Now: Lap up lakeside views and mountainous scenery in Austria this summer. Thomson has a week's stay at the Strandhotel Margaretha, on Lake Wolfgang, for £485pp, including flights from Gatwick to Salzburg on 9 June and transfers. (thomsonlakes.co.uk).
Simon Kelner: Virgin Atlantic's idea is verging on the unbearable
Wednesday 16 May 2012
It was an exchange which made me realise why I am not rich and powerful. I was telling a friend of mine – a young, wealthy and successful individual – that I thought there was something luxurious about a trans-Atlantic plane journey. You could sit, watch a movie or two, have someone serve you drinks and food, maybe take a little nap and – most satisfying of all – no one could get hold of you.
Simon Kelner: Virgin Atlantic's idea is verging on the unbearable
Wednesday 16 May 2012
It was an exchange which made me realise why I am not rich and powerful. I was telling a friend of mine – a young, wealthy and successful individual – that I thought there was something luxurious about a trans-Atlantic plane journey. You could sit, watch a movie or two, have someone serve you drinks and food, maybe take a little nap and – most satisfying of all – no one could get hold of you.
Gridlock at airports set to hamper Easter getaway plans
Thursday 05 April 2012
Cuts to immigration staff threaten to leave hundreds of thousands facing long delays
Barbados, Cape Town, Las Vegas
Wednesday 08 February 2012
Now... Barbados Bliss
British Airways Holidays has a week's break at the Dover Beach Hotel in Barbados (room only), a short drive from Bridgetown. The deal includes flights from Gatwick on 3 Sept for £674pp. Britishairways.com
48 Hours: Hong Kong
Saturday 21 January 2012
The night skies are lighting up all over the Chinese city-state as residents welcome the dawn of the Year of the Dragon. Matthew Bell reports.
The Caribbean: Come on in, the water's lovely!
Wednesday 18 January 2012
Sandy shores and warm weather make the Caribbean the perfect family playground
Travel Challenge: A Californian fly-drive holiday
Saturday 14 January 2012
Each week we invite three companies to offer us their best deal for a specific holiday. Today: a two-week road trip in California. Prices are per person, based on two people travelling together. Each includes car hire, room-only accommodation and flights from Heathrow on Monday 5 March.
48 Hours In: Nairobi
Saturday 31 December 2011
Warm days and wildlife on your doorstep make Kenya's capital an appealing place in which to escape winter. Richard Trillo reports.
BA tightens its Heathrow grip with £172m BMI buy
Friday 23 December 2011
Deal is screwing the travelling public, says Branson after Virgin Atlantic's rival bid fails
Spend Christmas Day at 37,000 feet – and save a fortune
Monday 19 December 2011
Business Diary: French take on old enemy
Monday 12 December 2011
Nicolas Sarkozy doesn't want for support at home after his falling-out with the rosbifs. The radio pundits are lining up behind him. One report at the weekend on Man United's shock Champion's League exit was prefaced by "and David Cameron isn't the only English Euro exit this week". Then an item on Paul McCartney, who had been rude at a concert about the French Government's insistence that meat must stay on school menus, ended with the presenter moaning about "another Brit trying to tell us what to do".
Britons stuck in the US face a long wait to come home
Monday 29 August 2011
Thousands of British holidaymakers stranded in New York and other US cities could face a long wait to get home. Although Hurricane Irene has now been downgraded to a tropical storm, the threat of severe flooding means that delays may continue after it has passed. Meanwhile, the lack of spare seats on flights in the peak holiday season means the backlog of stranded passengers could take many days to clear.








