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10 December 2013
Eurostar To Launch London-Amsterdam

13 November 2013
P&O to launch UK's biggest ever cruise ship, Britannia
If you were ever in doubt that Britannia rules the waves, wait until P&O unveils its new cruise ship, Britannia. The £500m mega ship will be the UK’s biggest when it is delivered in 2015, and at 330 metres long, stood on its end the Britannia would be taller than the Eiffel Tower. And as we’ve come to expect the patriotic megaship, which is owned by a company based in Miami, is being built in Italy.
30 October 2013
Why Berlin is Europe's most talked about city
Berlin is currently the hottest destination in Europe by quite a stretch. So much that a good deal of the world’s conversation is currently – and has been for some time – devoted to singing the praises of the German capital. Either people just got back and can’t stop raving about it, or they’ve already moved there. Why? Well if you didn’t know already…
14 October 2013
Baggage handler throws a spanner in the works
It’s bad enough when a baggage handler damages something of value in one of your bags. But this week a Heathrow’s lugger really took the biscuit. One of the baggage attendants working at London’s busiest airport caused a reported £4 million worth of damage – and narrowly avoided a catastrophe – when he threw a spanner in the works. Well, a scanner gun – same thing.
27 September 2013
The inexplicable rise of premium economy
02 September 2013
Airline pressured to bump up compensation for passengers
You turn up for your flight, and the airline representative announces the plane is over booked. They’re asking for volunteers to skip this flight in exchange for compensation. How much should you expect?
15 August 2013
30 July 2013
New airline complaint letter a classic of the genre
Complaint letters have a greater potential for comedy than most other official correspondence. And airline companies, with their capacity to make life extremely inconvenient for people, are prime targets for a take down. This week a new classic of the genre landed in the inbox of Caribbean airline Liat.
15 July 2013
Tube to take off in 45 minutes at London City Airport?
13 June 2013
Travel boosts your sex life
31 May 2013
The World's Most Popular City in 2013
Ever wondered what the world’s most popular travel destination is? London, New York and Paris all get their fair share of visitors, that’s for sure.
What about the world’s holy destinations which receive floods of religious pilgrims each year, such as Mecca, Jerusalem and the river Gangees? They receive a lot of travellers, but they’re nowhere near the top of the Mastercard Global Destination Cities Index.
What about the world’s holy destinations which receive floods of religious pilgrims each year, such as Mecca, Jerusalem and the river Gangees? They receive a lot of travellers, but they’re nowhere near the top of the Mastercard Global Destination Cities Index.
21 February 2013
Boring and Dull: two towns joined together in tedium
Somebody tell photographer Martin Parr that the town of Boring, Oregon is celebrating its name many years after Parr took a series of amusing photographs of the town and its various Boring attractions. And this time Boring is teaming up with its Scottish counterpart – a village called Dull.
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