A KIND-HEARTED team of travel agents are raising vital funds for a charity-run play centre which has provided a ‘safe sanctuary’ for the store manager’s autistic nephew. Staff at Hays Travel Bolton have chosen the Boomerang multi-sensory play centre based in Bury as the charity it wants to support during 2018 – a cause which […]
THE estate team boss at a luxury wedding venue has trekked to the foot of Mount Everest to raise awareness about autism which affects his young daughter. Shane Fallon, of Bardsley, near Oldham, who heads up estate maintenance for Elle R Leisure which owns Soughton Hall near Northop, Flintshire, made the seven-day slog to the […]
A WIRRAL travel agent who has clocked up more than 200,000 air miles in her career is marking 30 years of working in the same store. Construction on The Channel Tunnel was just starting, London City Airport opened its doors for the first time and tennis superstar Andy Murray was born during the year that […]
A FIRST class team of Bolton travel agents is celebrating winning a top award after helping holiday makers cruise their way almost four times to the moon and back. The high-flying staff at Hays Travel in Bolton town centre are over the moon after being named best cruise store for the second year running at […]
An appeal has gone out to people called Jones to take part in a bid to break a world record. They are being invited to join the largest collection of runners called Jones, just before the start of the Jones Crisps Anglesey Half Marathon. Already more than 800 athletes have signed up for the race […]
Award-winning comic Dave Rothnie has got them rolling in the aisles after setting up a regular comedy night at a venue dedicated to Monty Python star Terry Jones. Dave, who picked up the North West Comedian of the Year award while still a student in Salford, has performed alongside Peter Kay and Caroline Aherne. A financial […]
A WOMAN with cerebral palsy from Wigan has thanked a travel business for supporting a charity that has turned her dreams of driving a racing car into reality. Self-confessed adrenaline junkie, Hannah Shelmerdine, of Golborne who is also visually impaired, was able to get behind the wheel for the first time thanks to Speed of […]
A car rally that pulled in thousands of motor sports fans to Chester city centre and a stately home has picked up a top tourism award – in Wales. The Dayinsure Wales Rally GB picked up the Magnificent Crowd Puller over 7.5K award at the inaugural Go North Wales Tourism Awards, held to to honour the work and […]
A stunning portrait of John Lennon was painted in just five-minutes at a showcase of North Wales’s outdoor tourism expertise, in Liverpool. Speed painter Dave Sharp from Colwyn Bay paid homage to his idol at the Go North Wales conference, held as part of Liverpool’s International Festival for Business. Delegates heard how North Wales is […]
A speed painter will bring to life a portrait of John Lennon in less than six minutes, at a conference in Liverpool to share North Wales’ adventure tourism expertise with Mersey businesses. Performance artist Dave Sharp will pay homage to his idol at the Go North Wales Conference on Monday June 20, which is part […]
