I was writing about a new boutique hotel opening this week where the company had decided to do away with doormen and room service but concentrated on features they think modern travellers want, like free Wi-Fi. It got me thinking: what do I want from a hotel? I have divided my thoughts into three
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My travel writing journo colleague, Australian Tim Richards recently wrote an admirable piece on light packing. http://www.tinyurl.com/k9fxto7 This is my view. It’s not necessarily the polar opposite, but it’s close: The disparate group crowded together at the airline check-in gate can be usually outed as travel journalists. Among the group will be Know-All who
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I recently spent five weeks travelling from one hotel to another down the west coast of the USA. This was preceded by a week in Las Vegas. I’ve been to the USA scores of times before, but not for such a long period and have never visited so many hotels and restaurants over such a
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News of the government’s plans to invest in Gatwick airport railway station (December 2013), has prompted me to report on a visit I did behind the scenes back in the summer. Only five years ago, I used to sigh when I learned that I would be flying from Gatwick, even though it was only
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Reid’s Palace Hotel, Madeira has an interesting selection of free soft drinks in the room fridge, replenished daily and free DVDs and novels to borrow The Dorchester, London places a real Christmas tree in their bedrooms and suites during the festive season, decorated with tasteful green and red bows and baubles Bahia Del
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None of my grandparents ever left the county they were born in, never mind the country. Travel was something a coal miner and blacksmith did not do and both my grandmothers had their hands full with over seven children each. Their granddaughter now travels all over the world, for practically peanuts. The cabin crew don’t
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A survey* out yesterday appears to indicate that 35% fewer women have visited India this year compared to the first three months last year. Although part of the reason could be attributed to the economic downturn, it is felt that recent high profile security issues, starting with the rape in Delhi in December last year,
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The Lowe Alpine backpack is small enough to take on day trips, yet large enough and with six compartments of different sizes to hold all your essentials, a common failing with cheaper bags. Made of durable and sponge clean material, it will survive a short rain shower too. It’s well made and is unlikely to
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From Argentina’s hearty steak culture to Venezuela’s exquisite chocolate production, Olivia Greenway selects some of the region’s culinary highlights
TWO elderly Russian ladies wearing full-length mink fur coats carefully sip mugs of hot chocolate, their gnarled fingers heavy under the weight of gold rings. If there is one thing St Petersburg has in spades, it’s glamour.
Olivia Greenway takes a culinary tour of the Indian capital and finds a mix of dishes from around the country
Avuncular Major Singh runs a homestay, Abode Kolta, in Gurgaon; originally just beyond the city limits of Delhi, but now subsumed by the sprawling mass of new developments.
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