October 17th - 25 years on: Kicheche Safari Camps – a model for wildlife tourism?
In the year 2000, two travel professionals with experience across Africa teamed up to create a safari camp that brings together nature, community, energy and inspiration in Kenya's Maasai Mara. A quar...
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October 16th - New trains for old on Chiltern Railways, linking London Marylebone with Banbury and Birmingham
On a shiny 21st-century train with just one careful previous owner, I am talking to Richard Allan – managing director of Chiltern Railways – about new rolling stock for a network that currently relies...
16 Okt 20255min
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 for France – I caught up with Alex Norris, Minister f...
15 Okt 20255min
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 is free, as is Independent Travel's weekly newslette...
14 Okt 20255min
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 weekly newsletter. Sign up here to get it delivered ...
13 Okt 20255min
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 fingerprints and facial biometrics taken. I've been ...
10 Okt 20257min
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 channel Mallorca Under the Sun, helping prospectiv...
9 Okt 20255min
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 suburb of Glasgow half a century ago. Its key differen...
8 Okt 20255min
