Inside the world’s only airline with ‘flying chefs’ cooking up Michelin-quality meals at 38,000ft – and it has even been voted ‘best in Europe’

‘Can you tell me how to pronounce your surname, Miss,’ the onboard chef, Salih, kneeling next to me asks. He’s dressed head-to-toe in chef’s whites, hat and all, and chats enthusiastically about the menu which sounds as though it could have been plucked from a Michelin-starred London restaurant. We’ve been on board for just a […]

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How To Tell If A Friend Will Be A Good Travel Companion

Tourist women in Rome: by the Pantheon getty Traveling with a friend can be a great way to strengthen your bond and create lifelong memories together—but it also involves logistics and shared decisions, adapting to one another’s moods, and navigating unfamiliar and potentially stressful situations together. “While traveling together can be a great way to […]

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Sensational show celebrating the music of Billy Joel extends UK tour to 2026

Following sold out tours across the UK and Europe, celebrated singer-songwriter and pianist Elio Pace and his incredible band are extending the run of their sensational, award-winning show The Billy Joel Songbook to include an Edinburgh date. Originally announced as a 19-date run across England, Scotland and Wales this September and October, due to sensational […]

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Riviera Travel enhances agent e-learning platform with new modules

Riviera Travel has enhanced its online agent training platform, Riviera Explorer, to “ensure trade partners have quick and easy access to key tools”.   The escorted tour and river cruise specialist has introduced a “Why Riviera” module and video to reinforce its unique selling points to help agents explain the company’s proposition “with clarity and […]

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Oasis tour Manchester Heaton Park banned items and new travel advice

A new update from the Oasis website answers many questions fans have about tour shows coming to Manchester Heaton Park Liam and Noel shown at Wembley here, but before they return to London in 2025 they have dates in Manchester’s Heaton Park(Image: Samir Hussein/Getty Images) Oasis fans heading to Manchester’s Heaton Park for the second […]

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‘Space travel alters worldview, Earth belongs to everyone,’ says Rakesh Sharma as Shubhanshu Shukla’s Axiom-4 mission makes history for India

Astronaut Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian to journey into space in 1984, said that space travel alters the mindset of humans, making them see the world from a perspective where “this planet belongs to everyone” and is not the sole preserve of anyone. He shared his thoughts in a recorded podcast shared by the Ministry […]

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Malvern World Travel win award at global conference

Malvern World Travel was named the 2025 Worldchoice Plus Member of the Year at The Travel Network Group’s conference held in Bucharest, Romania. The conference, titled Winning Hearts, Creating Journeys, ran from June 14 to June 17 at the JW Marriott Hotel. The event included talks from notable speakers, including Lord Sebastian Coe and Ryan […]

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Best And Worst Escorted Tour Providers in 2025

Planning your next big trip this year but unsure which is the best tour company to trust with your holiday in 2025?  With a good escorted tour provider, you could climb Kilimanjaro, cycle across Sri Lanka or go wildlife spotting in the Shetlands with a group of like-minded travellers, and the full financial protection that […]

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Surging travel in Europe spikes concerns over tourism’s drawbacks

MADRID — Suitcases rattle against cobblestones. Selfie-snappers jostle for the same shot. Ice cream shops are everywhere. Europe has been called the world’s museum, but its record numbers of visitors have also made it ground zero for concerns about overtourism. Last year, 747 million international travelers visited the continent, far outnumbering any other region in […]

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