March 6th - Could the UN World Tourism Organisation finally get a female leader?
Gloria Guevara is campaigning for the post of Secretary-General of the United Nations body that works to promote sustainable tourism around the world. She told me why she is the person for this tricky...
6 Mar 20257min
March 5th - Wednesday 5 March is the first day that Europeans can apply for the UK ETA
I've been looking into Electronic Travel Authorisation ahead of the 2 April 2025 deadline – after which every foreign visa-exempt visitor to the UK, with the exception of the Irish, will need to pay £...
5 Mar 20256min
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 cancelled train.But I had an appointment to talk to De...
4 Mar 20258min
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 train, which is a joy: affordable, usually reliable and...
3 Mar 20255min
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 Transport Focus, has been telling me that passengers nee...
28 Feb 20256min
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 you might be wise to change some money now for a tri...
27 Feb 20256min
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, the chief executive of the UK's busiest airport, abo...
26 Feb 20254min
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 Ramadan about to start, the prospects for a visit du...
25 Feb 20257min
