Travel and Environment Demand for the region’s accommodation and attractions Welcome to Yorkshire has worked in partnership with Vypr, an online intelligence platform, to understand the customer sentiment for tourism in a post-Covid world, following the clarity of the proposed route out of lockdown. The platform has tracked consumer sentiment for holidaying in Yorkshire post-Christmas 2020 and after the announcement By The Editor • 3 min read
Travel and Environment ‘Say Yes to Summer’ with Wizz Air, flights from DSA to destinations including Palma de Mallorca Passengers finally have the good news they’ve all been waiting for, with international travel back on the cards for Summer 2021. Thanks to Wizz Air, we can happily ‘Say Yes to Summer’, as they are set to deliver 1,000,000 low-cost seats from DSA to favourite family-friendly holiday By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Hotels achieve bookings boost following digital marketing support Digital marketing agency Ascensor is celebrating after achieving significant uplifts in bookings for two prestigious hotels, and has been appointed by hotel management company Inntelligence to drive digital growth across their portfolio of clients. The Leeds based marketing team has been engaged by the hotels to drive visitor website traffic By The Editor • 3 min read
Travel and Environment Vicar Lane in Leeds opens to two way traffic, first time in 50 years Vicar Lane in central Leeds will reopen to bus traffic going both ways on Sunday 21 February, improving reliability and journey times by removing a bottleneck on The Headrow at New Briggate. The reopening marks the first time buses will have travelled northbound on Vicar Lane since the road was By The Editor • 1 min read
Travel and Environment Walking with Vikings Author: Philippa Kaye. Walking and words, two passions of mine. Last week I was out walking discovering, as many of us now have, our own back yard, finding walks and history and stories right on our doorstep that we previously never knew existed. Given the amount of rain and snow By The Editor • 4 min read
Travel and Environment Being prepared By Philippa J Kaye, travel expert, and avid explorer. Well, it’s hard to know where to start this year when writing about travel. I’ve had various thoughts. Do we keep it closer to home, discovering (more) of what’s in our backyard, in which case, how fortunate we By The Editor • 3 min read
Travel and Environment Unexpected connections By Philippa Kaye "Why don’t you go to The Piece Hall?" Where? "The Piece Hall?" Why? "It’s a Grade 1 listed building and has got lots of shops" It didn’t do it for me. I didn’t go. I didn’t By The Editor • 4 min read
Travel and Environment TUI launches winter 2021/22 and summer 2022 programmes TUI UK has launched winter 2021 and 2022 holidays from Doncaster Sheffield and is set to put summer 2022 holidays on sale from 5th November, including thousands of free kids’ places, low deposits from £75 per person and £0 deposit on direct debit bookings made online on offer. This comes By The Editor • 3 min read
Travel and Environment Is there wildlife in Yorkshire Author: Philippa Kaye We tend not to think of Yorkshire as having much wildlife, other far flung destinations have secured the monopoly on that. Africa is an obvious choice, famous for the Big 5, lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant and cape buffalo, and of course there are also zebra and giraffe; By The Editor • 5 min read
Lifestyle Running routes, you need to try in the UK. This time last year, we hated running. Then the pandemic hit, and lockdown changed outdoor activities into a luxury with many people turning to jogging during the crisis, just to be outside. On 13 October, the UK Government announced that the UK would be placed into a set of local By The Editor • 5 min read
Travel and Environment Did you know that Chicken Tikka Masala doesn’t actually exist? Well not in India anyway……. Two things have happened in the last couple of days to prompt this article. The first is that I was asked, after completing a short presentation on India, if the Indian food that we get here is anything like the Indian food that we get in India. The answer is By The Editor • 5 min read
Entrepreneurs New travel brand for wanderlust women takes flight Girl About Travel is a ground-breaking new platform giving women who love to travel back their control, confidence and the chance to make amazing memories. Yorkshire-based lifestyle brand, Girl About, has announced the launch of Girl About Travel; an online community for travel-loving women, led by a team of travel By The Editor • 3 min read
