Among the 26 major UK airports, Manchester Airport is the only global gateway to Northern England.

At Manchester Airport, over 100 airlines offer direct flights to over 210 destinations worldwide, connecting over 22 million passengers to more places than any other airport in the UK.

One more thing that Manchester Airport boosts about is Manchester airport parking. You can actually pre-book your car parking as well as airport hotels. How's that?

Anyways...aside from airport parking, Manchester Airport also boosts about its body scanners which has been in place since the end of 2009. It is for better security and safety. Aside from the usual "pat down" searches and removal of jackets, coats, shoes and belts...all passengers are required to use the body scanners. Anybody who refuses will be denied travel.

It sounds like Manchester Airport is high on security measures. I hope it follows that their airport parking secure as well.

Body scanners and airport parking, what more would you look for?

Aston Hotels & Resorts has been awarded with a 2010 Editor's Pick Award in the category of Hotel/Resort Chain Providing the Best Travel Agent Support as part of the TravelAge West WAVE (Western Agents' Vote of Excellence) Awards.

Aston Hotels and Resorts are located in South Lake Tahoe (California), Hawaiian Islands and Sun Valley (Idaho).

From MarketWatch:

Other Aston Hotels & Resorts travel agent support programs include:

• EduVacations - Aston encourages agents to stay updated on what each property has to offer with special travel-agent rates starting from $79 per night.


• Webinar Training and Educational Tools - Aston conducts training and sales presentations across the country and offers 60- to 90-minute regional webinars. Other educational tools include travel agent sales support online or by phone, a detailed property reference guide and educational FAM tours. Aston sales materials and images are available online at AstonHotels.com.


• FAM-tastic "First Night Free" Promotion - This promotion, valid at Aston Kauai Beach at Makaiwa and Aston Aloha Beach Hotel on Kauai, offers travel agents and wholesale agents the first night free, with subsequent nights at a discounted rate of $85 for an ocean-view room. Two-night minimum stay required.

Check out Aston Hotels and Resorts and book your stay.

It has been said time and again and men and women are made up differently. Even when traveling, men and women are susceptible to different illnesses.

Such were the findings of a study by the University of Zurich.

Women when traveling are susceptible to the following:

• stomach problems


• colds


• urinary tract infections


• adverse reactions to meds

On the other hand, men are more likely to suffer:

• fevers from infections transmitted by mosquitoes and ticks


• mountain sickness


• frostbite


• STDs

It certainly helps knowing what to bring and what to avoid when traveling.

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