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30-07-2010 Accessibility of Communication Systems (Cardiac EU)
The Cardiac project is developing roadmaps for priorities for research on accessibility of information and communication technology systems and services. They are creating a database of current and recent projects ........
28-07-2010 Access Tourism New Zealand Conference on Accessibility
The first New Zealand Conference on accessible tourism, travel, and hospitality for people with disabilities and seniors will be held on 4 October 2010.This one day conference is organized by the New Zealand Tourism Rese........
28-07-2010 Government Consultation on Holiday Lettings
The HMRC (HM Revenue & Customs) wanted us to alert you to the consultation document that the Government has issued on holiday lettings. The aim is for people and the trade to respond to the consultation and put........
21-07-2010 Equality Act 2010
The Equality Bill was published on 27 April 2009 and became an Act of Parliament on 8 April 2010. The Equality Act will replace the Disability Discrimination Acts 1995 and 2005 (DDA).There are some changes to meeting the........
19-07-2010 Three in a Bed – Channel Four
Studio Lambert produces Channel Four's popular series ‘Three in a Bed' and they are once again looking to celebrate the great Bed and Breakfasts around the UK in a second series. Whether it is their five gl........
12-07-2010 Accessible Tourism For Europe
We are pleased to announce ATE - Accessible Tourism for Europe - a Leonardo Project - a collaboration between European partners KAZUIST from Czech Republic, ANNBA in Italy, and Tourism for All UK from England, with the s........
12-07-2010 Award for Accessible Cities
The European Award for Accessible Cities aims to promote accessibility for people with disabilities in four areas:The built environment and public spaces;Transport and related infrastructures;Information and communicatio........
12-07-2010 A Colour and Contrast Guide from ICI Paints
If you are redecorating, it can be a good chance to make your decor more user friendly for those with reduced eyesight. ICI Paints have some useful pages devoted to colour and colour contrast.Whilst the selection of colo........
06-07-2010 Article in the Independent on Sunday
The following article was printed in the Independent on Sunday on the 4th July, after a journalist asked Tourism for All to comment on the business case for creating accessible accommodation, after the rel........
25-06-2010 Xavier Font is Keeping it Real
Dr. Xavier Font presented a new report on marketing sustainable tourism practices at the Responsible Tourism Marketing Conference on Monday. Although the recommendations are not directly related to tourism for disabled p........
12-06-2010 Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board Supports TFA
This year's Lancashire and Blackpool Tourism Awards lunch took place on Wednesday 9th June 2010 at the Mercure Dunkenhalgh Hotel in Accrington. At this event - ably hosted by television prese........
07-06-2010 BT New Centres for People with Disabilities
Bury Library Service has become the first in the country to offer a new service for people with disabilities. BT has joined forces with the Hearing Impairment Unit within Bury Central Library to establish the first &lsqu........
21-05-2010 Access Statements for Guoman and Thistle Hotels
Finding accessible hotel accommodation and facilities for disabled people in Britain has just been made a little easier. Guoman and Thistle Hotels have been successfully engaging with Tourism for All during the past........
01-04-2010 Aviramp
Ra'alloy Ramps Ltd of Telford UK have previewed their new `Remote StandBoarding Ramp` at the Terminal Expo Show in Brussels.This revolutionary product gives free and easy boarding access to all passengers, including ........
18-03-2010 The Hotel – Channel 4 TV Programme
I am writing with regards to a new series for Channel 4 called 'The Hotel' that we are making. Dragonfly makes the groundbreaking, primetime documentary series 'The Family' and 'One Born Every Minute&........
16-03-2010 ITB Berlin Accessible Tourism Market Potential and Best Practices
On Friday the 12th March, Tourism for All UK participated in a two hour workshop at the largest tourism trade exhibition of its kind - ITB Berlin. In front of an audience of visitors to the trade show, the session invest........
03-03-2010 The Cateys Accessibility Award 2010
Have you been somewhere that really floats your accessible boat - so much so - that you would like to nominate them for an award? Or do you have some great accessible facilities that need to be recognised........
23-02-2010 AEG Europe The O2 wins Access Excellence Award
The Meetings and Incentive Travel (M&IT) Access Excellence award was created to raise industry awareness of the amendments to the Disability Discrimination Act and to acknowledge those organisations that are emb........
14-02-2010 The Business Case for Accessible Tourism and the UK Tourism Survey – Recent Figures
Accessible tourism: Making it work for your businessThe Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has launched "Accessible tourism: Making it work for your business" on behalf of the Accessible Touris........
13-10-2009 ‘Where can I go’ Campaign
The new ‘Where can I go?' Campaign was launched to British Toilet Association members at the BTA Conference held at the Stratford Hotel, Stratford upon Avon on 16th September.The Campaign recognises the n........
09-10-2009 Scandic Hotels create Access Statements for their properties
“Scandic has become the first hotel chain to gather all its information for guests with special needs in one place. Every hotel’s homepage now provides answers to the 80 most common questions. For example how........
19-08-2009 John Gill Technology Ltd
RNIB has closed their Scientific Research Unit. I have established John Gill Technology Ltd (www.johngilltech.com/) which specialises in the needs of disabled and elderly people, including assistive technolog........
06-08-2009 Important information if you are using an interactive TV system
VisitEngland in association with the RNID and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) have produced a fact sheet related to the switchover to digital services. With the switchover starting in Wales next month and........
03-08-2009 The Safe Working Load of Beds – a Proprietor’s Dilemma
The following story is from award winning accessible property owner Sonja Gregory. She and Simon run The Hytte near Hexham in Northumberland. They have been recognised for their excellent provisi........
30-06-2009 One Step Ahead
Staying One step ahead As the recession deepens, accommodation businesses have a tough job on their hands to persuade people to part with their money. It has never been so important to make small improvements ........
23-06-2009 Open Access Training
Shape's Access 2012 conference will help you make your venues, events and programme inclusive, explore ways to engage with disabled and deaf audiences, participants, staff and volunteers and create a legacy of best p........
17-06-2009 London 2012 announces Holiday Inn as commercial partner
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today announced Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express as the ‘Official Hotel Services Provider to London 2012' and a Tier Three co........
08-04-2009 Signage Guidance
The principle organisation promoting good signing and the science of wayfinding in the public environment is the Sign Design Society. It publishes the 'Sign Design Guide' jointly with RNIB, runs a........
23-03-2009 National Center for Accessible Transportation Oregon
At Oregon State University, the National Center for Accessible Transportation (NCAT) is conducting basic research on accessibility issues and developing practical, cost-effective improvements in transportation techn........
26-02-2009 Accessible Business Award Winners 2009
On Monday evening the 23rd February at the glittering Meetings and Incentive Travel Awards ceremony held at the Novotel London West, hosted by BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine, the following businesses were recogn........
16-02-2009 BS8300 Conference
25-26 March 2009 at the Holiday Inn Kensington Forum, London. BS8300:2009 – Improving the Built Environment. Are the buildings you design and build accessible? UK law requires all public ........
02-02-2009 ADA settlement reached
Settlement reached to improve access to Hotels.com and Expedia Reservation Services for Disabled Travellers. The following article is reproduced from the American www.publicjustic........
23-01-2009 Easy to see Digital Remote Control
As we age, we start to lose some of our manual dexterity and eyesight., and as we rush headlong into a digital age, 'going digital' is likely to mean more complex handheld devices like TV remote control........
16-01-2009 Access to Work
We have been asked recently, on several occasions for information about the Access to Work initiative. Access to Work is operated through Jobcentreplus and can help you if your health or disability affects the way you do........
13-01-2009 New website – Living Made Easy
Living made easy www.livingmadeeasy.org.uk/ is an impartial advice and information website about daily living equipment and other aspects of independent living. It has been developed by the Disabled Living Foundatio........
03-12-2008 Accessible Tourism Challenges and Opportunities
Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre (STCRC) has recently produced a new publication Accessible Tourism: Challenges and Opportunities. This is a FREE resource and can be accessed by clicking on the image of th........
01-12-2008 VisitLondon Accessible Award Winner 2008
Visit London Award Winners are recognised as the best in the capital, and benefit from all the positive exposure that comes with that accolade. This year was a record year for entries, with an outstanding amount of submi........
19-11-2008 How the guide dogs had their day
The event: The Biennial International Guide Dog Federation (IGDF), and Assistance Dogs International (ADI) conferencesThe Venue: Renaissance London Heathrow Hotel The participants: 400 delegates The Renaissance London He........
19-11-2008 Best Disabled Services – Meetings and Incentive Travel Industry Awards 2009
UK-based hotels, venues or transportation providers who pride themselves on providing accessibility for all can enter the Best Disabled Services category of the Meetings & Incentive Travel Industry Awards 2009. Furth........
04-11-2008 BS 9999 2008
After over 10 years in development, BSI British Standards has published BS 9999:2008 Code of practice for fire safety in the design, management and use of buildings.BS 9999 gives recommendations and guidance on the desig........
30-10-2008 Tourism South East Access for All Award Winner 2008
The Nurse’s Cottage Restaurant with Rooms was the clear winner in the Access for All category because of the continuing commitment to the provision of access for older and disabled people at the propert........
04-08-2008 HM Revenue and Customs – Accessible Tourism – Tax News
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has revised its guidance on the tax treatment of costs incurred by businesses on DDA compliance. This reflects changes in the tax system which came into force in April 2008.Details of the ........
04-08-2008 Designs on the Games
A free seminar on how to make accessible new technological systems to beused by visitors to major events such as the 2012 Games is being held atSavoy Place, London on Tuesday 7th October 2008. The seminar is for spe........
22-07-2008 RNID Sound solutions
According to a Sound solutions document from the RNID (Royal National Institute for Deaf People) you could be losing one in seven of your potential customers if your organisation is not equipped to communicate with deaf ........
22-07-2008 Benchmark Games – The Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games
With the 2008 Beijing Games on everybody's mind, it is almost 8 years since Sydney hosted the 2000 Paralympic Games.It is timely that the first book dedicated to a Paralympic Games has been published by Richard........
16-07-2008 Easy does it – New Guide from VisitBritain
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VisitBritain is pleased to announce the launch of a new brochure to help tourism businesses meet their guests' expectations. Entitled ‘Easy does it’, the 12 page brochure breaks down the........
15-07-2008 CATEYS Accessibility Award Winner 2008
For 25 years, Caterer and Hotelkeeper magazine has been operating an annual awards ceremony called the CATEYS. One of these awards recognises the steps that a particular business has made in becoming acces........
19-05-2008 BS8300...Your Comments Please
NOW AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT - BS 8300 DPC Design of buildings and their approaches to meet the needs of disabled people - Code of practiceBSI British Standards want to hear your views on this Draft for Public Comme........
06-05-2008 New Guidance for larger hotels – PAS88 2008
Guidance on accessibility of large hotel premises and hotel chains - PAS88:2008. Launched on the 3rd of April 2008, this Publicly Available Specification (PAS) has been developed by the Disability Rights Commission........
17-04-2008 £100 MILLION PREMIER INN LONDON EXPANSION
8th April 2008 £100 MILLION PREMIER INN LONDON EXPANSION Whitbread PLC, the UK's largest hotel and restaurant group, has today announced six new Premier Inn hotels in London, with 1200 rooms, to........
04-04-2008 Minister visits TFA at British Travel Trade Fair
Tourism Minister Margaret Hodge MP visited the Tourism for All stand at the British Travel Trade Fair in Birmingham on 11th March at the National Exhibition Centre. She welcomed the new guide, Easy Access Britain, co-pub........
28-02-2008 Wise Place Wins up North
In a close run competition, the Meetings and Incentive Travel Award for the Best Disabled Services Award went to The Sage, Gateshead, with runners up the Waterfront, Belfast and One Great George Street, London. The Awar........