As the hospitality industry faces great challenges, a group of hospitality professionals have launched an international initiative : Buy Now, Stay Later. This encourages the purchase of hotel bonds to support participating properties. Similar to savings bonds, hotel bonds can be purchased now at a rate of $100. After the 60+ day maturation period, ...

Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens was founded in 1979 by former rubber planter and wildlife enthusiast Ken Sims. Its landscaped grounds feature a special collection of rare animals from Asia and includes endangered tigers, crocodiles and gibbons. The Thrigby Hall Conservation Fund supports a range of local and international conservation projects. Durin...

The Old Royal Naval College, part of Maritime Greenwich UNESCO World Heritage Site, has a virtual tour of the Painted Hall. A 360-degree virtual tour of the Painted Hall, narrated by actress Tara Fitzgerald, provides visitors with the opportunity to explore 'Britain's Sistine Chapel' up close. The Painted Hall re-opened in 2019 after an award-winni...

The Stratford Butterfly Farm has launched a GoFundMe campaign to help raise funds for the tropical butterfly farmers that they work with. Most of the 250 different species of butterflies found at the Butterfly Farm and around 2,000 individual butterflies, are imported from butterfly farmers in the tropics. Stratford Butterfly Farm buys their butter...

The Celtic Routes takes in Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire, Wales and Wicklow, Waterford and Wexford, Ireland. Every spring the Routes offer verdant meadows, rolling hillsides, leafy woodlands, dense forests, landscaped gardens and grassy river banks. Locations include : Mount Congreve, Waterford Ambrose Congreve won 13 Gold Medals at...

The central German city of Frankfurt sits on the river Main and is a major financial hub and home to the European Central Bank. It's the birthplace of writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, whose former home is now the Goethe House Museum. The reconstructed Altstadt (Old Town) is the city's major focal point. Visitor highlights in Frankfurt and the reg...