The 3 BBS Ticks are the gold standard for style and accessibility. Today we’re giving out 3 Ticks for the following…
What to Buy…
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Where to go…
To throw yourself into the Christmas spirit you can do far worse than a trip to one of the country’s many Christmas markets. Based on the traditional German festive experience with shopping stalls, decorations, Christmas lights, activities and much food and drink these are always a way of kick-starting the Christmas period. Christmas markets seem to be springing up all over the place this year and as they normally have good disabled access.
For the most authentic experience, head to Birmingham where they have the second best Christmas market in Europe, as ranked by the Germans (and they ought to know). We’ve personally sampled the Hyde Park Winter Wonderland and are now feeling more ‘Christmassy’ than ever. We had a fun, if slightly bizarre, time sitting in the Bavarian Great Hall, drinking giant litre-sized steins of beer and listening to wacky Germans singing pop songs. It was definitely an experience…
What to know…
We think it’s worth sending our congratulations to Scandic Hotels, who recently became the first chain of hotels in the world to offer detailed disability information on every single hotel’s homepage. Although we still think that there are ways that their service could be improved (perhaps by using a Pictorial Access Description rather than relying on text only), it’s certainly a very impressive first. They’ve implemented a new 110 checkpoint accessibility standard and show a brilliant understanding of the issue, including the fact that every disability is different.
Scandic is a modern hotel company, both in terms of design and attitude to access. Considering that many hotels still don’t even supply accessible rooms this is big news for less able holidaymakers. We want to highlight their efforts and recommend them to anyone who is planning a trip to Northern Europe. So well done to Scandic but we also need to ask the other hotel chains, who haven’t followed suit: what the hell are you waiting for?
