Speciality Travel15 November 2007  Christmas getaway 'a modern day trend'
People are more inclined to go on holiday at Christmas nowadays than in previous years, according to airline Thomsonfly.A spokesperson for the company said that heading off on holiday over the festive period is something of a modern phenomenon."A lot of people do see it as an opportunity to... [more]


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