Italy holidays: swap the Amalfi Coast for this town with less tourists and beautiful vistas November 18, 2024 Italy holidays: In this quiet, Amalfi-adjacent coastal town, a much-loved Italian Count and his creations lie beneath a towering Christ the Redeemer WHERE: Swerving the Amalfi Coast, I took advantage of a new twice-a-week flight from London Stansted to Salerno and instead pivoted south on a spacious and picturesque 90-minute Italo train to Maratea, Potenza, [...]
Forget Paddington: Peru comes properly to life on a trip with Belmond November 18, 2024 En vogue right now due to Paddington, Peru is best seen by train, especially a Belmond train, writes Alexandra Pereira, who went on a pilgrimage in memory of her late friend A ruby-red Gothic typeface on the front of a bus adjacent to mine glows against the cornflower blue skies overhead as we creep into [...]
London Heathrow Airport set for busiest year ever after record October November 11, 2024 London Heathrow airport is set to surpass its pre-pandemic passenger record after its busiest October ever saw seven million travellers use the airport. More than 7.2m passengers flew through Heathrow in October as the half term peak helped the airport to its sixth consecutive month of more than seven million passengers. “This year has been [...]
The Grace La Margna hotel: St Moritz goes casual November 4, 2024 THE HOTEL Checking into the Grace La Margna in St Moritz, you’ll want to kick off your shoes and curl up in front of the living room fire. This is hardly the typical vibe in St Moritz, Switzerland’s most bougie ski town, but this hotel does things differently. About to embark on its second winter [...]
Finding serenity in Zurich, Switzerland’s best Alps access point November 4, 2024 Laurel Waldron finds serenity near Zurich, Switzerland’s hip city with easy access to the Alps With Zürich the gateway to Switzerland’s finest skiing, it would be remiss not to extend your weekend and embrace a night in its largest city. Rather than being stuck in the hustle and bustle of the centre, a 10 minute [...]
A ski holiday on the Swiss Riviera, with deserted slopes and a long snow season October 28, 2024 Enjoy the precision and serenity of German-speaking Switzerland for a unique Swiss Riviera ski holiday adventure by train, boat and bus. By Rob Rees The Luzern area of Central Switzerland provides a perfect gateway to top notch ski areas, easily accessible from Zürich or via train from Paris. Zürich airport, with its efficient train station [...]
This will change how you think of Morocco October 22, 2024 THE LOCATION When the Portuguese landed on the stony face of the Atlantic coast in the early 16th century, they stopped at El Jadida, a Moroccan port just an hour south of Casablanca. To protect trade routes between Europe and Asia during their two-and-a-half-century occupation, they built a stronghold known as Mazagan. The centrepiece of [...]
Currensea: Travel card fintech targets overseas growth after bumper summer October 22, 2024 Travel debit card start-up Currensea is targeting overseas markets for its next phase of growth after a rebound in holiday demand helped the fintech grow its user base by a third this summer.
This is why business travel will never be the same again – IWG boss October 15, 2024 Current signs indicate business travel is unlikely recover to pre-pandemic levels, the boss of IWG, one of the world’s largest office providers, has said. “Technology will never replace the value of in-person interactions where they are strategically important,” chief executive Mark Dixon told Morning Wire. However, he warned “all signs suggest it is unlikely to return to [...]
Skyscanner: Profit jumps to almost £100m at travel search engine October 14, 2024 Profit at travel search engine Skyscanner has rocketed to almost £100m thanks to the final Covid-19 restrictions coming to an end. The Edinburgh-headquartered business has reported a pre-tax profit of £95.2m for 2023, up from the £31.5m it achieved in 2022. Newly-filed accounts with Companies House also show its revenue rose from £283.8m to £349.4m [...]