SPOTLIGHT

Image Gatien Baron, Sancerre The lovely French wine village of Sancerre has a new 5 star hotel. Les Hauts de Sancerre , in a converted...

Ferry passengers face new checks Much delayed new EU border controls now look likely to start in October. But they will be introduced...

Low fare airline easyJet will start flying to the Cape Verde islands for the first time from 31 March. It will operate three flights a...

Combining small ship cruises with walking routes ashore, Ramblers Worldwide has added 18 new itineraries for 2025. Destinations range...

Luxury cruise line Silversea is to develop what is claimed to be the world’s southernmost hotel. Located in Puerto Williams at the tip of...

Members of the Ski Club of Great Britain will have the servces of resident representatives in thre more resorts this winter. All in...

A restaurant built of snow and ice is to open in Quebec City. To be launchjed in collaboration with the imposing Chateau Frontenac hotel,...

A new guide to the world's finedst birwatching experiences comes from the Lonely Planet stable. It lists 60 of the "most enchanting"...

BA to launch new Georgia flights next spring

Seville has a new hotel under the Only YOU “lifestyle brand”. With treats from a local pâtissier availably in its lobby, the five star...

The dramatically beautiful Faroe Islands are to introduced a tourist tax. No need to groan if you’e planning an imminent visit  however -...

Luxury travel company Abercrombie & Kent is to launch riverboat cruises in Peru next year. The vessel, described as a “floating boutique...

EasyJet is to launch sumer flights between Gatwick and Salerno, jumpng off point for Itall's specatcular Amalfi coast. With departures...

Gatwick has become to first UK airport to open a dedicated electric vehicle chargimg forecourt. With 30 chargers - and available round...

Day trippers to Venice can pay the €5 charge in advance online – but travellers staying in the city and paying the tourist tax should go...

Self guided hiking holidays have been launched by Corsican Places – including itineraries on the rugged GR20 route, one of Europe’s...

Manchester is to get a new hotel The four star Malmaison is set to open on 1 February close to Deansgate, the mile long thoroughfare that...

Upmarket tour operator Abercrombie & Kent is to launch what it claims will be the “finest new craft on the Nile”. The boutique boat,...

A package combining French tuition with a ski snowboard lift pass is on offer from the Alpine French School in Morzine. The resort is a...

When the comic film star WC Fields, a lifelong atheist, was in hospital, close to the end of his life, the story goes that a visiting...