http://www.wildwatchtours.co.uk

Hi, I believe I submitted this back in September, any news?

Thanks.

http://dmoz.org/Recreation/Travel/Specialty_Travel/Ecotourism/

It's still there in the queue with over a hundred others.

Hi, any progress on this one....?

Sorry to say, no there isnt any significant change yet.

hmmm, would i be ok to make use of the other allowed 'regional' listing in the hope of being processed faster, or is it ultimately down to the same category editor?

Businesses with a "real world" physical presence are both allowed and encouraged to apply for a listing in an appropriate Regional branch category. Submitting in a Regional category should have no effect on your Topical branch submission. It will be in a different queue, and is likely to be reviewed at a different time by a different editor.

In your specific case, it would be somewhat difficult to recommend a category, since your location doesn't appear anywhere on your website that I could see. A Regional/ branch editor reviewing your site would likely have the same difficulty, and might not list it for that reason. If you included an address, it would help a lot.