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MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, Oct. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In support of the property's new website launch, the Jamaica Inn announces a social media contest that will be held across multiple platforms. The "Wish You Were Here" social media contest will run for four weeks, from October 17 to November 16, giving contestants the chance to Tweet, pin, post or share a photo from the Jamaica Inn website through their respective social media channels. Once the photos are shared, the contestants...

NEW YORK, Aug. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- One of the London 2012 Olympic Games' most watched (and admired!) athletes, Ryan Lochte, has more to celebrate in London than just winning gold - his 28(th) birthday. With Brits having established quite the reputation for celebrating, VisitBritain, the national tourism agency for England, Scotland and Wales, has come up a list of some of the best and most exciting birthday celebrations for this adventure-seeking star. (Photo:...

LONDON, June 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Price comparison site dealchecker.co.uk is up in arms at the threat of yet another tourist tax being proposed by local government. Just last week it was announced that Cornwall Council is suggesting a possible tax on tourists of GBP1 per night. Tourism from UK visitors to Cornwall generates GBP1,033,916,000 from tourist spend on accommodation, shopping, attractions, travel, food and drink, in addition to supporting just over 50,000...

HELSTON, England, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Carefully selected from over 200 applicants, the 12 new crusaders will sit at the 'Frugi Round Table' for the Autumn/Winter season giving the team at Frugi all sorts of feedback and getting involved with one of their favourite brands. The Cornwall-based company, known for their organic baby clothes and smart breastfeeding clothes, has been operating what they refer to as the Frugi Round Table for nearly three years now, recruiting a new set of...

CORNWALL, N.Y., May 3 /PRNewswire/ -- MONICA BENNER, a 28 year old woman of Mexican national origin has filed a civil rights lawsuit in the New York State Supreme Court, for New York County (Index No. 103639/10), against her former employer, WGSN, INC (NY), WGSN, LTD. (UK), a leading global trend-spotting and fashion-forecasting service, EMAP LTD., the UK-based "business-to-business multiplatform media group" that owns WGSN (collectively, "WGSN/EMAP"), and individual members of management,...

The origin of the "˜Celtic fringe' of genetically and culturally distinctive people in the northern and western British Isles is the source of fierce academic controversy.But new research into the movement of small mammals, such as voles and shrews, at the end of the last Ice Age, could provide important new clues to resolve the debate. The research is published in the latest issue of Proceedings of the Royal Society B.An international team of scientists, led by Professor Jeremy Searle of...

NEW YORK, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Residents of the Town of Camillus and Village of Skaneateles in Onondaga County, and the Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson in Orange County are a major step closer to having a real choice for their cable television service, thanks to newly approved agreements authorizing Verizon to offer its FiOS TV service, delivered over the most advanced fiber-optic network straight to customers' homes. The Camillus town board approved the franchise agreement Tuesday night...

Swine flu cases in England have forced some Roman Catholic churches to temporarily stop sharing Communion wine, church officials say. That was the case in the Plymouth Diocese where two confirmed incidents of H1NI virus, also called the swine flu, were reported. Other churches are expected to follow suit, the Times of London said Thursday. Priests in Plymouth also have been told that they should only offer bread directly into people's hands and not place it on the tongue. The diocese...

OTTAWA, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ - Plasco Energy Group Inc. ("Plasco") of Ottawa and Lowe, Gravelle & Associates Inc ("LG&A") of Cornwall announced today the formation of Plasco LG Research and Development Services Inc. ("Plasco LG"). Plasco LG will provide research and development services to support Plasco's ongoing investment to improve and broaden the application of its Conversion System. The partnership will strengthen Plasco's already world-leading engineering and design...

A fter a summer spent in the Los Angeles sunshine winning fans on the other side of the Atlantic, delightful singer songwriter Amy May is back on home turf in Cornwall and gearing up for a special concert alongside acoustic pop troubadour Louis Eliot and his band. The two will share a double bill at the Acorn, Penzance, next weekend, with a special guest appearance on fiddle and mandolin from Martin Bell, latterly of The Wonder Stuff and the Albion Band, and a keen supporter of both...