News UK travel update 05/05/21 Welcome to News UK
With the confirmation of a traffic light system for holiday destinations, here at News UK we are going to continue to sharing the latest trends and analysis to give you as much information as possible as we navigate the coming weeks and months back to normal life.
As always we can clearly see from our popular content that our reader cannot wait to get travelling again and are eagerly awaiting the go ahead from the UK Government.
In the meantime, please do let us know if you have any questions or information requests. Editor’s letter Lisa Minot Travel editor, The Sun
“ALL eyes are now on Green for Go...
As we await the final list of countries we can visit without quarantine when travel resumes on May 17 all we can do is hope our holiday favourite will make the cut.
But with so much already leaked, it seems likely the first list will feature just a handful of countries including Malta and Gibraltar. Gorgeous destinations but hardly the biggest.
While countries across the Med signal they are desperate for us to return, it may well be we have to wait until July before we can jet off to Greece, Spain or France.” Times Travel content
With predictions aplenty around the potential green list, readers were keen to explore options for a summer break in Portugal, though following closely behind was Ben Clatworthy’s piece outlining the headache of Top 5 most read travel articles last week: travelling in a post-Covid world. 1. the 12 best portugal holidays for summer We had a travel writer on location singing the praises of 2. my eight forms to travel abroad put the chaos into Jersey and an interesting piece on the growing context popularity of the US Virgin Islands for the American market. 3. jersey shore: the channel island has reopened 4. postcard from the us virgin islands: ‘the pandemic is Also popular was Lisa Grainger’s piece on a new propelling a mini boom in tourism’ initiative of using Texan bred sniffer dogs to track 5. on the scent with anti-poaching sniffer dogs in poachers in South Africa. kruger national park Sun Travel content
Sun readers are extremely keen to read about any potential openings in Europe Top 5 most read travel articles last week: this summer (no change on last week!), with articles announcing that the likes of 1. https://www.thesun.co.uk/travel/14841537/spain-greece-france-t Portugal, France, Spain and Italy could be ravel-green-list-end-june/ open this summer gaining the most 2. https://www.thesun.co.uk/travel/14812257/summer-holiday-boo attention. k-now-green-list-warning-prices/ 3. https://www.thesun.co.uk/travel/14783526/spain-welcome-brits- holidays-june/ Readers were also drawn to an article on a 4. https://www.thesun.co.uk/travel/14741221/rooftop-swimming-p new rooftop pool opening in London - the ool-london-nine-elms-sky/ photos have to be seen to be believed! 5. https://www.thesun.co.uk/travel/14808561/northumberland-villa ge-uk-top-seaside-hotspot/ Finally, our Sun readers are keeping an eye on the best UK seaside hotspots. Weekly travel search term trends
Notable search increases last week:
Disney cruises continue to be popular, as well as luxury train journeys, and honeymooning has appeared this York to Penzance luxury train Breakout week, likely to be due to all of the postponed weddings Hudson river cruise Breakout now back on the cards. Disney magic cruise 1050% Best honeymoon destinations in Europe 350% New entries include the York to Penzance luxury train route Luxury train journeys in the UK 180% and Hudson river cruising. Couples are looking for city breaks and Malta, Jamaica and Scotland are all popular Best city breaks for couples 90% searches. Best hotels in Malta 80% Holidays to Jamaica 70% All stats are taken from Google Analytics. Spa hotels in Scotland 60% Next week sees the launch of our brand new Times Travel offering. We have meetings booked with many of you to take you through this, but if you haven’t been contacted yet and would like to hear more please do get in touch. News UK signs Jose
Mourinho
Today we are delighted to announce that Jose Mourinho is our star signing for the Euros and will be reaching audiences via exclusive content for The Sun, The Times, The Sunday Times and talkSPORT in an exclusive integrated deal.
He will have regular columns throughout the summer in The Sun, The Times and The Sunday Times to provide exclusive insight for readers, joining a talented team of writers across the titles.
Jose will also be with listeners across the talkSPORT schedule including the station’s live GameDay programming to regular slots at Breakfast, which will include pre-game insight, half time analysis and an exclusive post-game phone in for talkSPORT listeners. You can see Jose's welcome here. News UK signs
Ulrika Jonsson
Presenter, author and TV personality, Ulrika Jonsson will join The Sun as a weekly columnist, every Saturday. She will be sharing her wealth of knowledge and sassy strong opinions with Sun readers in her new weekly column, starting on Saturday.
Ulrika Jonsson says: “After the year we’ve all endured the future feels brighter, I want to spend my years laughing and loving and not being afraid to speak my mind and I’m ecstatic to share my views with Sun readers every Saturday.”
Victoria Newton, Editor-in-Chief of The Sun says: “Outspoken, funny and smart, Ulrika is perfectly placed to be joining The Sun. With such a wide ranging career and so much life experience, I’m very much looking forward to her starting and reading what she has to say. The second supplement in the Times Earth series will be our Business Supplement on 19th May. For opportunities on how to get involved please get in touch. Planned outline below:
Green growth: Business and the race to net zero: challenges, solutions and costs The major solutions – Hydrogen; reforestation; carbon capture and storage; nuclear; direct air capture; changes to food production and consumption - how feasible, affordable and scalable are they over what timeframe How Businesses are innovating to become carbon neutral or carbon negative. Major businesses who have committed to net zero emissions in 2020 and 2021 and other interesting contributions. The potential solutions which are further off: geoengineering, fusion power The futuristic techs being developed by UK start-ups and entrepreneurs Spreads taken from first Times Earth Supplement, sponsored by O1 (22.04.21) The Times and The Sunday Times has launched The Times Enterprise Network, a new cross-platform network to advise, inspire and inform the established business leaders and aspiring entrepreneurs in its audience.
It will showcase the titles’ existing content, including breaking news, views from columnist James Timpson, alongside exclusive new insights from Britain’s leading entrepreneurs.
Advice-led features such as ‘Inside track’, ‘What I learned’ and the iconic ‘How I made it’ will sit alongside a new business clinic, and During its launch week, Steve Hewitt, CEO of Gymshark, Times+ events will bring business leaders together to learn from Nisha Katona, founder of Mowgli Street Food (pictured), each other and build new relationships. and Eddie Hearn, chairman of Matchroom Sport will be among the star entrepreneurs contributing. Sunday Times Cruise supplement - 30th May
Sunday Times Cruise supplement - 30th May 12 pages
Casting Off Roundup - Where can I go this summer? A lot of this will depend on the new traffic light system but the roundup will be divided geographically and will have a big section on Greece, Iceland, Bermuda; other Caribbean; and subject to the travel restrictions, USA. AQSC's new American Countess on the Mississippi Sailing and cycling around the Frisian Islands.
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