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Barrhead Travel reports record-breaking January thanks to bumper holiday bookings
BARRHEAD Travel has recorded the most successful month in its history following huge demand for holiday bookings this January. Sunshine Saturday – typically the first Saturday in January – initially became the agency’s highest ever day of sales. It reported a 20% increase on bookings from the previous year, which was quickly overtaken by the […]
Travel Review: Mani Peninsula, Greece
By Jeanie West LYING in bed in a boutique hotel in the Greek Mani, a wild bucolic place in the Peloponnese nurtured for centuries by Mother Nature and now undergoing a rediscovery, the howling is at first unsettling. It’s loud, mournful, wolf-like and offers up a hint of Halloween. But this is mid May – […]
Travel review: Athens, Greece
Travel review by Jeanie West ROOFTOPS have lately caught my attention in the chaotic, vibrant sprawl that is the Greek capital, Athens. I’ve been up close and personal with the eyeline of the stellar Parthenon from the Herodion Hotel in alluring Makrygianni – whose POINT A restaurant dishes up fodder fit for demi-gods – wondering […]
Johnnie Walker Princes Street wins world travel award
JOHNNIE Walker Princes Street has been named the World’s Leading Spirit Experience by the World Travel Awards (WTA). The visitor experience for the world’s number one-selling Scotch whisky, which opened its doors in September 2021, is one of Scotland’s leading attractions for international and local visitors. It was created as part of Diageo’s £185m investment […]
Travel agency takes flight after employees’ talent recognised
AN EDINBURGH based venue is highlighting its diverse workforce as part of Scottish Careers Week, after one employee helped spark the founding of a new division of the business. With a wide portfolio of businesses including a luxury hotel and city centre cafe, Surgeons Quarter, the commercial arm of The Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh […]
Scots mum claims she and daughter were left stranded in Germany after “nightmare” travel company cancelled booking
A SCOTS mum and her daughter were left stranded in Germany after their booking was allegedly cancelled by their “nightmare” travel company. Kerry Fleming had been preparing to travel home from Munich with daughter Kaelynn on Sunday when she discovered that her booking had disappeared. Kerry Fleming with daughter Kaelynn. (C) Kerry Fleming. The 40-year-old […]