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March 4th - Travel: Things can only get better
March hasn't started brilliantly on the travel disruption front, with ultra-long passport queues at Stansted, a delayed flight from Gatwick and a can…
1 year, 2 months ago
March 3rd - Roaming the railways of Italy
For the past five days I have been rattling around the southernmost province of mainland Italy, Calabria. Most of the ground has been covered by trai…
1 year, 2 months ago
February 28th - Annual increase of rail fares across England and Wales
On Sunday 2nd of March, rail fares across England and Wales will rise by 4.6 per cent. Alex Robertson, chief executive of the consumer watchdog Trans…
1 year, 2 months ago
February 27th - Cash is king – but where are the best deals?
Despite the spread of contactless payments around the world, it's always useful to have some cash. And, more broadly, where are the locations where y…
1 year, 2 months ago
February 26th - Heathrow eyes a third runway by 2035
Heathrow has just announced record passenger numbers for 2024 – but it has a much bigger prize in its sights.
I have been talking to Thomas Woldbye, t…
1 year, 2 months ago
February 25th - Dubai – the destination at its best in Ramadan?
I'm talking to Issam Kazim, responsible for Dubai Tourism, about the remarkable visitor numbers and "key performance indicators" (KPIs) – and, with R…
1 year, 2 months ago
February 24th - Decision day approaches for new runway at Gatwick
It’s a busy week for airport announcements in the London area. On Wednesday Heathrow is likely to say more on its expansion plans for an added runway…
1 year, 2 months ago
February 21st - The SAS million-point challenge – Part 2
Today the second episode of a special two-part podcast with Barry Collins – a property developer from Eastbourne who decided to take up the SAS milli…
1 year, 2 months ago
February 20th - The SAS million-point challenge – part 1
On Thursday and Friday I am bringing you a special two-part podcast with Barry Collins – a property developer from Eastbourne who decided to take up …
1 year, 2 months ago
February 19th - Russia: international pariah, but well connected
As talk of a peace deal intensifies, Russia remains on the no-fly list for the UK and European Union. But many airlines from outside Europe are happy…
1 year, 2 months ago