Traveleyes Amar Latif talks to Real Business in association with Orange
Amar Latif was diagnosed with the genetic eye condition retinitis pigmentosa when he was four years old. By the time he hit his twenties, hed lost 95 per cent of his sight. But that didnt stop him ... 

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BLIND SA (South Africa) - OPEN SKIES WITH TRAVELEYES - World Exploration for Blind Travellers
The list of benefits achievable through world travel is as extensive as the world itself. Whether you seek a relaxing break to 'get away from it all', or perhaps thrills and adventure in distant destinations, the experiencing of new cultures, sights, sounds, tastes and aromas will never fail to broaden your horizons and stimulate your senses.

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My Weekly - Holidays that change your life
Describing Sorrento to my visually impaired companions was a unique holiday experience…

Sometimes things are just meant to be. Last summer, a casual glance at an advertisement on a local website led to me having probably the best holiday of my life, in one of the most beautiful parts of Italy – Sorrento. What made this holiday different was that I would be one of a group made up of visually-impaired and sighted holidaymakers.

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Lexus Magazine - Making a Difference
When Amar Latif founded Traveleyes, the first tour company for the blind, he taught sighted people new ways of seeing too. AT 16, AMAR LATIF LEARNED THE IMPORTANCE OF free movement – a lesson that would influence the course of his life. Latif was born with the degenerative eye condition retinitis pigmentosa, and his sight had been deteriorating since his early teens. This didn’t sit well with an active teenage boy. ‘I continued riding my bike until my parents had to sell it because I kept running into rubbish skips and things like that,’ he says with a hard-earned laugh.

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PAVIS Newsletter - May 2009
PAVIS FOUNDATION for visually impaired people in Basildon, Billericay, Wickford and surrounding areas of South Essex and East London. PAVIS provides activities and information for the partially sighted, blind and anyone having problems with their eyes.

Welcome to our latest newsletter. Firstly, let me thank those members who have taken the trouble to let me have contributions. These are Cherie Stokes who compiled the Wordsearch and Anne Howell for a fascinating article about her recent holiday to Cape Town with the travel company for visually impaired people, Traveleyes. Also in this newsletter, you will find the third prize winning entry from last year’s short story competition by Alastair Ennals. Details of this year’s competition have now been finalised and there will be more about that later in the newsletter.

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Toronto Star - November 2009: Company helps blind travellers
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John Rae is blind and lives in Toronto. He is 1st Vice President of the Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians (AEBC).

LIMA, PERU–Most visitors to Peru are lured by the marvels of the so-called `Lost City of the Incas,' and most of the 16 participants on the two-week August tour to Peru organized by Traveleyes from Britain, were no exception.

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Traveleyes - Press Release January 2009
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Traveleyes and Channel 4 Documentary
The Managing Director of Traveleyes directed a Channel 4 Travel Documentary which was aired on April 15th 2007at 8.20am. For more information please view our full press release.

Outstanding Young Person of the World Award
Amar Latif won the "Outstanding Young Person of the World 2005" in the Business and Entrepreneurial category. He received his award in Vienna at the 60th JCI World Congress.

One Vision Man of the Year Award
Amar Latif won the "One Vision Man of the Year" award in 2006, presented by the RNC. This category was for "an outstanding man who has made the greatest individual contribution to the lives of people who are blind or partially sighted"

Strathclyde Alumni 2006 Award
Amar received the prestigious Strathclyde award (July 2006) during the graduation ceremony for this year’s maths students. He said to the audience of new graduates:
“I urge you to: Get out there…and greet that world with heart and with outstretched arms…..learn its languages, unlock its codes, uncover its secrets, set your aim for the sky……..and hold on tight!”