FORTE Hotels has published a Great British Heritage Planner, which features hotels ranging from former coaching inns to elegant town houses.
Travellers who make reservations for a minimum stay of three nights will receive discounts on room rates, plus a British Heritage Pass which provides free admission to more than 500 historical attractions. A car rental discount is also offered.
For a complimentary copy of the booklet, phone 2366-9996 or fax 2739-7571.
A PLANNED exhibition of ancient Egyptian artefacts in the United States has been cancelled after a dispute between Egyptian and American organisers over financial arrangements for what authorities in Cairo had hoped would be a five-city tour.
The proposed tour rekindled a debate in Egypt about when and whether the country's precious antiquities should be sent abroad, and its cancellation appears to reflect a new insistence by the government that any such showings bring a substantial financial return.
The issue of sending Egyptian artefacts on world tours has been a contentious one ever since the treasures from the tomb of King Tutankhamun were sent to Britain and the United States in the early 1970s, when they were seen by millions of visitors.