Eco friendly holidaymakers choose camping
Despite the not so sunny summer, it would appear that camping is becoming increasingly popular with people who are interested in saving the environment. Although these modern aged nomads do not limit themselves to the UK, Europe is considered to be within an acceptable travelling range.
In a survey conducted by Discover Leisure, it was found [...]
Leisure centre to help child obesity
A leisure centre in Hampshire has been given a £47,000 grant from the Big Lottery to help with their plans to offer a free course to overweight kids.
According to the government if things carry on the way that they are going, by 2020 a third of girls and a fifth of boys will be classed [...]
Movies boost tourism
It would seem that just seeing a movie these days is not enough, some movie goers are taking their love of certain films to another level by visiting the places that appear on the screen. Such as the castle at Alnwick, which was used at the school in the famous Harry Potter series of movies, [...]
August 23, 2007Leisure time, what leisure time?
For most people leisure is not very leisurely, they may be forced to catch up on those chores like cutting the grass or even decorating. Which is far from being a form of leisure, or maybe they just sit in front of the TV for hours before falling asleep for the rest of the day, [...]
August 21, 2007Green leisure centres for Essex
Leisure centres are looking to become greener as well as keeping the population fitter. Creating Leisure the company behind the leisure business across Southend on Sea, Essex are getting very close to becoming carbon neutral, this has been achieved through both the company and staff working towards a more efficient business.
The centres have achieved the [...]
Microsoft number one in leisure games?
You would not have thought it, but Microsoft intends to be the number one player in the leisure games market. This is not an entirely new direction, but it is a new concept to think that a company such as Microsoft see the leisure game market as such a lucrative and high status industry that [...]
August 17, 2007Top ten cities in the world
There are many awards that are related to the travel industry, and this list is probably no different. Yet it is great to see what different sites think of different cities and the places that consistently turn up in the top ten lists must be worthwhile looking into.
Travel and Leisure Worlds Best Cities 2007.
1. (1) [...]
Get the right balance between leisure and work
It is well known that we are all working longer hours these days; this can be for many reasons. Either the jobs that people do are more demanding and the hours need to be put in, otherwise the firm will find someone who will. Or they have more outgoings now and so have to work [...]
August 14, 2007The best drinking holiday destinations
It seems that the harder people work, the more likely they are to want to go on a drinking holiday, this may just be a weekend for a stag or hen nights, but never the less drinking is top of the agenda.
It used to be mainly Spain where the under thirties headed for in order [...]
Alba sells off leisure arm for £52 million
The electronic products distributor Alba who have been struggling for some time, have decided to sell off the leisure arm which distributes electronic goods, to Rutland Partners for £51.5 million.
The leisure division that was only established last year distributes electronic products like microwaves and vacuum cleaners, these are more commonly recognised under the well known [...]