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Eurostar to the Alps on sale this morning

Although a majority of our clients tend to book a package with flights and transfers included, a growing number now make their own travel arrangements to the Alps and the direct Eurostar services to the Tarentaise are always very popular indeed. This year there will be the usual two direct services, one leaving London St Pancras on Friday evenings, arriving in the Alps early on Saturday morning, and one leaving on Saturday mornings which arrives on Saturday afternoon. Sadly the Snow Train via Paris, with its famous disco carriage, will not be running this year.

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Keswick Beer Festival Weekend 2010

For us at Interactive Resorts, the annual Keswick Beer Festival is as much a part of the job as sending out booking confirmations and updating chalet availability. Last year’s trip set a high water mark for Cumbrian shenanigans which we knew would be hard to beat, but things began well with the decision to take the train instead of a coach. And so it was that at around half nine last Friday morning, a motley crew of pirates-to-be (yes, we had a fancy dress theme!) assembled at Euston station for the 3 hour train ride into the stunning greenery, open water and heather-clad peaks of the Lake District.
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Simon Seeks – A new website dedicated to passionate travellers

If you’re part of the Travellers and Bloggers community, you’ve probably heard about the new travel website Simonseeks.com from the entrepreneur Simon Nixon. In one of their recent blog posts, Interactive Resorts has been recommended as a great site to visit when trying to find your perfect skiing holiday. In June 2009, Simon launched this new site which aims to give an opportunity to everyone interested in writing holiday reviews about their trips, a chance to make money from it. You can read a variety of reviews ranging from cheap hotels in Paris to the best hotels in London and a lot more besides.

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