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October 15th - EU entry-exit system: UK borders minister on the new challenges for travellers
At London St Pancras International, hub for Eurostar – and one of three locations in the UK where passport control is carried out before departing fo…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
October 14th - Inside the world of British Airways cabin crew
My colleague, senior travel writer Natalie Wilson, has been telling me more about the making of a film about training to be cabin crew.
This podcast i…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
October 13th - Entry-exit system arrives – and I try it out
I'm in Prague, tackling the Kafkaesque bureaucracy of the new Schengen area digital borders scheme.
This podcast is free, as is Independent Travel's w…
7 months ago
October 10th - Entry-exit system starts on Sunday – hear from Abta's EES expert
This weekend it's not exact all change for British holidaymakers going to the European Union and wider Schengen area – but some of us will have our f…
7 months ago
October 9th - How to make the most of Mallorca
Today I'm talking to Alex Smith – who has lived and worked in the travel industry in Mallorca for two decades. Five years ago she created the YouTube…
7 months ago
October 8th - How to start – and run – a successful travel business
Jacqueline Dobson, president of Barrhead Travel and Internova Leisure, tells me that this chain of travel agencies grew from a single branch in a sub…
7 months ago
October 7th - "The universe is looking favourably on northern Spain"
So says Jessica Harvey Taylor, head of press for the Spanish Tourist Office in the UK, who's been telling me about the increased appetite among Briti…
7 months ago
October 6th - The amazing city tour that invites rewards in the form of donations to charity
Meet Dr Nick Brown, resident of Palma in Mallorca. His day job is as data sleuth, but he also does all he can to help tourists make the most of the i…
7 months, 1 week ago
October 3rd - Flight cancellations – what is the best way to deal with them?
That's the discussion I've been having with my excellent colleague, global travel editor Annabel Grossman. In September we both had flight cancellati…
7 months, 1 week ago
October 2nd - The insider's guide to "status matching" with travel loyalty schemes
Rob Burgess, founder of the frequent flyer website Head for Points, explains how to benefit from this quirk: could status with one airline earn you t…
7 months, 1 week ago