A woman brought her own snacks to Despicable Me 4. Then the police arrived
Stuart Heritage
Many struggling cinemas depend on sales of pricey food and drink as ticket revenue mainly goes to film studios. But does banning outside supplies really add up, asks Stuart Heritage
July 2024
Historic British seaside hotels are glorious white elephants, but perhaps they can have new lives
Rowan Moore
Faded no more: the return of British seaside resorts’ grand hotels
Tell us: if you work in the UK holiday industry, how has business been so far in 2024?
Naked hiking, messing with statues, sloth selfies – too many of us have forgotten how to be tourists
Laura Hall
Observer business profile
‘It’s been raining for ever. People are desperate to get outside’: the boss of loveholidays braces for a boom
‘Bedlam’ in UK as air and rail travel hit by global IT outage
Tell us: if you’ve booked a last minute summer holiday, share why and where you are going
EU biometric checks for foreign travellers delayed again
‘As prepared as we can be’: UK airlines and airports get ready for summer getaway
Jet2 customers face ‘modest’ price rises this summer as it adjusts to late-bookings trend
Pontins booted to bottom of UK holiday park table again
Cineworld ‘considers closing a quarter of its 100 UK cinemas’
Consumer champions
Our car was no longer driveable after valet parking at Gatwick
‘My escape is going north’: heatwaves begin to drive tourists in Europe to cool climes
June 2024
Thousands of Spaniards to descend on Málaga to protest against mass tourism
Demonstrators from popular destinations such as Granada and Seville to join protest amid anger at lack of housing
Planned Universal theme park in Bedfordshire to ‘bring £50bn to UK economy’
Hollywood group says 200-hectare site will be based around popular film and games franchises and open 365 days a year
London Tunnels moves IPO plan to Amsterdam in blow to UK markets
‘We’re excited’: arthouse hits draw young UK filmgoers to a summer of subtitles
UK attractions try to win back visitors as post-Covid ‘revenge spending’ ends
