Using our website
Statement on cookies
By using our website, you agree to our Website Terms & Conditions. Take a look at our Privacy Policy to find our more on how we collect and use personal data. When you visit our website we use cookies. Cookies allow us to identify the computer or device youโre using to access our websites โ but we canโt identify you personally.
You can set up your web browser to refuse cookies, but this means you wonโt be able to use all our website features.
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What we use cookies for
- Collecting information: This means we can learn more about how you use our website so we can improve our products and online experience.
- Tailoring your experience: Cookies allow us to provide you with information, products and services that we think youโll find interesting
- Making our marketing relevant: We can show you relevant offers and promotions on our own websites and through our advertising networks.
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Cookies โ the lowdown
Read through this section for all you need to know about what cookies are and how we use them.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer by us or our partners. They let us identify the device youโre using โ but not you personally. This information is sent back to our systems as you move around our website. Cookies are unique to the web browser youโre using โ so if youโre using a desktop computer as well as a mobile, different data will be collected for each. You can find more information on the About Cookies website.
Cookies can be set by the owner of the website youโre on. These are known as 1st Party Cookies. There are also 3rd Party Cookies that can be set by partner websites. Only the owner of the cookie can see the anonymous information it collects. You can choose to accept all cookies, reject 3rd Party Cookies or reject all cookies by changing your internet browser settings. If you donโt accept cookies, some features of our website wonโt work. For example, you wonโt be able to make a booking.
How we use cookies
We may use cookies to find out more about how you use our website โ like the searches you make and your preferences. We use this information to: Make it possible for you to use our website; Show you information and offers that are relevant to you; Find out more about how our customers use the site
Improving your experience
We use cookies and software programmes to record, measure and analyse how our customers use our website. We use this information to understand what you want from our website, which helps us when weโre considering future products like flight routes and holidays. We can also find out how you move around our website, so we can look into any errors stopping you from being able to do what you want. The data we collect from cookies is really important for us to improve your experience.
Making your experience personal
When youโre on our website, we might interact with you or show you personalised information and offers anonymously. Cookies help us to do this by letting us know how youโre using our website on your particular computer or device, which means we can work out whatโs most relevant to you.
Receive our email newsletters? We link information from cookies with your email registration details so we can tailor the information we send you โ unless you tell us not to. Youโll be given the chance to opt-out on every email we send you.
Adverts on other websites
If you visit one of our partner sites, you might see an advert thatโs relevant to what you searched for when you last visited our own site. We work with advertising networks who use cookies to collect information on your preferences, meaning we can show adverts tailored to you.
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Refusing cookies and changing your mind after youโve accepted
Refusing cookies
You can change your browser settings to accept or refuse all cookies, choose which cookies you want or donโt want, or ask to be notified when a cookie is set. Use the help feature in your browser to see how.
Changing your mind after youโve accepted our cookies
If you change your mind after youโve accepted our cookies, youโll find an option within your internet browser to clear cookies that have already been set. Use the help feature in your browser to see how. Youโll then need to change your browser settings to refuse cookies in future.
More details on how to refuse cookies
Take a look at the websites of Pinsent Masons law firm or the Internet Advertising Bureau for independent information on cookies โ including how to refuse or delete them from your computer or device.
Just so you know, you wonโt be able to benefit from all the features of our website and email newsletters if you refuse cookies.
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Types of cookies we use
Here are the types of cookies our websites use and some more details about what theyโre used for:
Application Cookies These cookies allow us to make sure you get the best possible experience on our website. Theyโre essential for you to be able to search and buy online with us. Behavioural Cookies Behavioural Cookies help us provide you with an online experience thatโs tailored to your needs. They help us show you the most relevant content, based on your preferences. Analytical Cookies These cookies help us understand how our customers are using the website, so we can make things better. We also monitor which of our marketing activities generates traffic to our websites using cookies. We use this data to reward our partners if you make a booking with us. - 5
Find out more on cookies
For independent advice, take a look at these websites: Pinsent Masons law firm, Internet Advertising Bureau. For information from our agencies and partners, take a look at Adobe, Google Analytics.