Monthly Archives: January 2010

Ski Olympic-style with AITO

With only 14 days left to go, the build up to the Winter Olympics in Vancouver is reaching fever pitch, so we spoke to AITO Ski members to see if we could follow in the footsteps of previous medallists and take to the slopes in a resort that previously hosted a Winter Olympics.

Is the British staycation facing the perfect storm?

Was 2009 the year the British fell in love with holidaying at home again, or was it a blip on the radar while we tightened our belts before jetting off to the sun in 2010?

Rum bunch – successful sailors in St Lucia

Each year in December, Rodney Bay – on the lush, tropical island of St Lucia in the Caribbean - is the finishing destination for the ARC (Atlantic Rally for Cruisers), a 2,700 nautical-mile passage across the Atlantic from Las Palmas, Gran Canaria.  The largest transocean sailing event in the world, it usually takes between 14 and 21

AITO Travel Writer of the Year Awards 2009

AITO represents quality, variety and expertise – exactly what AITO seeks from its Travel Writer of the Year awards.

Viking Hellas launches new service from Manchester to Athens & on to Iraq

Viking Hellas Airlines (www.flyviking.gr), the Greek airline associated with Viking Airlines AB of Sweden, is pleased to announce the launch of a new three-times weekly scheduled service from Manchester to Athens, Greece, with effect from 1st February 2010, with convenient onward connections to three Iraqi cities.