New app: Accessible NYC subway and places
Wheely is an application designed to help wheelchair and stroller users better navigate the New York City Subway system as well as provide a useful guide to accessible places in specific...
View ArticleNew “Accessible Japan” website for visitors
Guest blog: When not slaving away in a Japanese office, Josh Grisdale is out seeing the sights and wants to share his adopted home – from a wheelchair user’s point of view. In this blog, he describes...
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 ArticleTourism in Italy for people with disabilities
Guest blog by Cristiana Campanella of Rome and Italy Tourist Services, an incoming tour operator specialized in tours and services dedicated to people with disability. The idea to create a tourist...
View ArticleTips for travelling in Barcelona for people with disabilities
Guest blog: Julian Montero is a full time wheelchair user who is part of the management team at Barcelona Zero Limits(BZL). BZL is an inbound travel operator (ITO) based in Barcelona, created to...
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 ArticleEdinburgh Airport hosts guide dog training day
The cuteness factor hit new levels at Edinburgh Airport recently as 12 trainee guide dog puppies descended on the terminal for a training day. The pups, aged between six and 15 months, arrived at...
View ArticleWelsh working hard to improve access in the arts
About 30 theatres and arts centres in Wales have signed up to a scheme to give disabled people better access to the arts, writes Georgia Snow in The Stage. The scheme, called Hynt, is the brainchild...
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 ArticleScandic Hotels finalist in World Responsible Tourism Awards 2015 for access
Scandic Hotels is a finalist in the World Responsible Tourism Awards 2015 in the category for “Best accommodation for disability access.” This category awards a hotel or other accommodation provider...
View ArticleCanGoEverywhere: One-stop-shop for accessible tourism in Australia
Melissa James is the CEO of Inclusive Tourism, the parent of CanGoEverywhere.com.au. in Australia. She has built up a wealth of knowledge in the accessible tourism space. She provides advice and...
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 ArticleBrazil focuses its accessible tourism drive on visually impaired visitors
Brazil has launched a set of unique projects based on sensory experiences aimed at visually impaired tourists, reports Tourism Review. Sensory tourism allows people with visual impairments to enjoy...
View ArticleNew study shows that disabled and older consumers want better customer service
The Research Institute for Consumer Affairs (Rica UK) focuses on issues of concern to disabled and older consumers. Rica’s consumer panel members were surveyed earlier this year to identify current...
View ArticleUK Airports improving service for children with ASD
Guest article by Will Davies of Fubra Limited. Fubra is a small creative technology company located in Hampshire, England. It runs many websites including Airport Parking Shop and the UK Airport...
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 ArticleCyprus action plan on accessible tourism
The Republic of Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO) is preparing an action plan to provide people with disabilities accessible holidays in the country. CTO recognizes this as a big market. During a...
View ArticleDerbyshire Peak District tourism businesses improve access with EC grant
Eight businesses in the Derbyshire Peak District have become part of a project to improve tourism access for disabled people. Using money from a £93,000 European Commission grant, the businesses have...
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