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LONDON THEATRE NEWS UPDATE, February 2010
ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR – David Essex hits the West End
After a recent UK national tour David Essex and ALL THE FUN OF
THE FAIR will make its West End Debut at London’s Garrick
Theatre previewing from 17 April and running until 5 September
2010. Inspired by one of his most successful albums All the Fun
of the Fair is written by David Essex, who leads the cast as fun
fair owner Levi Lee.
www.allthefunofthefairmusical.com
HOLDING THE MAN – To Open in April 2010
The smash hit Australian production, adapted by Tommy Murphy
from Tim Conigrave’s award winning and best selling memoir of
the same name, will make its UK debut this Spring at Trafalgar
Studios 1 in London. One of Australia’s most celebrated comic
actors, JANE TURNER will be making her West End debut, with
further casting to be announced.
Holding the Man is the best-selling memoir by Australian writer,
actor, and activist Timothy Conigrave. It is the achingly funny
and heartbreaking true life story about the relationship between
Tim and John
Caleo.
www.holdingtheman.com
HAIRSPRAY – Closes in the West End prior to UK Tour
The smash hit award-winning musical HAIRSPRAY will close at the
Shaftesbury Theatre in London on Sunday 28 March after a run of
2½ years, over 1,000 performances and a total audience of over 1
million. At the 2008 Olivier Awards, Hairspray won ‘Best
Musical’, as well as ‘Best Actor in a Musical’ for Michael Ball
and ‘Best Actress in a Musical’ for Leanne Jones. The show also
won ‘Best Musical’ at the Evening Standard Awards, the
Whatsonstage.com awards, the Critic’s Circle Awards and the
Variety Club Showbiz Awards.
For more information and images for any of these shows or
stories, please contact SOPHIE ANDERSON on +44 (0)20 7257 8186
or email
sophieanderson@akauk.com |
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HCC Hotels is made up of 8 hotels, 6 of which
are located in Barcelona City Centre (3 and 4 star) and the
other 2 located out of the city (Berga and Tarragona). Our
hotels are located along the main arteries of the city.
For business travellers attending the Conference Centre the HCC
Open is 10 minutes walk, the HCC Covadonga is 20 minutes from
the Camp Nou Football Stadium. The next 3 hotels, the HCC Taber,
the HCC Regente and the HCC St. Moritz are located on the two
most important Boulevards in Barcelona which are full of
designer shops and Modernist Gaudi Buildings. Finally the HCC
Montblanc is next to the Gothic Quarter and the Rambles.
We are currently refurbishing our hotels and I show you the new
St. Moritz Hotel (4 star)
With the 6 hotels in the city centre we can offer a total of 621
rooms with Free WI-FI. All the rooms are standard rooms and all
of them are twins. In all our hotels the breakfast options are
the same, this are a Full Continental Breakfast Buffet and
included in the same price is a cooked breakfast on request. We
can offer restaurants, swimming pool, terrace-Bars and 22
meeting-rooms with capacity of up to 600 people. |
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The Sustainable Tourism Report 2010 has just
been published
- to get a free excerpt just visit
http://www.tourismvision.blogspot.com
or
http://www.tourism-vision.com/news_story.php?news_id=1137085
The 2010 suite of fact-filled sustainable tourism reports and
guides give you all you need to understand and benefit from the
Sustainable Tourism marketplace. And, of course, editing and
publishing the only global b2b sustainable tourism medium give
us unparalleled access to, and understanding of, the facts.
We’ve put together a special offer for
ETOA members that incorporates the whole 2010 suite of
reports: the 31pp Tourism Minister’s Briefing paper, the 85pp
2010 Sustainable Tourism Report, the 2010 Sustainable Tourism
Marketing Guide and the 2010 Tourism & Carbon Market Report.
Total list price of these reports is £550 US$990 €660
Purchase within the next 7 days and get
50%
reduction on above prices.
For a full free 13 page specification, executive summary and
contents list - email
valere@travelmole.com |
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Record numbers and a new face, what else will London’s
leading sightseeing operator bring in the coming year….
2009 has proved an exceptional year for The Original Tour.
Despite the heavy snowfalls experienced at the start of the year
(sound familiar), the continued global economic turmoil, high
fuel prices and low American visitor numbers, London’s open top
bus specialists saw the overall year’s performance end on a
phenomenal high, with business growing and exceeding all targets
in 2009 by nearly 10%. “It would appear that European and
domestic visitors to London knew a good deal when they saw one.
London genuinely proved itself to be exceptionally good value
for money, supported in part by a favourable exchange rate
throughout 2009”.
“The Original Tour is also particular proud of the improvements
that were made to our product during the year, having launched
the Explore London Walking Pass, the most eco-friendly way of
seeing the city and extended our popular Kids Club commentary
onto the Museum Tour route, we have recognised the changing
demands of our particular market sector” said Colin Atkins,
managing director. “That said, we certainly would not have
finished the year on such a high without the continued support
of friends in the trade and the extraordinary efforts of our own
staff. Ultimately, the key success in launching any new product
development lies in its overall delivery. Our people take great
pride in delivering consistent and exceptional levels of
customer service” commented Colin Atkins.
To learn more about The Original Tour’s famous hop-on hop-off
open top sightseeing buses and to find out how to work with
them, you can visit their web site:
www.theoriginaltour.com or contact:
traveltrade@theoriginaltour.com
For more information please contact: Natascha Crump. The
Original Tour. Ddi 020 8877 2124 Susanne Gering. The Original
Tour. Ddi: 020 8877 2108 |
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A new campaign has been launched to promote travel by bus and
coach worldwide. Smart Move (www.busandcoach.travel)
is an initiative of the International Road Transport Union, a
partner of ETOA, and Busworld, and aims to double the use of
buses and coaches, as a means towards meeting targets to reduce
carbon emissions associated with travel and transport, and
improve safety. The European inauguration of the Smart Move
campaign took place in Brussels, on the occasion of the first
annual European Bus and Coach Day (More at
www.iru.org). "Bus and coach
transport's flexibility makes it a highly efficient, yet safer
and greener alternative to complement or even replace private
cars, with obvious advantages for society as a whole," said IRU
Secretary General, Martin Marmy. "Doubling the use of bus and
coach transport over the next 10-15 years is not only a
realistic and cost-efficient policy; it is also a commendable
approach from a public interest point of view." In Europe
alone, such an increase would result in a reduction in CO2
emissions by at least 50 million tonnes per year; a reduction in
road fatalities by over 3000 per year; a spectacular fall of
congestion in cities at zero cost for taxpayers subsequent to an
expected 10-15% reduction in car traffic, and the creation of 4
million new jobs. |
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“Guoman Hotels is a collection of four deluxe hotels located in
central London including Charing Cross, The Cumberland, The
Royal Horseguards and The Tower. Whilst each hotel in the
portfolio has its own unique identity and style, each provides
the very highest levels of comfort and service. Find out more
for 2010-11 bookings under: www.guoman.com”
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Dear ETOA Tour
Operator Members,
ATOUT FRANCE UK & LE
NOUVEAU PARIS are delighted to invite you to the upcoming
SOIREE FRANCE on Tuesday 10th November
2009 at the Tate Modern, London.
A Thames clippers shuttle will be organised
at 6.15pm from The WTM at Excel to the venue and the evening
will be a relaxed cocktail reception from 7.30pm to 10pm, with
over 100 guests from the travel trade and the press.
Please click on the following link to
download your personal invitation with all information :
my invitation
RSVP to :
soireeFrance2009@franceguide.com
before Thursday 29th October.
We are looking forward to meeting you then,
Léa Despeysses,
Atout France UK - Tel: 0207 061 6610
Eugenio Raez, Paris Ile-de-France - Tel: 0207 061 6641 |
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Trading from offices in Ballycanew, Gorey, Co.
Wexford, Ireland since 1980, as a tourism and
accommodation provider, Countrywide Hotels
Ireland Ltd was founded and is under the management
of Bruce Copeland and his team.
The Countrywide Hotel category comprise
chiefly 3 & 4 Star properties. In addition the
brand Countrywide embraces Traditional Inns,
Family-run B&Bs, Self-Catering and Hostels.
The office team is experienced and can assist to
plan and promptly supply the broadest range of
reservations including online for all of Ireland.
Countrywide Hotels Ireland seeks to assist all
partners in developing business embracing: FITs, Groups, Car Tours, Activity/Leisure Breaks,
Conference, Meal Stops or whatever required.
We aim to provide the best service, supported
by good product and competitive prices.
For more information please view the attached
brochure. |
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Celebrating
a decade dedicated to supporting breast cancer research and
awareness programs, Hard Rock International is staging
Hard Rock’s PINKTOBER™ Presents: Women of Rock
charity gala event. Scheduled for Sunday 1 November at
the Royal Albert Hall in London, the concert will stage
exclusive performances from some of the foremost females in
modern pop music, including Melanie C, Joss Stone, Bananarama,
Jamelia, Bonnie Tyler, Escala, Sharon Corr and Tulisa (N
- Dubz), plus the leading ladies from the West End hit
theatre show Mamma Mia.
Tickets are priced from £35 - £50 and are on sale at 0845 401
5031 or at
www.RoyalAlbertHall.com,
www.Seetickets.com and
www.TicketMaster.co.uk and proceeds will benefit the
Caron Keating
Foundation. |
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Free COUNTRY PROFILE
Thanks to our partnership with Mintel, ETOA members are entitled
to a free country profile.
To get your free copy of SWITZERLAND country
profile email ETOA
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a special promotion to all ETOA members for the month of
October.
For a limited time, new .travel registrations
are 10% off the normal retail price of US$99. All
.travel domains registered with EnCirca
come with free email and web forwarding and a
free listing in the SiteSee travel directory (http://travel.sitesee.com).
SiteSee is a point-and-click directory based on
Google Maps and is designed to drive internet
traffic to member websites via search engines and widgets for
social networks. SiteSee is also available as
a white-labeled service for tourism boards and trade
associations.
To benefit from this offer and receive the coupon to use when
registering at www.encirca.com
- email ETOA today! |
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