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Leading travel-booking agency Nordic Store, offers a range of self drive holidays to suite every traveller, whether looking for peaceful tours across the Icelandic landscape to specialist adventures. Going it alone on the open road has become increasingly popular with travellers looking for a unique and flexible holiday in Iceland.

During the summer months, travelling around Iceland and experiencing all the Iceland attractions is a magical experience; this is the time where Iceland’s beauty shines through its lush greenery and breathtaking waterfalls. Self drive holidays are noticeably an ideal way to explore these wonders of Iceland at your own pace. Read more…

An Icelandair pilot has been publishing pictures of the Iceland volcano eruption on his own website. The recent set of volcano pictures taken by Mr. Petursson show both the first and second volcanic eruption at Eyjafjallajokull from the air and the surrounding area.

Amongst the pictures taken are aerial shots of the plume during a commercial flight to The Westman Islands, just 30 km away from the volcano before airspace was restricted. Petursson has published these impressive photos on his website, which can be found Read more…

Leading online video banner and advertising agency, Silence Media, has produced the first cost per engagement (CPE) advertising campaign for the box office hit Dear John from Momentum Pictures.

Silence Media has paved the way for the entertainment sectors to make the most of video banner ads, by using the superior visual content of films and major music videos to produce exceptional creative that is highly targeted via an extensive online network to reach key audiences. Read more…

In football, a great team talk can be the difference between winning and losing. Carlsberg want to see how England football fans will inspire their team to victory in the Fifa World Cup. The Carlsberg England Team Talk challenge allows fans to create their own video team talks – with the chance to meet some of England’s top players.

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In Iceland, day-to-day life continues as normal with the vast majority of the country and population being unaffected by the recent volcanic eruption. Those mainly affected are farmers in the immediate area located just south of the volcano crater. This is where the majority of volcanic ash has fallen and consequently acres of farmland and this year’s crops have been damaged.

However, hundreds of volunteers have been working to assist with the cleaning up of volcanic ash and to help those affected by the eruption. The abundance of volunteers came together on Facebook with a group being made by numerous organisations such as the Icelandic Red Cross, the accident prevention association Ice-Sar and the Jeep association 4×4. The federation of women’s associations in Iceland also helped out by serving lunch at a local service centre for all the volunteers. Read more…

Leading global airline KLM will be among the companies taking part in the International Search Summit in Berlin on 7th June.

Iris Cremers, head of user experience, content and self-assist at KLM, will be explaining how KLM maintains a consistent brand image across all online channels for their 116 country websites. She will talk about how KLM tries to enhance customer experience by combining global and local content and share some best practices. Read more…

Icelandair has recently announced that scheduled flights from Glasgow will be arriving at Keflavik International Airport this afternoon, Monday 26th April, after closed last Friday due to disruptions caused by the Eyjafjallajokull volcano. Despite what many people think, the current situation in Iceland is very calm, with air traffic over Keflavik only being disrupted for a short period of time.

Normal service with Icelandair is due to resume this afternoon as scheduled flights from Glasgow are set to arrive at Iceland’s transatlantic hub in Keflavik since the temporary switch to Akureyri in the North of Iceland. Read more…

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrives in Oslo this morning for an official state visit and is booked into the same hotel as a gathering of more than one hundred human rights leaders from across the world.

The Oslo Freedom Forum began today at Oslo’s Grand Hotel. At a press conference this morning, Forum president Thor Halvorssen invited President Medvedev to dialogue with conference participants: “Surely the Russian president has a packed schedule but given the odd coincidence that we are in the same city, both hosted by the Norwegian Foreign Ministry, in the same hotel, and given his comments on ‘freedom being better than non-freedom’ we hope he will meet us in the lobby for a few minutes to discuss the troubling human rights record of Russia and that of his predecessor Vladimir Putin.” Read more…

A survey recently undertaken by Holidays-Direct has shown the most important factors when choosing a family holiday abroad.  Five categories were chosen as the most important family travel factors.

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Icelandair flights that were scheduled to take place today and tomorrow will now be flying out of Glasgow International Airport in Scotland. The upheaval of the Icelandair flight plan is in response to the closure of Keflavik International Airport in Iceland which closed yesterday morning due to ash fall in the surrounding area from the volcano at Eyjafjallajokull. The airport is expected to be closed for another 24 hours.

Despite the closure of the Iceland’s international airport, Icelandair will be flying its transatlantic and European flights from Glasgow. Read more…

Iceland, the land of fire and ice, home to several glaciers, exploding geysers and numerous volcanoes. Melting glaciers and raging rivers form magnificent waterfalls that mesmerise the masses of tourists that flock to the volcanic island every year.

However, the right car and equipment is essential to ensure an unforgettable experience and Reykjavik rent a car has the solution. The Icelandic rent-a-car company offers a wide range of high-performance rental cars that are all equipped with a range of useful extras often needed in rural Iceland, such as Garmin Navigation, roof boxes, children seats and other accessories.

For travellers wishing to explore the astonishing volcanic landscape that Iceland has to offer the selection of vehicles includes top makes such as Volvo, Jeep, Suzuki and Ford; all available with automatic transmission and considerable engine power, which is needed in the remote areas of Iceland.

Iceland Car Rental will either pickup you up after booking from Keflavik International Airport or delivery at any Reykjavik hotel, any address in Greater Reykjavik area or BSI, the main bus terminal in downtown Reykjavik.

To make a booking or enquire about the fleet of cars Reykjavik rent a car provides log on to www.reykjavikrentacar.is