Amsterdam: New Accessible Routes city guide
A new City Guide with 5 accessible routes through Amsterdam has been developed by Accessible Travel Netherlands in close cooperation with the Dutch design company Field Factors. The 5 short accessible...
View ArticleTravel businesses missing out on huge market: WTM
Travel businesses failing to take into account the disabled market are missing out on up to £80 billion of potential spend in the UK alone. The headline figure was discussed a round table...
View ArticleWTM London 2015 award for accessible accommodations
Tourism businesses and organisations around the world are being considered for the World Responsible Tourism Awards 2015 at WTM London this November. The prestigious awards scheme, co-founded and...
View ArticleLonely Planet wants your accessible travel information
Here is a great opportunity to get your access information in front of a worldwide travel organisation. Martin Heng, Accessible Travel Manager at Lonely Planet is in the process of compiling a...
View ArticleEU Parliament-financed study: Catering for Accessible Tourism demand in Europe
A new study on the supply of accessible tourism services in the EU Member States, financed by the European Parliament, shows that there is a general lack of provisions for visitors with access needs....
View ArticleEC grant helps VisitEngland to expand its Access For All initiative
VisitEngland has a grant of €125,000 from the European Commission to expand its “Access for All” initiative. This follows a successful pilot project in 2013-14 with four destinations: VisitBath,...
View ArticleSpain: Survey of Accessible Tourism
ONCE Foundation for cooperation and social Inclusion of disabled people is Spain’s leading disabilities foundation (Fundacion ONCE). Since 2011, the Universal Accessibility Directorate of the...
View ArticleNew guide for wheelchair visitors to Paris
Access Now has launched the first in a series of European wheelchair access guidebooks – Paris Access Now. The guide is a comprehensive guidebook written specifically for wheelchair users and...
View ArticleBe Able Travel: businesses miss customer revenue if inaccessible
Be Able Travel (UK) was created in 2015 by a wheelchair user with FSH Muscular Dystrophy and a vision impaired person who has been blind since shortly after birth. In this guest post, Mandy Altoff of...
View Article“Map My Day”: an event for anyone to note accessible places anywhere
A worldwide event to raise awareness for disability rights and accessibility kicks off on December 3. The “Map My Day” campaign is designed to improve the availability of information on the...
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