Latest travel and holiday news from On the Beach

On the Beach moves office

We’ve moved! On the Beach has moved to larger premises and is looking to hire more staff in 2013 to deal with the ever growing demand for our great value beach holidays.

Our new staff will be assigned to sales and service departments to deal with increased bookings and maintain our industry leading customer service record.

It’s been a record year here at On the Beach carrying more than 750,000 happy holidaymakers and next year we expect to carry a whopping 1 million.

We say; “On the Beach is growing rapidly every year and after a record breaking 2012, next year looks like it will be even busier. To make sure we continue to offer great value for money and fantastic customer service, we will add more people to the team early next year.”

Greece is the word for 2013

Latest reports from Greece suggests that holidays to the popular sun kissed destination will be even cheaper next year, with hoteliers offering discounts of up to 40% in order to attract British holidaymakers to its shores next year.

With the country still facing major economic problems, tourism is more important than even and hoteliers across the country are offering massively discounted deals to British holidaymakers.

We say; “Greece has always been a popular destination for Brits and next year we expect to see many more holidaymakers jetting off to Greece, picking up a bargain along the way. We have already taken a huge number of bookings for summer 2012 and with these great value holidays available in Greece, we expect it to prove particularly popular for sun starved Brits next year.”

easyJet deal with Edinburgh means more routes to the sun

easyJet and Edinburgh Airport have agreed a deal that could mean more routes to the sun for Scottish passengers.

The low cost giant which recently introduced allocated seating on all of its aircraft will base two additional aircrafts at Edinburgh and is looking at expanding its network from the Scottish capital in the near future.

We say; “This looks like it could be great news for Scottish holidaymakers as easyJet will no doubt add more routes to some of its popular winter sun and summer sun destinations. “

Croatia named one of the top 10 destinations in the world

Up and coming summer sun destination; Croatia has been included in the top 10 destinations of the world by travel bible; Rough Guide.

Croatia, which is set to become a popular destination for British holidaymakers over the coming years’, was named in the top 10 along with Spain and Northern Cyprus.

We say; “Croatia is a beautiful summer destination and is growing in popularity each year. Here at On the Beach, we have already seen a surge in bookings for holidays to Croatia next year and we do expect to see these numbers rise over the next few years. “

Snakes on a plane

Passengers onboard an Egypt Air flight bound for Kuwait got the fright of their life last week as the aircraft had to make an emergency landing in Al Ghardaqa on the Red Sea after an Egyptian Cobra had escaped from its owners carry-on baggage and started to slither down the passenger aisle.

We say; “That must have been absolutely terrifying for the passengers on board the aircraft, thankfully we don’t have many snakes here in the UK, so the worst we could expect is an escaped Hedgehog! “

Written on 19th December 2012 by

Tanase Rivers

Brand manager & digital marketer, festival frequenter, beach holiday bum, free spirit and lover of Yorkshire puddings. Festivals in the sun are my fave :)

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