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Should premium passengers pay a £500 climate levy?
That's the plan being discussed at COP30, the UN climate summit in Belem, Brazil. France, Spain and Kenya want to see business class, first class and…
6 months ago
November 11th - Ryanair is about to insist that everyone uses a smartphone boarding pass*
(* Though, as Dara Brady, Chief Marketing Officer of Europe’s biggest budget airline has been telling me, if you need a boarding pass printed out at …
6 months ago
November 10th - Meet Byway – which harnesses tech to deliver slow travel across Europe
Five years ago, Cat Jones created a start-up to use smart tech solutions (coupled, often, with Interrail passes) to deliver tailor-made journey by ra…
6 months ago
November 7th - 30th birthday – on Monday – of Britain's biggest budget airline
I am at London Gatwick airport, location of easyJet's biggest base, to celebrated the 30th birthday – on Monday – of Britain's biggest budget airline…
6 months ago
November 6th - Discover your inner scientist - on holiday
Today I'm at World Travel Market, the UK's biggest travel trade event, and talking to Lara Paxton of New Scientist Discovery Tours about the prospect…
6 months, 1 week ago
November 5th - Meet the new minister – Stephanie Peacock MP, promoting tourism to Britain
Four weeks ago the MP for Barnsley South took over the tourism brief: a real challenge, in my view, with visitor numbers and spend last year lower th…
6 months, 1 week ago
November 4th - West Midlands to the West Highlands – by overnight train
The Caledonian Sleeper has long linked London Euston with Fort William in the West Highlands of Scotland, as well as Inverness and Aberdeen. From 15 …
6 months, 1 week ago
November 3rd - Horror on the 6.25pm from Doncaster to London King's Cross
Everyone's heart must go to the injured and their families, as well as passengers and train crew, after the appalling knife attack on an LNER train s…
6 months, 1 week ago
October 31st - Eurostar gets competition from London to Paris and beyond from Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Trains
After airlines, domestic railways and a cruise line, the bearded billionaire is set to bring better service and lower fares on international trains t…
6 months, 1 week ago
October 30th - Inside the world of Jack's Flight Club
Jack's Flight Club is an enterprise that specialises in finding exceptional deals on tickets to Europe and beyond. I've always been intrigued about h…
6 months, 1 week ago