Posts tagged with "travel"

Cyprus ranked third on Family Beach Index Cyprus

Cyprus ranked third on Family Beach Index

January 11th, 2019 A new ‘Family Beach Index’ ranks Cyprus third on a list of 50 family beach destinations in eight European countries. Researchers looked at air and sea temperatures, family friendly attractions, flight duration from the UK and average cost for a family of four to compile the rankings. The island of Crete came first, with the...
Visiting Cyprus by car: be sure you are not driving a “ticking time bomb” Opinion

Visiting Cyprus by car: be sure you are not driving a “ticking time bomb”

October 14th, 2018 Visiting Cyprus by car is a marvellous experience. Cyprus offers beautiful landscapes over the sea from Cavo-Greco to Paphos, and amazing mountain views through the Troodos highland. You can also enjoy the cities, villages and a lot of historical sites, museums and vestiges which make part of Cyrus’s European historical background and...
Budget airline Primera Air ceases operations World

Budget airline Primera Air ceases operations

October 2nd, 2018 Nordic budget airline Primera Air has become the latest European carrier to go bust, telling staff that all flights were being halted and leaving thousands of passengers stranded. "On this sad day we are saying Goodbye to all of you," Primera Air said in a statement on its website on Tuesday. http://bit.ly/2P2AiZW Primera Air,...
Travel agent wanted after pocketing thousands from customers (Updated) Crime

Travel agent wanted after pocketing thousands from customers (Updated)

August 3rd, 2018 People from all over Cyprus are coming forward to report the 37-year-old woman who allegedly stole thousands of euros from customers for whom she had booked holiday packages. The woman, who is wanted by police, is suspected to have fled the country and has been put on a stop list. According to police, from the start of the year...
Extra hassle for parents travelling with children Cyprus

Extra hassle for parents travelling with children

July 29th, 2018 By Elias Hazou Mother detained at airport with son had to get husband’s permission to leave even though she wasn’t on the stop list A Cypriot woman flying out of Larnaca with her underage son was recently stopped and asked by immigration police if she had written permission from her husband to travel abroad with her...
Is Airbnb really cheaper than a hotel room? Travel

Is Airbnb really cheaper than a hotel room?

January 29th, 2018 A combination of factors including budget airlines and ride-sharing have made traveling more affordable than ever. Still, when it comes to finding a place to stay, hotel rooms tend to cost a small fortune. Nowadays, there are solutions for people trying to save money thanks to the rise of the sharing economy, particularly websites such...
Power restored to Atlanta airport after daylong outage paralyzes travel Americas

Power restored to Atlanta airport after daylong outage paralyzes travel

December 18th, 2017 One of the heaviest travel weeks of the year began with the cancellation of more than 1,000 flights on Sunday at the world's busiest airport in Atlanta, where a power outage that lasted nearly 11 hours left passengers stranded in darkened terminals or in aircraft idling on tarmacs. The early afternoon outage paralyzed operations at...
Upgrading airports mulled by government, Hermes, Demetriades says Business

Upgrading airports mulled by government, Hermes, Demetriades says

September 7th, 2017 Transport Minister Marios Demetriades said that Larnaca and Paphos airport operator Hermes Airports and the ministry of transport, communications and works are considering plans to expand their infrastructure to cope with increased passenger traffic. While both airports are at present still in position to service travellers, should it...
Cyprus not added to US visa waiver, embassy says Cyprus

Cyprus not added to US visa waiver, embassy says

November 3rd, 2016 The USA denied reports on Thursday that Cyprus had been added to the country’s Visa Waiver Programme. A written statement from the US embassy in Nicosia said the “reports are false.” “Cyprus has not yet met all of the threshold requirements for admission to the programme.” The embassy said Cypriots wishing to travel to...
Turkey set for emergency measures to quell post-coup turmoil (Update 1) World

Turkey set for emergency measures to quell post-coup turmoil (Update 1)

July 20th, 2016 By Humeyra Pamuk and Nick Tattersall Turkey will announce emergency measures on Wednesday to try to shore up stability and prevent damage to the economy as it purges thousands of members of the security forces, judiciary, civil service and academia after an abortive coup. Around 50,000 soldiers, police, judges, civil servants and...
Threat of terrorism to Cyprus ‘general’, latest UK travel advice says Cyprus

Threat of terrorism to Cyprus ‘general’, latest UK travel advice says

June 30th, 2016 Cyprus ranks lower than other European countries as regards terrorism warning levels but the government is already taking measures, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou said on Thursday. Speaking at the House, Nicolaou commented the latest travel advice issued by the UK, which evaluates Cyprus as being among the countries facing ‘general...
A growing choice of destinations Cyprus

A growing choice of destinations

April 24th, 2016 By Annette Chrysostomou With more airlines flying into and out of the island, outbound tourism in Cyprus is changing. While it is a long time since there were few flights beyond the main markets of Greece and the UK, there are now direct flights to 49 destinations from Larnaca and an additional 27 from Paphos. And the fact that...
Cyprus tops mobile travel search list Cyprus

Cyprus tops mobile travel search list

February 15th, 2016 The majority of travel searches made via mobile devices in Europe were from Cyprus, Iceland-based flight search engine Dohop has found. Using over 500,000 data points, Dohop recently compiled a report that compared the mobile usage of European visitors to both Dohop and affiliate sites in the first two weeks of 2016 against the same...
'Turkey reaffirms non-recogntion of Cyprus Republic' Cyprus

'Turkey reaffirms non-recogntion of Cyprus Republic'

December 6th, 2015 A few hours after Turkey and the EU agreed last Sunday on a package of incentives for Ankara to help the bloc with the migrant crisis, Turkey sent a letter to the Commission saying its position on the non-recognition of Cyprus had not changed and the proposed visa-free travel scheme would not be implemented for Greek...
Drop in travel to UK due to strong sterling and less to spend Cyprus

Drop in travel to UK due to strong sterling and less to spend

November 17th, 2015 By Andria Kades The strength of the British currency combined with Cypriots holding their purse strings tighter are some of the contributing factors as to why the island’s permanent residents have cut down  visits to the UK, Association of Cyprus Travel Agents (ACTA) chairman said on Tuesday. Speaking to the Cyprus Mail, Dinos...
Man on trial for fatal accident seeks travel permission Cyprus

Man on trial for fatal accident seeks travel permission

September 16th, 2015 Attorney-general Costas Clerides on Tuesday received a request to allow a high ranking official from the European Space Agency (ESA), Julio Monreal, who is due to stand trial on the island after being charged for causing a fatal road accident, to leave the country for business reasons. State broadcaster CyBC reported that Monreal, 60,...
Passenger information sharing to return for ratification Cyprus

Passenger information sharing to return for ratification

May 14th, 2015 By Angelos Anastasiou A EUROPEAN Union directive on inter-governmental airline-passenger information sharing, previously rejected by the Europarliament, has been redrafted by the European Council for individual member states to ratify, House Legal Affairs committee deputy chairman Rikkos Mappourides said on Wednesday. Speaking...
Overseas travels up, Cypriot more careful in bookings Cyprus

Overseas travels up, Cypriot more careful in bookings

April 23rd, 2015 By Constantinos Psillides TRAVELLING abroad for Cypriots increased by 8 per cent in 2014 compared to 2013, the head of the Association of Travel Agents in Cyprus (ACTA) Dinos Kakouras said yesterday, following a press conference for this weekend’s “Travel 2015” expo. Kakouras noted though that what is different from other...
Tourism up 6.0 per cent between January and August Cyprus

Tourism up 6.0 per cent between January and August

September 16th, 2014 Tourist arrivals in Cyprus have reached 373.086 in August 2014 compared to 352.215 in August 2013, recording an increase of 5.9%, according to data released by the Statistical Service. Based on the results of the Passengers Survey there was an increase of 6.5% tourist arrivals from the UK (from 127.118 in August 2013 to 135.424 in...
Travel warning for Thailand News in Brief

Travel warning for Thailand

December 4th, 2013 The Foreign Ministry has issued travel advice for citizens of Cyprus who are either permanent residents of or intend to visit Thailand. According to the advice,  Cypriot citizens who are either permanent residents or intend to travel to Thailand "are advised to avoid all but essential travel in certain areas in the country, where...
Let the train take the strain Cyprus

Let the train take the strain

October 20th, 2013 Letter from London by Alexia Saoulli I absolutely love travelling on the train. There is something so comforting about just leaning back in your seat and watching the English countryside roll by, as your thoughts roam free. For those few hours I feel content to set aside any worries I might have and to just ‘be’. This past week...
Foreign ministry issues travel warning for Egypt News in Brief

Foreign ministry issues travel warning for Egypt

August 16th, 2013 The foreign ministry on Friday advised Cypriots to avoid non-essential travel to Egypt. If present in the neighbouring country, they are advised to exercise caution and avoid public areas, where mass gatherings occur, the ministry said. The ministry urged Cypriot citizens to keep themselves informed about developments in Egypt and...
Cypriot to head UK's leading travel association News in Brief

Cypriot to head UK's leading travel association

July 3rd, 2013 NOEL Josephides has been announced at the new ABTA chairman following a leadership contest. The chairman of Sunvil Holidays takes up the post after an election process involving the ABTA Board and a ballot among all ABTA members. Mark Tanzer, ABTA chief executive, said: "On behalf of the Board, I'd like to congratulate Noel on his...
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