Ladbrokes shares soar on £8bn bid: Swoop by US casino giant MGM Resorts is snubbed as investors bet on higher offer By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:52 GMT, 4 January 2021 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 4 January 2021 Shares in Ladbrokes’s owner surged after it revealed it had received an £8.1billion takeover … Read more
Butlin’s will shut down two of its holiday resorts in an effort to keep its staff and guests safe and reduce the spread of coronavirus as more areas are plunged into the strictest Tier 3 restrictions. The holiday firm confirmed that its resorts in Bognor Regis, west Sussex, and Minehead in Somerset, will close from … Read more
An idyllic hilltop village in Italy has become the latest to offer abandoned homes for as little as 90p (€1). Castropignano, a medieval village located just an hour from ski resorts and beaches, is launching the scheme after newcomers in its region were offered £22,635 (€25,000) to live there. Molise, situated between the peaks of … Read more
World winners Best Ski Resort 2020: Val Thorens (France) Best Freestyle Resort 2020: Laax (Switzerland) Best Ski Hotel 2020: W Verbier (Switzerland) Best New Ski Hotel 2020: Park Hyatt Niseko Hanazono (Japan) Best Green Ski Hotel 2020: Valsana Hotel & Appartements (Switzerland) Best Ski Boutique Hotel 2020: Aurelio Lech (Austria) Best Ski Chalet 2020: Chalet Zermatt Peak (Switzerland) … Read more
More than 17million mink are being culled and dumped in mass graves in Denmark today in a desperate bid to eradicate a mutated strain of coronavirus. The new Covid-19 variant – called Cluster 5 – has caused widespread alarm because it has the potential to render vaccines less effective if it spreads through populations. Danish … Read more
Did you have to postpone a big celebration this year, or was your summer holiday cancelled? Then take a look at the Seychelles for some well-deserved winter sun. The country has just reopened to British tourists, although you must stay in a designated hotel for the first five days of your visit. However, that’s not a … Read more
BEST HOTEL IN LONDON: Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park BEST HOTEL IN THE REST OF THE UK: Gleneagles, Scotland BEST HOTEL IN IRELAND: The Westbury, Dublin BEST HOTEL IN PARIS: La Réserve Paris Hotel & Spa BEST HOTEL IN THE REST OF FRANCE & MONACO: Grand-Hotel Du Cap-Ferrat, A Four Seasons Hotel BEST HOTEL IN ROME: … Read more
EU could make British tourists quarantine when they arrive in resorts – and could ban them altogether if our cases rise under new bloc-wide travel rules planned for the New Year British tourists could face quarantine or Covid-19 tests on arrival in EU countries Bloc could lock UK out of the continent from January if … Read more
Slash cost of your staycation by switching to a spot nearby: How you can save hundreds of pounds by swapping trendy resorts with areas just as nice only a few miles away The figures come from a survey by Which? and throw a lifeline to those denied a foreign holiday this year The biggest saving … Read more
Live like the Queen – for £13.25 a night! Inside the holiday caravan refurbished in Buckingham Palace style – with chandeliers, gold-plated toilets, red-velvet thrones and a four-poster bed The Royal Caravan is located in Cayton Bay, Scarborough – and is fit for royalty thanks to a £100k makeover Guests-in-waiting can get a sneak peek of … Read more