Barclays Reveals 2025’s Top 10 Consumer Spending Trends, as Card Spend Declines -0.2%
Consumer card spending declined -0.2 per cent year-on-year in 2025, after growing 1.6 per cent in 2024 and 4.1 per cent in 2023. In…
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Daish’s Holidays Reports Rise In Winter Bookings As UK Holidaymakers Embrace Festive Getaways
Daish’s Holidays, the independent family-owned coach holiday company, has reported a 12 per cent year on year increase in bookings for its winter and festive…
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Steady Q4 Trading Expected Across UK’s Inbound Visitor Economy
UKinbound has released its latest Business Barometer results, showing that businesses across the UK’s inbound visitor economy are reporting stable trading conditions heading into the…
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Editor’s Viewpoint: Finally, Some Good News!
By Peter Adams, Editor, CLH News. What a refreshing change it is to lead this week’s CLH News with unequivocally positive news! The staycation phenomenon—and…
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£4.1 Billion Boost As 11.2 Million Brits Planning A Staycation August Bank Holiday
VisitEngland’s August bank holiday trip tracker survey, published today, shows that 11.2 million Brits are definitely planning an overnight holiday trip in the UK this…
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Marston’s Unites With Leading Charity To Offer Escapes For Families Affected By Cancer
Pub company Marston’s has announced a new, long-term partnership with family-founded cancer charity Something To Look Forward To, offering some much-needed respite to people affected…
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Christchurch Landmark Reopens: The Kings Arms Unveils Refurb Under New Ownership
A much-loved local landmark has officially reopened its doors. The Kings Arms in Christchurch, Dorset, has undergone a major refurbishment and is now welcoming guests once again…
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10.6 Million Brits Plan A UK Break For The Easter Weekend, Bringing A £3.9 Billion Economic Boost
VisitEngland’s Easter Trip Tracker survey, published today, indicates that 10.6 million Brits are definitely planning an overnight holiday trip in the UK for the Easter…
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Family Holidays Still At Risk From Visitor Levy, Despite Progress
Mark Drakeford, the Finance Secretary, announced in the Senedd yesterday that under-18s staying in hostels, campsites or outdoor centres would be exempt from paying a…
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Greater Manchester Mayor Calls for Mandatory Tourist Levy
Greater Manchester’s mayor, Andy Burnham, has called for the introduction of a compulsory tourist levy for visitors staying in the city’s hotels, replacing the current…
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Welsh Government Urged To Rethink Taxing Kid’s Holidays
UKHospitality Cymru called for the Welsh Government to rethink its insistence on taxing children in its Visitor Levy and instead consider the impact this will…
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Grantley Hall Joins The Leading Hotels Of The World
Grantley Hall has announced its membership to The Leading Hotels of the World, a prestigious collection of the world’s finest independent luxury hotels. This globally…
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Edinburgh to Introduce Overnight Visitor Levy in Phased Rollout
Edinburgh is set to implement a visitor levy on overnight stays, marking the first city-wide mandatory scheme of its kind in the UK. The charge…
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Daish’s Holidays Announces £1 Million Hotel Winter Refurbishment Programme
Daish’s Holidays, an independent family-owned UK coach holiday group, has announced plans to invest more than £1 million in a winter refurbishment programme with upgrades…
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York Ranks Highest For Visitor Spending Out Of UK Towns And Cities, With Visitors Accounting For £1 In Every £3 Spent
Out of the most-visited cities in the United Kingdom, York leads at attracting visitor spending with one in every £3 spent by visitors from elsewhere,…
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