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Airport introduces new flights as economic recovery starts to take off

October 1, 2013
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Airport introduces new flights as economic recovery starts to take off

‘Santa Special’ flights to Lapland are being re-introduced from Bristol Airport this December after a gap of five years as their operator expresses confidence in the economic recovery. The launch of the three and four-day packages by Esprit’s Santa’s Lapland brand, part of the Inghams and Ski Total stable – the UK’s largest specialist...

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Bath Business News Travel – 24:00 hours in Manchester

August 1, 2013
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Bath Business News Travel – 24:00 hours in Manchester

Known for its trophy-winning football teams and vibrant music scene, and the fact the BBC recently relocated there, Manchester is also one of the UK’s leading business destinations. So what can the business traveller do between meetings or to fill in a long lunch hour? Bath Business News travel editor ANNE GORRINGE headed North...

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Bath Business News Travel – 24:00 hours in Hamburg

July 9, 2013
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Bath Business News Travel – 24:00 hours in Hamburg

Business links between the West and the German city of Hamburg are taking off following the launch of direct flights from Bristol Airport. So what can the business traveller do between meetings or to fill a few hours before flying home? Bath Business News travel editor ANNE GORRINGE went to find out . ....

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Tourism chiefs to promote Bath’s ‘wow factor’ to global conference organisers

July 8, 2013
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Tourism chiefs to promote Bath’s ‘wow factor’ to global conference organisers

High-end conference organisers from Europe and beyond are being targeted in a bid to bring their events to Bath by stressing the city’s ‘wow factor’ and its wide range of premier venues. Bath Tourism Plus (BTP) is exhibiting at the UK’s first-ever three-day Meetings Show UK at London’s Olympia, which opens tomorrow, and will...

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Hopes for dramatic rise in German tourists when Bath stars in top TV series

July 1, 2013
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Hopes for dramatic rise in German tourists when Bath stars in top TV series

Hotels and tourist attractions in Bath are hoping to benefit from a boost in visitor numbers from Germany when a new drama filmed in the city is broadcast on German TV’s prime Sunday night slot. London and Munich-based production company Gate TV, which specialises in dramas for British and German audiences, has been filming...

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Food lovers go wild as Bath hosts Flavours of the West festival

June 29, 2013
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Food lovers go wild as Bath hosts Flavours of the West festival

Professional forager and garden writer Dave Hamilton is today out to prove there is such a thing as a free lunch when he signs people up for a free walk around Bath to discover the wild food available for free around the city. Dave, who has written for BBC Gardener’s World Magazine and co-authored...

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Hunt is on to find the West’s greenest businesses

June 7, 2013
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Bath area firms are being encouraged to put ‘green’ at the heart of their business and enter a competition that could win them the title Greenest Business in the South West. Firms have until 5pm today to register their application in the contest staged by Business West, the business support organisation which runs Bath...

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Major national tourism award for Roman Baths

May 22, 2013
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Major national tourism award for Roman Baths

Bath’s Roman Baths have been crowned one of the country’s best tourist attractions in the prestigious VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2013. Members of the Roman Baths team were officially presented with the silver award in the large visitor attractions category at the glittering awards ceremony held in Manchester on Monday. The Roman Baths –...

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Travel: Great Gatsby factor brings a return of 1920s glamour

May 16, 2013
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Travel: Great Gatsby factor brings a return of 1920s glamour

The film industry is big business and as The Great Gatsby opens at cinemas today, travel companies are hoping to benefit from the boom in interest in the 1920s. Bath Business News Travel Editor ANNE GORRINGE takes a look at what’s on offer… Much of the action and lavish parties in The Great Gatsby...

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Global drive to attract more business travellers and conferences to Bath

May 15, 2013
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Global drive to attract more business travellers and conferences to Bath

Bath Tourism Plus (BTP) will be showcasing the city’s top attractions at the world’s leading exhibition for meetings, incentive travel and events in Frankfurt next week in a drive to attract more business events. As continental Europe’s largest financial centre and home to one of the world’s largest hub airports, Frankfurt is a key...

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