The figures showed a drop in occupancy, average room rate and room yield in June 2001 compared to June 2000. Occupancy fell 5.8 per cent to 83 per cent, and the average daily occupied room rate was down 12.2 per cent to .... More>>

A four day celebration will mark the opening of the Gateshead Millennium Bridge which is supported with £9.7m of lottery money from the Millennium Commission.

The bridge links Newcastle Quayside with the new arts and leisure developments on Gateshead Quays. Designed by engineers Gifford & Partners and Wilkinson Eyre Architects, the bridge is a boost .... More>>

The Red Mansion, a seven-storey guesthouse outside of Xiamen, which was reportedly used to lure Chinese officials into the country's largest smuggling ring has been opened as an anti-corruption exhibition.

Visitor numbers have been limited to 1,000 a day as people flock to see .... More>>

The 173-piece collection of the jewels of the Nizams of Hyderabad, the former rulers in Southern India, is valued at around £2bn and includes the legendary Jacob diamond - the fifth largest diamond in the world.

The royal jewels also include strings of rare grey pearls, broaches and sarpechs - turban .... More>>

Orb Estates, the company redeveloping the area has already demolished the adjoining Poole Pottery factory, and will purchase the 70-room hotel from Thistle, which is expected to make as much as £3.5m from the deal.

Thistle will continue to operate the existing hotel until a new site is completed at Poole, at .... More>>

In a survey conducted by Collins Road Atlases, the Highlands scored 79 points out of a possible 100, more than 20 points clear of nearest rival Devon.

The survey was co-ordinated by a panel of eight from England, Scotland and Wales, which graded the regions of Britain across a range of categories including scenic beauty, .... More>>

The research conducted by the Policy Studies Institute finds that more than three-quarters of the population do not have access to good parks and open spaces because of 20 years of under-funding.

Spending on parks has decreased considerably since 1979/80 with the cumulative under-spend .... More>>

The rollerskating show, which opened in 1984, is the second longest running musical in the West End after Lloyd Webber's Cats, and will give its final performance on 12 January 2002.

But this won't be the end of the show said Lloyd Webber, Starlight Express has had an amazing run. It is a show dear .... More>>

Funded by the DCMS, the Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, and the LDA, the LTB will promote London to overseas visitors and as a gateway to the UK, and will develop and improve the quality of visitor .... More>>

The figures show that child admissions to national museums and galleries have risen by more than twenty per cent since the abolishment of admission charges in April 1999.

The Predators exhibition at the Natural History Museum is an example of the trend recording nearly double the number of visitors on opening day, an .... More>>

Kamstra Travel will offer tourists the chance to live rough in London's Piccadilly, Shaftesbury Avenue and Oxford Street areas for around £300. Tourists will be given a sleeping bag and either a musical instrument or sketch pad and pencil to make money, and on the fourth day will be put up in a hotel and given a meal.

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The report, published by Tourism Minister, Dr Kim Howells, is stage two of a five year review of the BTA and its recommendations refer to BTA's return on investment, business planning, organisation and structure, marketing and communications and relationships with other bodies.

The review acknowledged .... More>>

Run by the Civic Trust and English Heritage, the scheme is expected to attract around 800,000 visitors to such historic buildings as Carlisle Castle, Thetford Priory, the National Monuments Records Centre in Swindon and St Mawes Castle in Cornwall.

The .... More>>

The mansion in South Beach, Miami, will be called Casa Casuarina and will offer 15 suites costing between £1,385 and £4,160 a night.

The operator of the Ocean Drive Mediterraenean-style mansion is in negotiations with the Island Outposts hotel chain to manager the palazzo style hotel Versace .... More>>