07 February 2012 Leave a comment
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DFDS and LD Lines have announced that their new Calais-Dover ferry service will start on February 17. The new service will be operated by two French-flagged vessels, including LD Line’s Norman Spirit. A second ferry will be added to the Dover Strait as soon as a suitable vessel becomes available, according to DFDS. Following the recent collapse of SeaFrance, competitors have been .

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06 February 2012 Leave a comment
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TripAdvisor has issued an official statement following the UK Advertising Standards Authority's upholding of complaints against the company concerning the authenticity of its reviews. TripAdvisor admits that it cannot provide 100 per cent certainty that every single review on the site was written by a real traveller and could be trusted, but says the ASA ruling “flies in the face of .

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31 January 2012 Leave a comment
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Avis has become the fastest growing car rental company in the UK. It has quadrupled its number of rental locations around the country to 335 over the last twelve months. Avis' growing UK network now includes 29 airport locations and 306 town and city locations, including partnerships with local hotels, golf clubs, leisure centres and managed offices.  In addition to these, .

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24 January 2012 Leave a comment
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TripAdvisor has named  Cape Town as the best destination in the world. The popular South African city beat Australia's Sydney into second place. Surprisingly, Machu Picchu in Peru came third, ahead of Paris in fourth and Rio de Janeiro in fifth places. London, the 2012 Olympic host, only made it to the eighth slot. Table Mountain and Robben Island were named as .

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19 January 2012 Leave a comment
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Norfolk in the UK is promoting several events to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee this year, which will take place over the extended weekend of June 2-5. With it’s proud thousand year association with the monarchy, Norfolk is a royal county, with Sandringham, the queen’s private home in west Norfolk, near King’s Lynn. At Sandringham Estate, an exhibition that will appeal to dog-lovers will highlight .

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2012-02-21 09:53:22
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