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Algarve holidays made easier from Birmingham

2011-08-21T23:09:00.000-07:00

Ryanair announced that it will open a new base in Faro, Portugal next year, offering more flight options for people planning Algarve holidays from 2010.

The airline will base three planes at the hub and launch 14 new routes from March 2010.

People based in the West Midlands will be able to book Algarve holiday villas and use Ryanair's new link between Birmingham and Faro.

Services will also be introduced to destinations including Derry, Knock and Kerry in Ireland, as well as Madrid, Marseille, Paris and other European cities.

Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary said that the airline was "delighted" to announce Faro as its 39th base.

Travellers planning Algarve holidays can book villas in Carvoeiro, Monchique and other destinations to experience the best that the region has to offer.

Click here to browse and book online the VillaCentre range of villas in Algarve

Google Analytics tracking of email that you send via a mailshot

2010-01-05T12:34:00.000-08:00

I wanted to track what happened when i sent out a mailshot in google analytics. I search the web to find out how and even the Google Analytics Help But came across the URL builder tool

It involves appending URL tracking parameters to the end of all hyperlinks in the email to your site. Check out the URL builder tool. You're destination URL (or hyperlink) might look something like the example below. www.mysite.com?utm_source=constant+contact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=winter_2009&utm_content=logo+imageThe source and medium parameters will allow you to identify traffic from your emails. You also gain the ability to get a little more information about the traffic source. For example, if you send multiple emails for the same campaign you can use the campaign variable to aggregate all of the traffic from that one campaign. You can use the content parameter to briefly describe which element in the email users clicked on, which will help you understand what is enticing to users.Good luck!

2008-11-29T12:52:00.000-08:00

So after a couple of years of had work and many changes I have finished the villacentre new .net website, which includes all front office and back office processing.

It also include new SEO processing and site maps for villas in spain, villas in portugal, cyprus, algarve, france and other locations.

.NET Formatting Strings Leading Zero's

2008-10-06T20:34:00.000-07:00

If you are looking a formatting string to sort out those issues with having a numeric value padded with a leading zero, this is the solution that i found

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Dim IntValue as Integer = 5
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* D or D (Decimal): This represents leading zeros
String.Format({o:D6}", intValue) * Output is "0005"

Travel Websites

2008-10-04T13:54:00.000-07:00

Well i thought i would share my websites that I have built over the last 8-10 years from HTML, ASP and ASP.NET

Villa Holidays - Villas in Spain by VillaCentre

Villa Holidays with private pool by Villa World

Concert Tickets - Tina Turner Tickets by Event Travel

and my latest project

Holiday Property by Holiday Atlas