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The Park Holidays UK faced questions from the residents last week after the former stated that they need to add ninety extra caravans at the Birxham holiday homes park.
The site is within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Present during the meeting were fifty residents and councilors. Representing the company was Matt Purdon, the director of planning and Operations Director Danyl Fletcher.

The company has earmarked £2.5million for the park and part of the project is the upgrading of the existing 108 caravans and other facilities in the site.

Company officials said that it wouldn’t be financially and commercially viable to renovate the site without expanding it. They said that there’s a significant decrease in tourists over the years and expanding the plans would mean attracting the tourists back to the place.

Officials also stressed that there will be additional jobs for the locals with the planned expansion.

The decision will be made by the committee late next month.

Abu Dhabi will be hosting the UAE Jet Ski 2010 Championship and more than fifty pilots from different countries are expected to compete in the first round of competitions which will take place today. The venue of the competition is at the Abu Dhabi Corniche and this was made possible by the Abu Dhabi International Marine Sports Club, the organizers of the event.

There are six categories of the race namely: Runabout Stock up to 1600cc for 12 laps, Pro Ski up to 900 cc for 12 laps, Junior Ski up to 800 cc for 10 laps, Ski Limited up 800 cc for 10 laps, Pro Runabout up to 1600 cc for 15 laps and Freestyle competitions.

The technical committee has already made the necessary inspection of the aquabikes that will be used in the competition. Committee head Nasir Al Daheri said that all of the machines are in great condition and can be used during the race.

Popular fashion designer Giorgio Armani will be launching his first hotel in the world’s tallest building, the Burj Dubai tower, located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

The launch of the building has taken place on Monday. However, the building’s offices, hotel and flats will be officially completed by March this year.

Dubbed as the Armani Hotel Dubai, this will be the first of a series of resorts and hotels that will be developed by Armani in partnership with Emaar Properties. The hotel will have 160 rooms and suites, spa, nightclub and two restaurants. The hotel will occupy the first eight floors of Burj Dubai including the 38th and 39th level. The 169 story building is measured about 2,600 feet high, about a thousand feet more than Taiwan 101 building, the previous world record holder for the tallest building.

The second Armani hotel will be launched in Milan, Italy later this year. The first Armani resort will be built in Marrakech.

It’s the time of the year where there’s massive flurry of activities at the U.S. postal offices as people start sending greeting cards, letters and packages during the holidays. The US Postal office has started giving tips in terms of effectively sending gifts during the holidays and to avoid mishaps.

The first tip is to make sure that proper addressing is made in order to ensure that the packages arrive at the right address. Make sure that the writing is legible so that the postman can easily deliver the items.

Second is to package the gifts properly to avoid breakage of the items inside. One of the most effective tips for this is to wrap items on bubble wrap, foam or newspaper. This ensures that the package won’t shift while on delivery.  Another great tip is to mark the package “fragile” so that the postman will take extra care on the item.

There seems to be no more valid reason why you should not avail of a holiday insurance before you travel. According to reports, reasonably priced family holiday insurances can be bought online.

The common scenario for vacationers has always been forgetting to avail of family insurance before leaving home. This is a risky move because anything can happen during a holiday and having insurance could guarantee the needed financial assistance should anything untoward happens.

Insurance experts say that it is always the best option because no one wants a ruined vacation. There are instances that the body could not immediately adjust to the climate change (i.e. from a cold country to a tropical country) and the person, anyone in the family, could get sick. The insurance can cover the medical expenses.

Experts said that before buying a holiday insurance policy online, make sure that you are visiting a legitimate site.

The growing number of unemployed citizens has led to the drastic decline of interest in going on holidays or vacation travels during Thanksgiving. This was revealed by AAA Carolinas.

AAA said that it estimated about 1,167,000 North Carolinians to travel more than fifty miles away from their homes this year which is just an increase of about 27,000.

AAA Carolinas spokesman Tom Crosby said that the figures last year were understandable because that’s where the economic slump started. However, the figures this year is still considered not back to normal as compared to the 2007 levels.

The reason behind this is the continuing increase in gas prices. This led people to just stay at home in the holidays rather than spend on gas for holiday travels.

Air travel has decreased by 7 percent this year due to gas prices as well.

JML Villas, a firm which advertises holiday apartment and villas in several European countries, advised holiday villa owners that winter time is the right time to consider about vacation for next year.

The company advertises holiday villas and apartments in Greece, Italy, France, Spain, United Kingdom, Cyprus, Portugal, Malta, Belgium, Ireland, Croatia, Bulgaria, Poland and Morocco.

The number of holiday rental properties in the continent is increasing; according to JML and that the right exposure of these properties could help generate additional revenues for owners.

To make this possible, company spokesman Philip Suter said that property owners should provide detailed and interesting description of their holiday villas and the neighboring locations in order to spark interest among readers.

On the other hands, British holiday homes owners will have to maximize on lettings next year because they might lose their holiday lettings tax relief by April. This movement, which awaits legislation, could affect more than 60,000 owners.

Searching for holidays ideas? Major social networking sites could be the answer to your problems.
According to reports, more than fifty percent of consumers surveyed by company Deloitte stated that they use the social networking sites in researching and finding gift and holiday ideas.

About fifty two percent of those surveyed go through the wish lists specified by their friends and loved ones in social networking sites such as MySpace, Multiply and Facebook.

Aside from getting ideas, the social networking sites are becoming more accessible when it comes to finding product discounts and other sales.

Topping the list of popular gifts this holiday season include mobile phones such as iPhones, mp3 and mp4 gadgets, notebook computers, personal computers, lingerie and many more.

About fifty five percent of respondents stated that they plan to use their phones in finding stores in the area and even use the gadget to search for discounts and make purchases.

Travelers can now avail of free internet service through Wi-Fi connectivity during the holidays as search engine giant Google has decided to provide free connectivity at 47 major airports across the United States, including seven airports in the State of Florida.

The airports identified that will have free Wi-Fi access in Florida are Fort Myers, Jax, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Panama City, Orlando and West Palm Beach.

Michael Stewart, spokesperson for the Jacksonville International Airport, said that the establishment already has WiFi service but so far there’s payment still involved, saying that it is a revenue-generating business. With Google taking care of the bill, the business will certainly continue to flourish, he added.

Google Vice President of Search Products and User Experience Marissa Mayer said that they are happy to impart this gift to the travelers during the holidays since millions of people will certainly communicate with their loved ones at the airport while waiting for their flights. The free wi-fi service ends on January 15, 2010.

An increase in search for luxury holidays has been noted by an online holiday site recently, specifically for the coming winter months.

The website reported that Egypt topped the list of most preferred holiday destinations for the aforementioned time period. Other top areas include the Balearics and Canary Islands. The reason behind the sudden influx of booking is the weak pound. This has made traveling to European destinations more expensive for patrons.

Patrons are scrambling to avail of the promo rates for the top destinations since the value added tax will be making a grand return early next year which makes traveling at that time noticeably more expensive than ever. However, there are a lot of online sites offering attractive package rates for luxury holidays.

The summer season in the United Kingdom this year did not meet people’s expectation and are now looking forward to some sun in other countries such as Egypt.