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If you want to encourage passengers to genuinely provide feedback you should put satisfaction forms somewhere obvious and well frequented.

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If you want to be part of the incoming visitor crowd, The China Guide has told you where to go and when. If you want to see a quieter and less busy China, this gives you a clue on where to avoid!

Peter Vella is the director UK & Ireland at the Malta Tourism Authority and holds a dual nationality with Malta and the UK. Here he shares his favourite destinations and forthcoming trips with Just About Travel readers and reveals why you should visit Malta

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

Ahead of Chinese New Year next month, Kaye Holland – a former laowai (foreigner) in China – reveals what she misses most about the Middle Kingdom

Bang for your buck and pizzazz for your pound: here’s where to stretch 2015’s travel budget until it oozes contentment

Kaye Holland hates the hidden, extra costs that airports like Luton and Stansted insist in springing on passengers

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

Admiring all that’s bright, shiny and new in Shanghai, surely doesn’t exclude enjoying what’s left of the city’s past? In part 2 of her Shanghai feature Anna Maria Espsäter seeks out the ancient corners of China’s power house of progress, finding them embattled, but very much alive.

“Brave new world,” James Bond quips in his latest adventure, Skyfall, his point nicely illustrated by a vast vista of Shanghai’s impressive skyline, replete with state-of-the-art skyscrapers. But just how modern is this city asks Anna Maria Espsäter who spent a couple of weeks scratching the surface of Shanghai’s polished veneer for us in this two-part feature.

Beijing maybe the political and cultural capital of China but it’s Chengdu – home to China’s most famous face, the panda, – that is the headline act in 2013. British Airways launched direct flights from Heathrow to Chengdu in September.

The last bank holiday before Christmas is almost upon us! Want to make the most of the long weekend and escape overseas but worried about your wallet? Check out our tips below on how to have a purse pleasing break

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Kaye loves London, so why did she leave? Read the sixth part of her story exclusively on CD-Traveller

Kaye loves London, so why did she leave? Read the fifth part of her story exclusively on CD-Traveller

Whether you’re a novice or seasoned traveller, France will steal your heart. Each month, Frederic – our French correspondent – gives us the low-down on what to see and do across the channel

Whether you’re a novice or seasoned traveller, France will steal your heart. Each month, Frederic – our French correspondent – gives us the low-down on what to see and do across the channel

CD-Traveller tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world. This month, The Shard and Sri Lanka are hitting the headlines for all the right reasons, but trips to Thailand are in trouble

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and also a tasty shortcut to getting to know a country’s culture. Here are Brett Atkinson’s top 10 recommendations for getting the day started around the globe

Ewe celebrating St Patrick’s Day? Even a flock of sheep in Scotland wants to be ‘seen in green’ this weekend!
 

Heading to China in the year of the Dragon? Seek out Shandong – steeped as it is in myth and supernatural allure

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

CD Traveller tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world. This month Machu Picchu and Mr&Mrs Smith are generating a buzz for all the right reasons but the same can’t be said of school holidays and the dismal Euro exchange rate

Thanks to a slew of trendy new bars and fine restaurants, Beijing has been stealing the spotlight from its southern sibling, Shanghai. So don’t hit the road as soon as you’ve had your fill of the Forbidden City, for the fun continues even after dark

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Sri Lanka Tourism’s marketing manager, Nabeel Shariff, on China, Chile and why Sri Lanka – the island formerly known as Ceylon – is everyone’s cup of tea

CD Traveller tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world