Gaping Void
I've always had Hugh McLeod cartoons on my blog (& biz card)... cos they're great and they often puncture my own pomposity!
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Posted on 17/05/2013 by admin
I love technical museums, especially maritime museums so, with some free time to spend exploring Rotterdam before the Travel Bloggers Unite Europe conference started (today), it was no surprise where I ended up yesterday! The Rotterdam Maritime Museum is not … Continue reading →
Posted on 13/05/2013 by admin
Travel writers and bloggers forget that they are not the only people to be hosted by tourism organisations and the travel industry. I’m not sure how the numbers compare but there are probably just as many, if not more, ‘commercial’ … Continue reading →
Posted on 10/05/2013 by admin
Back around 2008-2010 when the sub-prime mortgage crisis was hitting Americans in a bad way, I noticed a new term cropping up in several U.S. travel publications (mostly the travel/lifestyle pages in local newspapers): the Tankaway. Like Staycation (the word … Continue reading →
Posted on 09/05/2013 by admin
…Egypt certainly hopes so. Delegates at this week’s WTM Vision Conference at the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai heard that inbound trips to the Middle East region were down 5% last year mainly due to the decline of arrivals to … Continue reading →
Posted in Travel (Destinations), Travel Industry
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Tagged Egypt, Middle East, tourism
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Posted on 03/05/2013 by admin
A ‘target-rich’ opportunity for photographers – The Royal Borough of Greenwich is to host London’s largest gathering of photogenic Tall Ships for 25 years. The Regatta, Sail Royal Greenwich, involving up to 50 of the most spectacular Tall Ships in … Continue reading →
Posted in Events, Travel (Destinations)
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Tagged Cruise ships, Greenwich, Tall Ships, Thames
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