Destination marketing organisation, the Azores Islands Promotion Agency, has appointed KBC PR & Marketing as their newUKtravel trade and PR representative as of February 2012.  The appointment follows an RFP process which began in November 2011. Lisa Cooper becomes the Account Director for theAzoresIslandsand Hayley Gee becomes the Account Manager.  Lisa and Hayley will be [...]

Celebrate spring with an all American experience in Baltimore  If you are looking for an unusual way to celebrate the start of spring then Maryland’s largest city, Baltimore, will be a flurry of unique and exciting activities. Stand back as large sculptures race through the streets, celebrate spring at Baltimore’s Baseball Park-Camden Yards, take part [...]

Saga Holidays, the leading travel company offering global adventures for the over fifties, is celebrating another fiftieth milestone. Captain David Warden-Owen, currently at the helm of Saga Ruby, has clocked up half a century at sea. Just months before Saga Sapphire, the newest vessel to join the Saga Cruise fleet, makes its nautical debut, the [...]

Red Velvet Whoopie Pie from The Hummingbird Bakery. Photographer: Benjamin Backhouse.  With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, it’s time for giving some sweet, sweet lovin’. And nowhere takes the cake better thanNew England– with its Whoopie Pie. Surprisingly, this scrumptious dessert, oozing with creamy marshmallow-white filling, is actually a cake – NOT a pie! [...]

As many as 600 amateur and professional astronomers from around the world are to gather in the Lower Florida Keys from Monday 20 February to Sunday 26 February, attracted by the chance for 180-degree viewing of the Southern Cross and other constellations during the 28th annual Winter Star Party. The event’s primary draw for astronomers [...]