As an Advantage Travel Agent,
personalised by owner managed office with
all qualified and experienced staff.
We operate the latest computerised
reservations and have keen airfares,
holidays, hotels, self-drive cars and cruises.
We offer prompt confirmations and tickets.
Our services include groups and incentive
travel.
Belgium
If Belgium's spotlight on the European
stage is a little dim, it's only because its people are rarely
boastful. This slow-burning country has more history, art,
food and architecture packed into its tiny self than many
of its bigger, louder neighbours.
A rich and bubbling vat of beer, chocolate, oil paint and
bureaucrats, Belgium gives off the heady pong of the bourgeoisie.
But stir the pot a little and you'll find an 'artificial state'
roughly made up of two parts Germanic Flemings to one part
Celtic-Latin Walloons.
Divided by pride first and language second, the country's
binding agents are a pervasive sense of family, and an indomitable
entrepreneurial spirit. Visitors, lulled by the locals' friendliness,
will probably not even notice the tensions that spark across
the Linguistic Divide.
Full country name: Kingdom of Belgium
Area: 30,518 sq km
Population: 10.2 million
Capital City: Brussels (pop: 970,000)
People: 55% Flemish, 33% Walloons (French Latin) and about
10% foreigners.
Languge: Dutch, French, German, Dutch
Religion: 75% Roman Catholic
Government: constitutional parliamentary monarchy
Head of State: King Albert II
Head of Government: Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt
GDP: US$259.2 billion
GDP per capita: US$25,300
Annual Growth: 2.8%
Inflation: 2.2%
Major Industries: Services, agriculture, chemicals, engineering,
metal products, car manufacturing, iron and steel, textiles
and food
Major Trading Partners: EU (esp. Germany, France, Netherlands,
UK), USA
Member of EU: yes
Windsor & Neate Travel, ABTA/IATA
We act as agents for scheduled airlines and ATOL holders. When we receive your payment we will immediately issue to you your
airline tickets or an ATOL receipt confirming which ATOL travel firm you are booked with. ATOL is a Travel Protection scheme operated
by the Civil Aviation Authority that extends primarily to customers who book and pay in the UK.
For more information on ATOL Travel Protection please click here.
For information regarding the benefits of booking with an ABTA member, please click here.
For information and advice on travelling abroad, please click here.
