London Travel Guide

London is everything you would expect from a Capital City with a lot of history and more, and the good news now thanks to the irresponsibility of bankers worldwide is that London is not as London Travel Guide 2expensive to visit as it has been for the last 10 or more years.

The pound hasn’t quite sunk without trace though, it still has some value but because the London’s economy is so closely linked to banking and financial services the pound was hit pretty hard and that means that your Dollar, Yen or Euro is going to buy so much more.

When people talk about London or indeed England they usually mention rain, but because of global warming summers in London are warm to hot these days, and that makes sightseeing a dream and it has to be said there are so many sights both old and new to see, the Queen and The London Eye are on the top of most people’s list, but those lists will just goes on and on.

One great way to take in most of the sights of London is a river trip, because like most very old cities London was built on first one then both banks of a river, in London’s case the River Thames.

From a river boat you will be able to take in the Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, The Houses of Parliament, The South Bank Arts Complex, The Globe Theatre a London Travel Guide 10reproduction of a theatre from the time of Shakespeare, the Tower of London while gliding effortlessly under famous bridges like London Bridge and Tower Bridge and of course see so much more.

As well as the river London is famous for large open spaces of green and you can escape from the almost constant noise of this City that simply refuses to sleep for a moment into the delightful parks like St. James’ Park which lies behind Downing Street where the British Prime Minister has his official residence.

Surprisingly you can wander the length of the Mall and still be in St James’ Park down passed Duck and even Pelican Ponds to Buckingham Palace where the Queen of Great Britain has her official residence.

You can even check to see if she is at home by looking to see if the Royal Standard is flying above the Palace. You will be lucky to see her ‘at home’ though because the Queen favours Windsor Palace which is about 20 miles to the west of London where it is quieter and less polluted. Read the rest of this entry »

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The Online Travel Industry : The 4 Business Models

The Online Travel Industry 3The Internet offers an effective means for developing a single and sustainable electronic infrastructure for information gathering and business transactions for both travellers and suppliers. It is an ideal method for people to source information on travel. It is an essential for travel-related Websites to offer useful, pertinent and easy-to-find information alongside a booking facility if appropriate.

It can be used to fully research a destination, book all aspects of the holiday including travel and communicate others who have the same ideas or have been through similar experiences. It gives travellers an excellent opportunity to compare and contrast everything on offer before they make a purchase.

The information available online is continually being reformatted and presented in a more logical, easy-to-use and read format. The volume of consumers that rely on this information to make travel-related decisions will therefore continue to rise. In addition, features and benefits of using the Internet to research and book holidays are improving and being added to all the time. For example, consumers no longer have to receive printed tickets from the travel operator. They simply print out any information that they require themselves after they receive it automatically via email.

The ‘Net’ has meant that people can now easily plan trips for themselves. This has not only opened up a greater amount of discounts available to the general public, but also given people the fun and enjoyment of planning and booking their own trips.

Prior to the Internet, travel agents were the primary source of information and facilitating bookings within the travel industry. However, the onset of Net popularity has seriously impacted upon the future success of a telephone or face-to-face based travel agency. The Internet now allows individuals the ability to plan and book their own trips. It has revolutionised the travel industry as a whole and instigated a trend away from the customer using a travel agent. Read the rest of this entry »

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Hainan Travel Booths Attracted 80,000 Visits in China International Tourism Fair – Sanya Tour

Hainan Booths Attracted 80,000 Visits in China International Tourism Fair (Shanghai).

The 4 days China International Tourism Fair 2008 closed on November 24th in Shanghai. Hainan’s booths characteristic of plentiful tropical elements attracted a total of 80,000 people. Hainan Travel BoothsSome of the Hainan Tourism enterprises participating the fair got booming business.

During those two fair days open to public, Shanghai citizens and tourists collect tourism catalogues, brochures and interested travel information for home and abroad tours. According to incomplete statistics, by the close of trade fair, Hainan’s dozens corporate exhibitors given out of totally 25 million copies of the travel information to businessmen, buyers, as well as tourists. 280 potential travel contracts are signed, covering 600,000 tourists. One of the Hainan exhibitor Pearl River International Travel Service and Chenda International Travel Service signed the tourism contract with the Russian enterprises, the contracted potential groups number reaches tens of thousands of people; Hainan Kang Tai International Travel Service’s signed contract involves a number of 5 million potential domestic tourists.

The Hainan Provincial Tourism Administration was awarded the “the Best Booth Award” and “Award for Outstanding Organization” in the trade fair summary meeting in the afternoon.

From the current trade situation, Hainan tourism resources’ development has two obvious trends: First, pay more attention to the depth development of tourist resources, enhance the tourism-oriented product brand of characteristics. For example, turned the tourism resources into the “eco-tourism.” Second, take full advantage of the increasingly mature tourism resources in Hainan Province like those in Sanya, Haikou and so on; and attractions such as hot springs, Hainan fish treatment, Sea View line, golf tours, and so on.

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