Articles tagged “uk”

This might be the most brand-sponsorship-laden airline launch in history, which of course is great for consumers.

The Bristol project is trying to mix making a city fun for it residents and visitors, while also helping visitors get more information and history. The "Internet of Things" is also fun.

These numbers are good in actual amount, but macro trends on number of visitors, especially from Europe, are trending lower.

While this story should be filed under "rich people problems" it still speaks to the challenges the UK has creating a streamlined visa process that helps visitors get in and out of the country with minimal fuss, or at least with consistent expectations.

The UK is toying with its immigration and visa policies strategically as it blocks entry for Eastern Europeans while simultaneously breaking down barriers for skilled residents of the emerging superpower.

Bit feeble for a parody, especially for an almost four year old ad. Good concept, though could have been stretched further.

Not surprising, the UK high street-based travel agents are under deep financial pressures, both from the decline-of-main-street macro trends, and from flight-of-travel-users-to-digital industry trend perspective.

U.S. officials have to be breathing a sigh of relief that the Brits are acting so poorly towards would-be visitors -- it's enough to make those long lines for a U.S. visa seem not so bad after all.

While there's no doubt the end of taxes would produce a small bump in inbound traffic, PricewaterhouseCoopers is out of its gourd if it thinks scrapping the tax would boost tourism by 40%. The biggest benefit to cutting the tax will be outbound tourism.

British ads targeting unwanted immigrants will never make it off the drawing table since there’s too great a risk of ruining the UK’s reputation following the summer Olympics, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t great to image the slogans if it did.