Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - How to Tap in to the Holiday Publicity Bonanza

If your product or service can be given as a gift, a publicitywindfall awaits at the end of the year - but you need to startworking in June. Each December, media outlets cover the newest,the hottest and the most unusual Holiday gifts. The reportersassigned to develop these pieces typically depend... Read More

50 Ways to Acknowledge Your Employees Before and After Labor Day

For most people, Labor Day symbolizes the end of summer, back to school, and another long weekend. Deep down however, when we stop for a moment and reflect as we often do on bank holidays, we all know that Labor Day is, in reality, meant to signify a time to... Read More

Quick and Easy Holiday Decorating

You're tired. You've worked hard all week. Suddenly, the kids shout gleefully... "let's decorate!" ... in anticipation of the coming holiday. The "let's not" is miraculously not permitted to escape your lips. Instead you take a deep breath while you wonder about how this decorating could become an easier and... Read More

Ten Tips for a Real Holiday Season

Holidays and the start of a new year inevitably make us think about how we can improve ourselves, and have the life we want in the future. We make resolutions - I must lose weight, I will save more money - and then lose our way. That's because we aren't... Read More

The Holiday Shopping Experience - Rewarding or Traumatic?

Picture this scenario! It's December 24th, the day of Christmas Eve. On this day you should be relaxing, enjoying time with family and thinking of all the precious memories you have created throughout the year.No, wait! It's the last day of shopping before Christmas and you haven't even started to... Read More

Making Time to Write this Holiday Season

As the countdown to Christmas day continues, most everyone is naturally all wrapped up in preparing for the big day (and the eve of the big day and the day after the big day?).Whether it's shopping, baking, or hosting holiday gatherings, you are probably engaged in time-consuming activities related to... Read More

10 Tips for More Meaningful Holidays

No matter how many lists you make, cards you send, gifts you buy, or packages you wrap, there will be things you intended to do this holiday season that won't get done. If you do manage to get everything done, but you're too tired to enjoy the season, everyone suffers.Consider... Read More

10 Steps to a Relaxing Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday! Family, friends, good food ? and no presents to buy. To make it your best holiday ever, consider these organizing tips:? Choose your preferred style: formal with everyone dressed up and using their best manners ? or a more informal relaxed style. If you've invited... Read More

Going Solo on Valentines Day: Advice For Singles

The stores are decorated in candy hearts, flowers and bears. Every TV or radio commercial reminds you that it's time to remember your sweetheart on this special day for lovers. Your feelings range from sadness, to revulsion to anger. What's a single person to do? The following suggestions are designed... Read More

Tips For Singles on Surviving (And Enjoying) The Holidays

Here you are, facing the holiday season alone. Have you been thinking about?*how alone and lonely you feel*excuses you can give family members as to why you can't come this year*what friends may be available to spend those long days with*how another year has passed and you are (still) single*how... Read More

In The News:


Daily Mail

Half-term holidays 'cost up to 80pc more'
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 5 hours ago
If they [schools] were to stagger the holidays then not everyone would be trying to go away at the same time and it would create less of a bottleneck. ...
How rip-off holiday firms DOUBLE prices during half-term Daily Mail
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Fit for the holidays
Canada.com, Canada - 32 minutes ago
Canadians are planning their 2008 vacations around staying fit and healthy eating, a new poll shows. Travelocity.ca's Travel Forecast found that 52 per cent ...

Telegraph.co.uk

Credit crunch fails to stop our summer holidays
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 4 hours ago
Holidays, for example, are no longer a treat, but fall into the category of luxury-necessity. The rising euro may have discouraged potential buyers of city ...

She was waiting for holidays
Times of India, India - 4 hours ago
NOIDA: Fourteen-year-old Arushi, who was found dead at her Noida residence, had on Thursday gone to bed around midnight, according to her parents. ...

European car sales rise 9.6 percent on surging German market ...
International Herald Tribune, France - 14 hours ago
AP BRUSSELS, Belgium: Sales of new cars in Europe rose 9.6 percent in April from a year ago as car showrooms gained from fewer holidays and a German market ...

Telegraph.co.uk

Wish you were here? Is the travel industry 'recession proof'
Independent, UK - May 15, 2008
The big travel operators believe they can ride out the credit crunch unscathed, as customers will still refuse to give up their holidays abroad. ...
Tui holidays sell well guardian.co.uk
Bills are Increasing, but Holidays are Still a Must Cruise Critic
TUI feels the sun as holidays become essential Times Online
Monsters and Critics.com - BBC Newsall 75 news articles

Thomas Cook sees strong demand
The Press Association - May 15, 2008
Travel giant Thomas Cook has reported "robust" demand despite the economic gloom as travellers clung to their prized foreign holidays. ...
Thomas Cook cuts losses as sales hold up This is Money
Thomas Cook in good position for the summer 08 Travel Daily News International
Thomas Cook cuts losses by a third TTG live
Mirror.co.uk - Travel Weekly UKall 16 news articles

La Manga

The finest golf holidays in Spain at La Manga
La Manga, Spain - 11 hours ago
(Read More) After a hard day's putting, tourists on golf group holidays will no doubt be in need of a good night out, with La Manga offering Spanish holiday ...
Spanish holidays are 'most affordable for half-term' La Manga
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Sales Tax Holidays Announced
BainbridgeGa.com, GA - 1 hour ago
By May 17, 2008 During the annual "back to school" sales tax holiday, Georgia shoppers will have the opportunity to purchase certain clothing items, ...

Peel Police - Retail Business Holidays Act Closing Requirements ...
Brampton Guardian,  Canada - 13 hours ago
Peel – Peel Regional Police would like to remind everyone this holiday weekend that the Retail Business Holidays Act (RBHA) requires local businesses to ...
Chamber asks for more shopping days Belleville Intelligencer
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