Fun Fact: La Tomatina festival in Spain

Fun Fact: La Tomatina festival in Spain

The last Wednesday of August is very special for the city of Buñol, near Valencia in Spain. The reason? A unique battle set in the local arena, during which you are encouraged to throw tomatoes at your neighbours. La Tomatina – a popular and now touristy...
Shoeboxes bring joy in Botswana

Shoeboxes bring joy in Botswana

For branch manager Vincent Pilpre, the shoeboxes – gift-wrapped, and bursting with new toys and essential items – were a pleasant departure from the boxes he usually encounters in a working day. “A local charity asked us for assistance in sorting and storing the...
AGS UK achieves FAIM DSP certification

AGS UK achieves FAIM DSP certification

As the most recent recipient of FIDI’s FAIM Destination Service Provider (DSP) certification, James and his team have earned the right to use the official DSP logo. The red, white and grey hallmark signals that AGS UK upholds the stringent requirements in place for...
Montenegro’s Ancient Olive Trees

Montenegro’s Ancient Olive Trees

At 2000-years old, the popular tourist attraction is not the oldest tree in the world, but one of the five oldest olive trees in existence. Branch manager of AGS Montenegro Darko Damjanovic visited Stara Maslina as a child. “I was impressed that it had endured through...