Macdonald Hotels & Resorts has announced the addition of the Haycock Hotel in Wansford to its portfolio.
Superbreak, the Yorkshire based tour operator, has expanded its London ticket extras, allowing its customers to enjoy the capital for less. The recent site redesign and navigation change has allowed the company to better showcase the breadth of extras available as add-ons to a London short break. Customers can now choose from approximately 50 sightseeing [...]
A new Hotels.com poll of more than 10,000 travellers from around the world has found that the Eiffel Tower has topped the Taj Mahal, Statue of Liberty and Golden Gate Bridge to be crowned the World’s Favourite Landmark. The iconic Parisian tower was named the greatest structure by nearly one-in-six (16%) travellers from five continents [...]
Hotels.com has revealed that Arthur Hoffman is to be the new Managing Director of Venere.com, the European online hotel reservations specialist recently acquired by Hotels.com’s parent company, Expedia.com. In his new role Hoffman will be responsible for spearheading the development of Venere.com, continuing its growth from a leading European enterprise into a global player in [...]
Hotels.com has revealed that the average price of a hotel room across Scotland tumbled during the first half of 2009. The Hotel.com Hotel Price Index showed that hotel prices in the major Scottish cities of Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness all fell in the first half of 2009 compared to the same period in 2008, [...]
Hotels.com’s latest Hotel Price Index (HPI) has revealed that despite hotel prices in London falling by 12% in the first half of 2009, as compared with the same period in 2008, the capital still remains the second most expensive city in the UK for hotel rooms. The new HPI has shown that the average price [...]
Hotels.com has reported that hotel prices in the UK fell by 16% in the first half of the year, as global hotel prices plummeted to their lowest level for five years. The average price of a hotel room in the UK was down by 16% between January and June 2009 compared to the same period [...]
According to leading hotel website Hotels.com, last minute searches for late summer breaks are up by up to 400% compared to this time last year. The Croatian beach destination of Split saw the most dramatic increase in last-minute holiday-hunting, with searches up 400% year-on year. Likewise, the popular sunshine destinations of Marrakech in Morocco and [...]
Hotels.com has discovered that more than two fifths of women admit that they judge a man not by what he is wearing, but by his book cover – as 43% of women say they find a man less attractive if they don’t rate his choice of reading. Hotels.com’s summer research has revealed that for women [...]
Hotels.com has revealed that more than a third of British travellers (38%) admit they are overzealous when packing their holiday reading material and don’t manage to get through everything they take with them. Hotels.com research* has shown that on average travellers take at least three books with them on holiday, but will only get around [...]