Anyone visiting Stockholm, Copenhagen or Berlin may have seen plenty of cyclists pedalling around with large collars around their necks. Well, we’d better get used to them as they are making their way to the UK soon too. (The collars,…
G’Day Mate. Is This The Queue To Get Into The UK?
If you’re standing in line at an ePassport gate next year then you might hear an Australian accent. Or a Canadian one. Or even an American one. No, you won’t be queuing in the wrong place, it’s just that HM…
Silk Road Recaptures The World’s Imagination
It’s amazing to think that people have been travelling along the Silk Road since 206BC. The road took its name from the most famous product that was transported from one end, starting in China, to the other end in Europe.…
Free Beer; The Italian Approach to Green Travel
You’ve got to love the Italians. Not just because they’ve given the world pizza and wine. But because they are so refreshingly different from the rest of us. Consider their approach to encouraging people to ditch their cars in favour…
Don’t Miss The Last Bus
‘Mummy’. What’s that?’. ‘That’s called a bus, darling, they used to be everywhere’. Could we see buses disappear from our streets? Well, yes if the current trend continues on its downward path. New analysis just released shows that the number…
How To Build A Successful Business. Lose Lots Of Money
“We’re all mad here.” So said the cat in ‘Alice in Wonderland’. We’re beginning to understand where the book’s author Lewis Carroll was coming from. How else can you explain the likely valuation that been put on the ride sharing…
“I Want To Be Alone” (On Holiday)
‘Me time’ is a phrase that’s crept into our conversations. As in, ‘I need some me time’. What’s useful about this phrase is its difficult to argue against. It would be a brave partner or spouse that responds ‘no you…
Why We Should All Watch More Films
If anyone asks tell them you’re watching lots of films because it’s good for the UK economy and encourages more tourists to visit here. Still not convinced? OK. Tell them that those visitors will have spent £597.7 million in film-related…
Iraq and Congo Emerge As Tourism Hot Spots. Really?
Lots of people in the travel industry spend their time trying to identify where’s the ‘next big tourist destination’. Get it right and they’ll be able to make money by offering tours, accommodation and packages. Get it wrong and they’ll…
EasyJet Shows How It Should Be Done
It’s only taken a few years for budget airlines to transform travel as we know it. And although they’ll probably never shake off the negative connotations associated with being ‘low-cost’, some of these airlines are working hard to demonstrate to…