July 2009 – Travel company DialAFlight have announced plans to offer Free Child places to Dubai this summer.

The offer, in conjunction with Emirates, includes flights, hotels and food. One child (16 and under) flies free when accompanied by two paying adults and a second child flies for 75% of a full fare. A choice of hotels is on offer where both children can stay and eat for free, providing they share a room with two adults. Direct flights are available from Gatwick, Heathrow, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle and Glasgow.

The move follows DialAFlight’s offer of free kids flights to the USA earlier in the year. Until the end of August, children accompanied by at least one adult can fly to several destinations including Orlando, New York and San Francisco, and pay nothing except taxes and surcharges.

DialAFlight have announced the Kids Go Free offer amidst a huge upsurge in travel bargains, as companies compete to win back consumers following the recession and swine flu crises. Rock-bottom fares, free food and drinks on flights, hoteliers selling discounted rooms – all areas of the tourist trade are doing whatever it takes to win business.

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About DialAFlight

Book your Dubai flight and enjoy five star luxury in an ancient desert kingdom. Lying on the azure waters of the southern Gulf, Dubai offers year round sunshine, fabulous hotels and an amazing desert experience. Take an aerial sightseeing tour and see the stunning Burj al Arab and other landmarks which have made Dubai famous.

Cheap flights to USA cities have never offered such good value. The US has everything from the beaches of Florida and California to the glitz and glamour of Las Vegas and Hollywood. As the USA flights experts, DialAFlight can arrange travel to any number of popular America flight destinations.

DialAFlight
Sandpiper House,
39 Queen Elizabeth Street,
London
SE1 2BT
Tel: 02079629966
Email: [email protected]
website: www.dialaflight.com

June 2009 – Flights to Australia are at an all-time low, according to travel firm DialAFlight. The price of a flight to Perth has fallen from around £810 to as little as £399 in just six months.

As well as slashing fares, airlines are offering enticing incentives for prospective travelers. US airline Delta are offering unlimited free alcohol on flights to Australia – to all ticket classes.

Qantas have already been offering free alcohol to it’s customers for some time, and are major contributors to the $3.8 million tourism drive, promising to fight hard for their market share.

“If our competitors are doing something on that route, we will match them on that,” says Qantas executive vice-president to the Americas, Wally Mariani.

As travel to Australia opens up to tourists for whom it had previously been out of financial reach, the contest for tourism dollars pervades the entire industry. Even upmarket hotels such as the Hilton are offering two-for-one deals on rooms.

Veteran agent DialAFlight have seen an upsurge in bookings in recent weeks, as the recession draws to a close and consumer confidence returns to normal.

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About DialAFlight

DialAFlight is one of the UK’s top travel companies offering flights to Australia, hotels, car hire, city breaks holidays, including flights to Sydney, travel insurance and Business Travel to help you to create the perfect all-inclusive trip to any worldwide destination. Because we’ve been in business for more than 25 years, we’re able to secure the best travel industry rates available. We pride ourselves on our experienced sales staff who are all well-travelled and committed to creating your perfect trip – at bargain prices.

DialAFlight
Sandpiper House,
39 Queen Elizabeth Street,
London
SE1 2BT
Tel: 02079629966
Email: [email protected]
website: www.dialaflight.com

June 2009 – DialAFlight began legal proceedings last week against four review sites who published a “malicious and libellous” article, submitted by a competitor.

The travel company had contacted these sites when the articles first appeared and asked for them to be removed, and say they have only begun High Court action as a last resort. The nature of the article, and the fact that it was distributed identically across a range of sites, led DialAFlight to believe that it was not a genuine user comment, but rather a strategic act of defamation by a competitor attempting to discredit the company.

One site, grumbletext.co.uk , has already removed the offending post, offering an “unreserved apology” to the firm for what they describe as “serious, unfounded allegations”. As a result, DialAFlight have settled out of court for a fraction of the sum they might reasonably have expected in (what would almost certainly have been) a legal victory. The user-generated forum for consumer gripes describes DialAFlight’s withdrawal of action as “magnanimous”.

“We think blogs and review sites serve a useful function so we did not want to take this route,” says a DialAFlight spokesperson, “but there’s no way we are going to allow a competitor to go around the internet posting lies about us.

“Review sites need to act in a responsible way and make sure they properly police the material which is appearing on their site. They would do well to remember that a large number of libel claims against newspapers actually emanate from their letters pages.”

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About DialAFlight

DialAFlight is one of the UK’s top travel companies offering flights, hotels, car hire, city breaks holidays, including cheap flights to Dubaiand New York flights travel insurance and Business Travel to help you to create the perfect all-inclusive trip to any worldwide destination. Because we’ve been in business for more than 25 years, we’re able to secure the best travel industry rates available. We pride ourselves on our experienced sales staff who are all well-travelled and committed to creating your perfect trip – at bargain prices.

DialAFlight
Sandpiper House,
39 Queen Elizabeth Street,
London
SE1 2BT
Tel: 02079629966
Email: [email protected]
website: www.dialaflight.com

June 2009 – American hoteliers and restaurateurs are slashing prices in the midst of the recession, leading to a US tourism bookings boom, according to cheap flight specialist Dialaflight. As the pound hit $1.60 this week, businesses suffering the worst season for years are offering considerable deals to the spendthrift traveller, in an attempt to lure them out of credit hibernation.

Major carriers are announcing bargain fares, and upgrades, extra nights and rock-bottom room rates are being offered by hotels across the States in an attempt to kick start the industry, following the biggest global recession in decades.

The first three months of 2009 saw inbound tourist spending on Visa cards total $11 billion, down from $12.9 billion in 2008. However, the U.S. remains a hugely popular destination. 79 percent of surveyed tourists have visited multiple times, and three out of four respondents believe they are likely to visit the U.S. in the next two years, with travellers from Canada, Mexico, South Korea and Japan being the most likely to return.

The Visa report confirms Dialaflight’s findings that, while tourists may research and plan their trips with more financial caution, their hunger for a bargain will win out over abstinence.

According to Bill Sheedy, President of Visa in North America, “The U.S. continues to be a major source market for global tourism. Americans’ travel intentions have not diminished for 2009 and 2010. However, travellers are increasingly price sensitive and seeking greater value when planning travel. As travellers are discerning in their choice of destinations and time of year for travel, Visa’s insight into tourist behaviour and attitudes in the U.S. and globally can support the tourism providers in capturing tourism revenues.”

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Notes to Editors:

DialAFlight is one of the UK’s top travel companies offering cheap flights to USA, hotels, car hire and city breaks holidays including a cheap flight to America, a cheap flight to Canada and insurance and Business Travel to help you to create the perfect all-inclusive trip to any worldwide destination.

Because we’ve been in business for more than 25 years, we’re able to secure the best travel industry rates available. We pride ourselves on our experienced sales staff who are all well-travelled and committed to creating your perfect trip – at bargain prices.

DialAFlight
Sandpiper House,
39 Queen Elizabeth Street,
London
SE1 2BT
Tel: 02079629966
Email: [email protected]
website: www.dialaflight.com