Corp Travel Agencies Before and After the Pandemic and 9 Other Top Travel Stories This Week

Throughout the week we are posting original stories night and day covering news and travel trends, including on the impact of coronavirus. Every weekend we will offer you a chance to read the most essential stories again in case you missed them earlier. Comparing Corporate Travel’s Biggest Agencies Before and After the Pandemic: New shapes […]

A local’s guide to Menton, France: five great things to do

British aristocracy flocked here in Victorian times, but artist Fabien Gauthier is inspired more by its medieval buildings and the remnants of the swinging 1970s A specialist in trompe l’oeil art and frescoes ancient and modern, Fabien Gauthier has lived in Menton since 1972 Continue reading...

G7 Nations Offer 7 Broad Steps for Restarting International Travel

It took nearly two years of a deadly global pandemic that also decimated the tourism and aviation sectors and left hundreds of thousands jobless — but the world’s richest countries and most influential tourism source markets have finally reached an agreement that collaboration and transparency are the key to emerging out of Covid faster and […]

A great walk to a great pub: Four Alls Inn, Higham, Lancashire

A stroll through Lancashire’s horrible history, with beer and hotpot in a ‘proper’ pub to cheer the spirits Start Four Alls Inn, Higham, Lancashire Distance 7 miles Time 2.5 hours Total ascent 533 metres Difficulty Easy to moderate Higham is a great place to start a walk, not too high, not too low. A few miles north of Burnley, it’s in the foothills at the southern edge of the eminence that is Pendle Hill. It’s a lovely corner, part of the Forest of Bowland area of outstanding natural beauty and much-loved by local residents, but nothing like as well known as the villages of Barley or Whalley. Continue reading...

The fairytale capital of the world

In Copenhagen, where the spirit of Hans Christian Andersen can still be found, fairy tales, Vikings and a countercultural commune all add to the city's understated charm.

Hospitality and tourism bosses plead for VAT rate freeze at 12.5%

Coalition of UK industry bodies warns of ‘painful’ job losses if Treasury returns tax to pre-Covid levels in April Hospitality and tourism bosses are pleading with the government to permanently lower the VAT rate on businesses in their sectors to help safeguard thousands of jobs. The appeal comes as the tax’s rate for pubs, restaurants, holiday accommodation and admission to certain attractions rises on Friday to 12.5%, following a temporary cut to just 5% that was introduced in July 2020 to help businesses struggling in the pandemic. Continue reading...

Indigenous Amazon singers and sacred cacao … the UK festival that’s wild in a different way

The Medicine weekender specialises in nature and cultural exchange – a rare festival that you leave feeling better than when you arrived On a stage in a yurt in the Berkshire countryside, the leader of the Huni Kuin tribe from the Brazilian Amazon is talking about indigenous culture. In 2000, Ninawa Pai Da Mata decided to move his village deeper into the jungle, in Acre state, in an attempt to protect and revive traditional life. Continue reading...