Travel without fear: the world should be accessible to everybody, no matter how you identify
To round off the week, I'm talking to travel expert Rob Staines about queer travel around the world. He and his partner have just returned from India – a nation that, he reports, has become much more ...
3 Apr 6min
Should British Airways be flying from airports such as Liverpool and Leeds Bradford?
That might look an odd question. In the past there have been links from these airports to London Heathrow, which were ditched because the slots could be used more profitably on other routes. But Rob B...
2 Apr 7min
EU entry-exit system is stepping up – or is it?
The much-delayed digital borders scheme for the Schengen area is supposed to be up and running in full from 10 April – but Julia Lo Bue-Said, chief executive of the Advantage Travel Partnership, is sc...
1 Apr 6min
Travel Desk Tuesday with Natalie Wilson
Talking with my excellent colleague, senior travel writer Natalie, about a wide range of travel stories: the shocking business of hotel security, a new Center Parcs Scotland begins to blossom, buy a t...
31 Mars 8min
King Charles III England Coast Path – meet the man who helped it happen
The 2,700 mile-long trail around the shore of England is the longest managed coastal walking route in the world. It gives unprecedented access to the shoreline, thanks to many years of painstaking wor...
30 Mars 6min
Jet2 launches from Gatwick – and the company boss has plenty to say
Just when you thought London Gatwick couldn’t get any more competitive, Britain's biggest holiday company has launched at scale from the Sussex airport. Jet2 chief executive Steve Heapy has been telli...
27 Mars 7min
'Dubai will come back – the influencers will see to that'
That's the surprising view of an eminent commentator on travel, tourism and geopolitics: the formidable all-rounder, Ash Bhardwaj, who has served around the world as an infantry officer in the British...
26 Mars 6min
Mind the doors – and the escalators, and other rail passengers
Govia Thameslink Railway, which runs Gatwick Express, Southern, Great Northern as well as Thameslink – has brought out a new safety video which is designed to reduce the number of injuries – currently...
25 Mars 5min
