Spotlight
Edinburgh tries again
Councillors in Edinburgh last January decided that they would look again at introducing an accommodation tax. Four months later and those plans have still not materialised. Why?
Discovering literary West Yorkshire
By Natasha Blair
Natasha Blair explores the literary heritage of a small part of West Yorshire.
Let’s re-think trains
By Adrian Lawes
How many more debacles must we face before a complete re-think on how we run railways is undertaken?
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Flying with an emotional support pet
By The Editor
For a start goats won’t be allowed. Other creatures banned include insects and hedgehogs (surely not the easiest animal to carry) and barred are any animals with tusks or horns so a highland calf is an obvious no-go!
Ending rail fare anomolies?
By The Editor
The Rail Delivery Group which represents the train companies, Network Rail and even the RMT union called for change as did the Campaign for Better Transport and Transport Focus. Everyone wants change it seems. But why has it taken so long for them to realise it?
The moaners are out
By The Editor
But I’ll remember the day that a bank holiday was what it was supposed to be – a great day to get out and enjoy our countries.
Visit Dundee and crowdfunding
By The Editor
With a big splash, VisitDundee was launched in late March this year, as a new tourism venture to promote the city as a short break destination.
Tourist information and Urquhart Castle
By The Editor
People outside the vicinity of Loch Ness will be watching what happens with Urquhart Castle and the visitor centre. If successful expect to see more communities look to running their own heritage sites.
Saturday snippets: 19th May 2018
By Adrian Lawes
Apart from a wedding this week, it was the 75th anniversary of the Dambuster raid, Club 18-30 may be for sale and Grenada wants us to holiday there in summer!
Visiting the Highland Games
By The Editor
One of the first Highland Games of the year happens this coming Sunday at Gordon Castle in Fochabers. In only eight years this family oriented highland gathering has developed so that it attracts about 10,000 people.
Wow Air looks east
By The Editor
This could be the next big development in opening up more skies to competitive pricing. It could also give existing airlines that are already in financial jeopardy like Air India big headaches.
Taste my Swiss City
By The Editor
What makes these tours a little different is that they haven’t been devised by internationally renowned chefs of even famous Swiss restaurants, but by locals.
10,000 hotel rooms in the city you have never heard of
By The Editor
The Mall of America is very popular with British tourists. In fact we make up the largest contingent on non-North American visitors
Wales Tourism Week
By The Editor
Perhaps next year, we the tourists will be remembered in not just Wales Tourism Week but that held in Scotland as well and that they both take a leaf out of Visit England’s book and arrange more consumer events.
The Abacos heroes
By Judith Baker
Judith visits The Abacos, a 120-mile–long chain of isands that are part of the Bahamas.
Where the experts holiday: Omar Beretta, travel writer
By Kaye Holland
Travel writer, Omar Beretta, shares his experiences on the road with JAT readers
The world according to TUI
By The Editor
The tour operator, TUI released is results and outlook yesterday with bookings across the group up by 5.5%.
Will Airbnb become passé?
By Adrian Lawes
Given the crackdown by governments around the world on how much time private flat owners can rent out their properties via Airbnb or some similar booking site, it could be that the hometel launch is accurately timed.
What’s hot: May 2017
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world, right now
