Holidays are very important to people from a psychological and welfare point of view
With so much uncertainty and confusion among travellers, I am talking today to the man who has led Abta, the travel association, for 20 years: CEO Mark Tanzer. "I don't anticipate from where we are to...
7 Touko 7min
Who would ever want to work in the travel industry in these difficult days?
Warnings of flight cancellations, a cruise with a killer virus on board, the EU entry-exit system ... Julia Lo Bue-Said, chief executive of the Advantage Travel Partnership, tells me of her frustratio...
6 Touko 6min
En suite bathrooms in First Class – bunk beds in Economy?
Travel Desk Tuesday, and I am talking to Senior Travel Writer Natalie Wilson about two fresh concepts in the longhaul aviation world: Emirates' plan for en suite bathrooms in First Class, with Air New...
5 Touko 7min
Hantavirus, flight cancellations, EU entry-exit system and Venezuela
It is an extremely busy weekend on the travel front, and I am rounding up the headline. There are alarming reports of a small expedition ship off the coast of Cape Verde with cases of hantavirus. Worr...
4 Touko 6min
Demand is displaced, not depleted – people still want to travel
Nine weeks ago, before the US-Israeli attack on Iran and subsequent reprisals, the intercontinental travel world looked very different. I’ve been talking to Laura Lindsay of Skyscanner – the platform ...
1 Touko 7min
Wizz Air UK sees a bright summer despite the dark clouds
We have just launched our biggest ever network from the UK" – so says Yvonne Moynihan, Managing Director of Wizz Air UK. "Airlines are well used to crises– we're resilient and well adapted". She says:...
30 Huhti 6min
Come to my home town – Gdansk
Yesterday I talked to global travel editor Annabel Grossman about her first trip to Poland – a country I have been visiting for decades. Our colleague Maria Jelenska, who works for The Independent, he...
29 Huhti 5min
Poland: So much more than a cut-price city break destination
I have been travelling to Poland since before you were born (specifically 1985) and, every time I go there, the nation becomes more appealing – from cuisine and better transport to interpretations of ...
28 Huhti 8min
