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Just About Travel gives you the low-down on what’s hot (and what’s not) in the travel world right now

Making a hotel stand out takes a little effort and there aren’t many that I can think of that achieve this feat.

It’s no secret that some of the world’s most amazing destinations are feeling the tourism squeeze. But that’s no reason to stay put: as communities cope with travellers’ all-too-loving embrace, being a good tourist just means getting strategic about where to go and when

Just About Travel tells you what’s hot (and what’s not) in the travel world

Eurostar is launching its new route between London and Amsterdam, with direct trains travelling from St. Pancras International in London to Amsterdam Centraal

Sri Lankan author, film producer and hip hop artist, Ruby Lovell, shares her travel highs and lows

The announcement over the weekend by Eurostar that it will start a direct rail service from London to Amsterdam from April 4th could herald the decline of the air links between the two cities.

Turn that laborious layover into between flight fun. JAT shows you the way to go

As chief executive of Amsterdam Marketing, Frans van der Avert claimsthat cities are dying because no-one will living in the historic centres of cities anymore.

Jack Archer – co-founder of Rumi – a new social platform and service that aims to take the stress out of finding the right place to rent in the capital – talks travel

As the days grow shorter, the autumn becomes the time for light shows. Just about Travel has looked at some of those in France before, but what of other countries? Take the Netherlands for example. the advantage for us is that it is easy to get to as almost every regional airport has direct links into Amsterdam where fast trains can take you around. They have two big shows over the autumn months. In Eindhoven from the 7-14th of November, the annual GLOW light art
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Just About Travel tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world right now…

Reza visits Amsterdam during winter and still finds it a fascinating city.

Just About Travel tells you what’s hot in the travel world

Will Adrian be serving up an old fashioned Christmas meal of oyster stew this year? Probably not. Gingerbread- yes and that covers just two of the stories in his round-up of the week.

Just About Travel tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world. This month it’s all about holidaying with his Royal Highness, Prince Harry, and hanging out in the Peninsula Paris – Paris’ new super-hotel

Generation X has embraced Airbnb says Gen X’er Kaye Holland

Kaye Holland wishes we would all – occasionally – put down our favourite devices

A river cruise is widely considered to be the most civilised way to see the best of Europe. Here’s the run down on why your next trip should be a river cruise

CD-Traveller tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world. This month, it’s a great time to visit Poland or the pandas in Chengdu but Botswana is being boycotted

CD-Traveller tells you what’s hot in the travel world

When it comes to art and culture, the Dutch city of Rotterdam easily rivals Amsterdam writes Anthony Lydekker. Read his report on Rotterdam – home to the world’s largest port – here

Derry has been named the fourth best city in the world

Budapest Airport was highly commended as one of the top three airports in Europe last night in the prestigious World Routes Awards

The travel market has taken a bit of a knocking this summer. James Murray, Digital Insights Manager at Experian Marketing Services, has the low-down

“I believe that the cyclised city is the civilised city”, declares ebullient Boris Johnson. Love him or hate him, London’s mayor is – not so quietly –revolutionising cycling in the capital.

Boutique hotel experts Mr & Mrs Smith have sifted through the schmaltz to find Valentine’s packages that will really set hearts aflutter (and won’t involve soggy petals clogging the plughole). Here are 10 hot properties that offer something a little bit different…

On Location’s Alan Locher on Amsterdam, China and Boston’s best kept secrets