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Nov 1st, 2019 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel gives you the low-down on what’s hot (and what’s not) in the travel world right now
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: amsterdam, Australia, Barbados, Christmas, Cruise, holiday, Indian Ocean, Italy, Maldives, Rihanna, Scandinavian Mountains, Sydney, Sydney Harbour Bridge, vacation
Feb 4th, 2019 |
By The Editor
Making a hotel stand out takes a little effort and there aren’t many that I can think of that achieve this feat.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on The jumbo experience
Tags: amsterdam, Corendon Village Hotel, hotel attractions
Dec 14th, 2018 |
By Kaye Holland
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
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: amsterdam, Angkor Wat, Canada, Denmark, India, London, off the beaten track, Slovenia, Tourists, Travel
Jul 1st, 2018 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot (and what’s not) in the travel world
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: amsterdam, barber shops, Bavaria, Berlin, China, Club 18-30, Dundee, Europe, festival, Germany, Hainan, Heathrow, Hollywood, London, London Bridge, London Bridge City, Passau, Porto, Portugal, River Thames, Royal wedding, Sanya, sausage dogs, Scotland, Summer By The River, Thomas Cook, UK, walking, Wuhan
Apr 3rd, 2018 |
By Kaye Holland
Eurostar is launching its new route between London and Amsterdam, with direct trains travelling from St. Pancras International in London to Amsterdam Centraal
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: amsterdam, Avignon, Bruges, Brussels, Europe, Eurostar, journey, Lille, London, Lyon, Paris, rail, train
Mar 7th, 2018 |
By Kaye Holland
Sri Lankan author, film producer and hip hop artist, Ruby Lovell, shares her travel highs and lows
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: amsterdam, Asia, Barbados, Berlin, Big Apple, Caribbean, city breaks, Civil War, Colombo, elephants, Empire State Building, French Alps, Greenwich Village, holiday, Japan, Kyoto, London, Mullins Bay, New York, Rum Punch, Russia, skiing, Sri Lanka, Tamil, Tokyo, Val d'Isere
Feb 12th, 2018 |
By The Editor
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.
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: amsterdam, Eurostar, Heathrow, regional flight connectivity, Schipol
Aug 30th, 2017 |
By Kaye Holland
Turn that laborious layover into between flight fun. JAT shows you the way to go
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: airport, Amazon, amsterdam, Atlanta, Flying, free stopovers, holiday, Layover, Minute Suites, Terminals, transit lounges, transit stops, Travel
May 9th, 2017 |
By The Editor
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.
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: amsterdam, Frans van der Avert, tourism effects on destinations, World Tourism Forum
Nov 11th, 2015 |
By Kaye Holland
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
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: amsterdam, Barcelona, beach, Berlin, Christchurch, Cinque Terre, Dorset, Europe, Italy, Jack Archer, Kuala Lumpar, Langkawi, Malaysia, Paris, Ruumi, South America, UK
Sep 17th, 2015 |
By The Editor
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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Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: amsterdam, Amsterdam Light Festival, Eindhoven, GLOW
Aug 30th, 2015 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world right now…
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Tags: amsterdam, Brandon Wade, Buenos Aires, country music, Dubai, Emirates, Europe, Heathrow, ICEHOTEL, India, Isle of Wight, Lapland, Mexico, Nashville, Panama, Sweden, tequila, The Continent, The Hoxton, Tinder, Visa
Dec 31st, 2014 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot in the travel world
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: airport, amsterdam, apps, Austria, Brazil, Brits, Colorado, Denver, Dubai, football, Indonesia, James Bond, Lonely Planet, Man U, Old Trafford, Olympics, Travel, World Cup
Dec 6th, 2014 |
By Adrian Lawes
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.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 6th December 2014
Tags: Alabama, amsterdam, Athens, British Columbia, Budapest, Canada, Cirque du Soleil, Civil Aviation Authority, disability access, First Great Western, Heathrow, Hungary, Leeds Castle, light shows, Medora ND, PortAventura, Thames Garden Bridge, Thomas Heatherwick
Aug 31st, 2014 |
By Kaye Holland
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
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Africa, amsterdam, Australia, British Airways, British Airways Holidays, Camden Lock Market, Ebola, Europe, Grimsby, Heathrow, London, Newcastle, Paris, Peninsula Paris, Prince Harry, Roamer, spain, Thailand, Turkey, USA, valencia, World Health Organisation
Aug 21st, 2014 |
By Kaye Holland
Generation X has embraced Airbnb says Gen X’er Kaye Holland
Posted in Travel rumblings |
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Tags: Accommodation, Airbnb, amsterdam, Chiltern Firehouse, Couch Surfing, expat, holiday, London, San Francisco, Tel Aviv, The Book of Mormon, Travel
Aug 16th, 2014 |
By Kaye Holland
Kaye Holland wishes we would all – occasionally – put down our favourite devices
Posted in Travel rumblings |
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Tags: amsterdam, Chiltern Firehouse, Dubai, Empire State Building, expat, Hamburg, Instagram, iPhone, Kim Kardashian, Mexico, New York, Sanya, Shanghai, social media, Twitter
Jun 24th, 2014 |
By Kaye Holland
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
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: amsterdam, Bratislava, Budapest, Cologne, countryside, Cruise, Cruising, Danube, Douglas Ward, Nuremberg, river, river cruises, Salzburg, Tourists, Vienna
Oct 31st, 2013 |
By The Editor
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
Posted in Travel destinations, Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on What’s hot: November 2013
Tags: amsterdam, Australia, Botswana, Brits, Brussels, Caribbean, Chengdu, England, Europe, Jamaica, Kenya, Maldives, Male, Poland, Tourists, Warsaw
Aug 1st, 2013 |
By The Editor
CD-Traveller tells you what’s hot in the travel world
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: amsterdam, Beijing’s International airport, British Airways, Brussels, Cologne, Dai Greene, Danum Valley, easyjet, Germany, Harrods, Ho Chi Minh, Hugo Chavez, Malaysian Borneo, New South Wales, Paw Seasons dog hotel, Rotterdam, Sabah, Shanghai, The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Venezuela, Virgin
Dec 26th, 2012 |
By Anthony Lydekker
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
Posted in Travel destinations, Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: amsterdam, Europe, Holland, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Nov 8th, 2012 |
By The Editor
Derry has been named the fourth best city in the world
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: amsterdam, City of Culture, Derry, Hyderabad, Londonderry, San Francisco, Sri Lanka, Turner Prize, UK
Oct 4th, 2012 |
By The Editor
Budapest Airport was highly commended as one of the top three airports in Europe last night in the prestigious World Routes Awards
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: amsterdam, Athens, Birmingham, Budapest airport, Europe, Munich, Rome Fiumicino
Aug 12th, 2012 |
By The Editor
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
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: Alicante, amsterdam, Balearics, Barcelona, Brits, Ibiza, Majorca, Menorca, New York, Olympics, Paris, spain, Tenerife
Feb 6th, 2012 |
By Jane Egginton
“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.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: amsterdam, Boris bikes, Boris Johnson, Brian Cookson, East London, London, London Cycling Campaign, Mark Cavendish, Olympic Park, The Netherlands, Tower Bridge, Trevor Parsons, Windsor Castle
Feb 3rd, 2012 |
By The Editor
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…
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: A'jia Hotel, amsterdam, Aquapura, Buckinghamshire, Canal House, Cornwall, Douro Valley, Florence, Grand Hotel Villa Cora, Hampshire, Istanbul, Italy, La Mamounia, Lime Wood, London, Lucknam Park Hotel & Spa, Marrakech, Morocco, Mr & Mrs Smith, Netherlands, Portugal, St Moritz Hotel, Stoke Park, The Connaught, Turkey, Wiltshire
Jan 3rd, 2012 |
By The Editor
On Location’s Alan Locher on Amsterdam, China and Boston’s best kept secrets
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: amsterdam, Beijing, Blackberry, Boston, California, China, Guilin, On Location Tours, President Obama, Shanghai, Xian