Favoured by many filmmakers the world over, timelapse photography is an effective way of conveying the passage of time in a slick and stylish way. And, with modern developments in film and editing techniques, timelapse is now more exciting than ever. So…what is it? You know when you’re watching something highbrow – a nature programme, [...]
Listening to our client Noel Josephides (who spoke on behalf of the Association of Independent Tour Operators and his own company, Sunvil Holidays, about the Greek situation and its effect on current numbers of holidays booked) on BBC Radio 4’s You and Yours last week (24 February), I was surprised to hear the interviewer ask [...]
Guest blog by Simon Tregoning, Chairman of Classic Cottages Tourism and schools are subjects upon which most of us feel able to offer an opinion because we all went to school and most of us go on holiday. So, putting the two together, it is easy to understand the temptation faced by Government ministers to [...]
Guest blog by Chris Wright, Managing Director at GIC The Villa Collection and Sunvil: Summer 2012 brings with it the long anticipated Olympic Games. But even at the beginning of the bidding process, back at the start of the millennium when the country was more prosperous, the nation was divided as to whether the Games [...]
This is a blog from our Tumblr site, Bustling Markets, which takes a light-hearted look at classic travel-writing phrases: In an email conversation last week, the travel journalist Sarah Barrell told me that the Waterberg Mountains region of South Africa, up by the Botswanan border, was referred to as ‘God’s Own Country’ by its locals. [...]
The latest crazes coming out of Sicily, including fashion, food and agriturismo guesthouses – converted farmhouses that still produce their own wine, olive oil, cheese and bread…
Europe will be cheaper this year than last – particularly in Greece, Portugal and Italy – but still surcharges persist. Not at Sunvil Holidays, though, as this guest blog by its Managing Director, Noel Josephides, explains.
In a recent chat with Steve Keenan, ex-Travel Editor of The Sunday Times Online and now co-founder of digital consultancy firm Travel Perspective, I discussed niche blogs – talking specifically about a press trip wherein the tourist board had invited a vintage-fashion blogger, a street-food blogger, and so on… This is a growing trend inside [...]
Interesting to note that, in times gone by (but not that long ago), staff at Sunvil Holidays and GIC The Villa Collection would have spent much of last weekend (7/8 January) replenishing the tapes in a bank of answering machines. Traditionally the busiest weekend of the year for holiday enquiries, this flurry of activity would [...]
Perhaps you haven’t painted since school or have always wanted to write a novel? Whether rediscovering an old hobby or looking to try something new for 2012, The Watermill at Posara’s ever-growing programme of painting and writing courses will offer something suitable, with a number of new courses lined up for 2012. This year’s painting [...]