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Rural holiday park expansion endorsed
The provision of 100 timber-clad cabins and a bistro at a holiday park in the Vale of York has been allowed after an inspector ruled that it would...
Added/updated: Tuesday 08 July 2008
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Planning Resource, 27/06/2008
Domestic UK holidays to be ‘sold out’ this summer
UK holiday accommodation in July and August will sell out completely over the next few weeks, a leading domestic operator forecasts. Areas such...
Added/updated: Tuesday 08 July 2008
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Travel Mole, 04/07/2008
Credit crunch hits inbound tourism
More overseas travellers are choosing to holiday in cheaper destinations rather than the UK due to the credit crunch, according to UKinbound. ...
Added/updated: Tuesday 08 July 2008
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Leisure Opportunities, 03/07/2008
Largest independent hotel consortium endorses green tourism business scheme
Best Western, which includes over 280 hotels, has given its commitment to endorse the Green Tourism Business Scheme (GTBS) in a bid to encourage...
Added/updated: Tuesday 08 July 2008
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Visit Britain, 03/07/2008
£300m Peak Resort project given planning permission
The proposed Peak Resort development in Unstone, Derbyshire, has finally been given the go-ahead by Chesterfield Borough Council after 19 years in...
Added/updated: Tuesday 08 July 2008
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Sports Management, 01/07/2008
£300m National Combat Sports Stadium complex for Aylesbury Vale
A pioneering 200-acre, multi-use leisure development, earmarked for Aylesbury Vale in Buckinghamshire, will offer a range of world class leisure...
Added/updated: Tuesday 01 July 2008
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Leisure Management, 30/06/2008
New designs for Pompey Stadium revealed
Portsmouth Football Club and developers Sellar Property Group have unveiled new designs for a proposed 36,000-seater stadium on Horsea Island. ...
Added/updated: Tuesday 01 July 2008
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Leisure Opportunities, 23/06/2008
Unite offloads Edinburgh site for boutique hotel
Student accommodation provider Unite has sold a site in Edinburgh’s East End to a boutique hotel operator for £7.75m. A joint venture between...
Added/updated: Tuesday 01 July 2008
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: EGI, 30/06/2008
Masterplan clears way for 20-storey towers in Dublin docklands
Eight towers up to 20 storeys high will be permitted in Dublin’s docklands under draft plans released by the Dublin Docklands Development...
Added/updated: Tuesday 01 July 2008
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: EGI, 26/06/2008
easyHotel announces £60m expansion
The Eclipse Group, and existing easyHotel franchisee is to invest up to £60m developing ten new easyHotels across the UK over the next four...
Added/updated: Tuesday 01 July 2008
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: e-Tid, 26/06/2008