The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – lastminute.com’s guide to exotic India

The screen adaptation of the international bestselling book, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel featuring British acting legends Dame Judy Dench, Bill Nighy and Maggie Smith, is released in the UK on the 24th February. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel follows a group of British retirees who decide to “outsource” their retirement to less expensive and seemingly exotic India and are... Read More

LOW SEASON = HIGH SAVINGS

SAVVY TRAVELLERS MISS OUT ON SUN TO SAVE ON CASH Almost half of Brits holidayed at least twice in 2010 A quarter of Brits have holidayed out of season in the past three years Almost a third of Brits would miss out on a hot holiday in order to save money Cash-strapped travellers are increasingly looking for ways to save money on holidays as they refuse to miss out on them completely... Read More

HOLIDAY BRAGGERS WASTE WORKING HOURS

BRITISH BOSSES SET TO LOSE £132M IN PRODUCTIVITY THIS SEPTEMBER   As the summer holidays draw to a close, new research today reveals that time spent re-living holiday antics during the first week back in the office could cost UK bosses up to £132m in lost productivity during early September¹.   The ‘What’s the Story’ pan-European report by leading travel and... Read More

66.5 MILLION BOOKS READ BY BRITS ON A TYPICAL TWO WEEK SUMMER HOLIDAY

  UNDER EMBARGO: 00.01, 28 JULY 2011   66.5 MILLION BOOKS READ BY BRITS ON A TYPICAL TWO WEEK SUMMER HOLIDAY NEW REPORT REVEALS EUROPE’S HOLIDAY READING HABITS   Brits are most prolific holiday readers compared to European counterparts Brits read 2.6 books each on a typical two week holiday- totalling 66.5 million across the UK Germans and Spanish are three... Read More

SAVE UP TO 50% ON HOTELS lastminute.com launches exclusive 24 hour sale

SAVE UP TO 50% ON HOTELS lastminute.com launches exclusive 24 hour sale   Act fast and grab a fantastic bargain in the lead up to summer, in lastminute.com’s UK & Ireland based 24 hour sale next week.   Starting on Tuesday 28th June and for just 24 hours, holiday-makers can make savings of up to 50% off hotel rooms in selected destinations across lastminute.com’s... Read More

Weekly late FLIGHT AND HOTEL deals from lastminute.com w/c 16 May

Weekly late FLIGHT AND HOTEL deals from lastminute.com See and do more good stuff Amsterdam from £164pp: Prices for a two night stay at the four star Novotel Amsterdam Airport on a room only basis. The price includes return flights departing from London Luton on 25th June 2011. Las Vegas from £534pp: Prices for a four night stay at the four star Las Vegas Hilton on a room only... Read More

Weekly late FLIGHT deals from lastminute.com 10.05.11

Weekly late FLIGHT deals from lastminute.com   Prices for return flights from Gatwick to Dubai with Qatar Airways start from £311.  Offer valid until the 10/05/2011 with travel until the 20/06/2011.  To book go to www.lastminute.com or call 0871 222 5969 Prices for return flights from Heathrow to Cairo with Alitalia start from £319.  Offer valid until the 10/05/2011 with... Read More

Time-Pressed Leisure Travellers are Taking Jets for Less

PrivateFly.com reports on the rise in short break customers opting to join the jetset According to reports, luxury ‘short break’ holidays are bucking the downturn and on the rise. The popularity of short breaks (1-3 nights), versus longer trips (4+ nights) has continued to rise in Europe over the last two years. In 2008 there was a 9% increase in short breaks taken and this... Read More

New York, New York

As ruthless stockbroker Gordon Gekko makes a much anticipated return to the big screen in Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps, online travel and leisure retailer lastminute.com has pulled together its top destinations in Manhattan so when you’re on your city break you can be right in the thick of New York’s bustling financial district.  Greed is good ‘Greed is good’... Read More

Find Yourself Abroad

lastminute.com’s guide to soul-seeking destinations The screen adaptation of the international bestselling book, Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything across Italy, India and Indonesia is released in the UK on the 24th September.  Eat, Pray, Love tells the story of author Elizabeth Gilbert’s, played by Julia Roberts, plight to rediscover just who she is.... Read More