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Feb 1st, 2020 |
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: app, Australia, Bogota, Caribbean, Colombia, Europe, Faroe Islands, island, Jamaica, Japan, Palm Springs, skiing, Travel, UK
Sep 1st, 2019 |
By The Editor
In North America they have launched the Indy Pass which is multi-resort ski pass covering 34 independently owned resorts across the continent.
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: Indy Pass, skiing, snow sports
Apr 5th, 2019 |
By The Editor
All we might say to our British clients is: ‘Keep calm and ski on!’
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Tags: Brexit, France, La Plagne, Les Arcs, skiing, Tignes, Val d'Isere
Nov 26th, 2018 |
By The Editor
Like all ski resorts, a continuous programme of upgrades and improvements is needed in order to encourage people to return or go there for the first time in preference to going somewhere else.
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Tags: Canada, skiing, Whistler
Mar 7th, 2018 |
By Kaye Holland
Sri Lankan author, film producer and hip hop artist, Ruby Lovell, shares her travel highs and lows
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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
Jan 1st, 2018 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world
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Tags: Aborigines, adventure travel, Adventure Travel Show, America, Australia, Ayers Rock, Capital of Culture, City of Culture, Cornwall, culture, Donald Trump, Hull, Japan, Lincolnshire, Liverpool, Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco, RAF, resort, Six star, ski, skiing, sumo, Trump, Uluru, USA, Visit Lincolnshire, winter sports, Yves Saint Laurent
Dec 1st, 2017 |
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: apres ski, Asia, Canberra, Chile, Christmas, Detroit, Dubai, Estonia, Europe, Eurozone, Greece, Lion city, Lonely Planet, Poland, Russia, Seville, Singapore, skiing, St Petersburg, Thomas Cook, UAE, Verbier, World Cup
Jan 14th, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
Stonehenge, Club 55, Star Wars and medical assistance abroad compete with children’s attitudes to holidays in Adrian’s column this week. And there is the almost obligatory Southern rail story.
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: Aberdeen Airport, Arriva Trains Wales, Belfast International Airport, Cardiff Airport, children and holiday decision-making, Club 55, Edinburgh Airport, Ferens Art Gallery, Glasgow Airport, GWR, Hull, Inverness Airport, London City Airport, Los Angeles, Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, Manchester Airport, Push Doctor, Scotland, skiing, STA Travel, Stansted, Stonehenge, The News Quiz, V-Room lounge, Villa Plus, Virgin Holidays
Sep 15th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Isabelle Eyherabide of Biarritz Tourism on why French the seaside resort is an ideal destination at any time of year
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Tags: Basque Country, beach, Biarritz, Bilbao, Deborah Kerr, destination, Europe, France, golf, golf tourism, Seaside, ski, skiing, spain, surf, surfing, switzerland
Aug 5th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Travel blogger, Nick Morris, shares his travel highs and lows
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Tags: Asia, Australia, Brexit, China, Europe, France, Highlands, hiking, Hong Kong, India, Myanmar, Northern America, Philippines, Scotland, skiing, Travel, UK, Yellowstone National Park
Mar 1st, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot in the travel world right now
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Tags: Australia, Ayers Rock, Battersea, Easter, France, Harry Potter, Hertfordshire, Hollywood, India, Iran, Italy, London, Paris, Peter Rabbit, skiing, South Africa, The Rolling Stones, Uluru, Universal Studios, Wembley
Dec 31st, 2015 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world
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Tags: AirPortr, America, Beijing, British Airways, Charlie Chaplin, China, Eurovision, Greece, Heathrow, Hilton Hotels, Hotels, Lake Geneva, Las Vegas, London, skiing, Stockholm, Sweden, switzerland, USA
Feb 23rd, 2015 |
By Kaye Holland
Travel journalist and ski instructor, Sarah Tijou, talks life on the slopes
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Tags: Alps, Austria, Borovets, Bulgaria, Canada, France, gondola, Morzine, powder, Sarah Tijou, season, ski, ski instructor, ski lifts, ski season, skiing, slopes, Sunshine Village
Dec 27th, 2014 |
By Kaye Holland
Rob Freeman – the UK’s leading authority on skiing in Austria and author of the Snowfinder guidebook on Austria – talks life on the slopes
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Tags: Argentina, Austria, British Columbia, Canada, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Crystal, Dolomites, France, Franz Klammer, Himalayas, Inghams, Ischgl, Italy, James Blunt, Mountain, Olympics, Rob Freeman, ski, skiing, Snowfinder, sport, St Anton am Arlberg, switzerland, Tirol, Watford FC, Where To Ski And Snowboard, winter
Dec 25th, 2014 |
By Kaye Holland
Whether you’re in the process of finding your ski legs or a wannabe downhill champion, the Austrian resort of Obergurgl is where it’s at writes Kaye Holland
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Tags: Alps, apres ski, Aqua Dome, Austria, chalets, Christmas, Christmas Markets, Daniel Craig, Hotel Edelweiss & Gurgl, Inghams, Innsbruck, Italy, James Bond, Nederhütte, Obergurgl, ski, skiing, slopes, snow, Spectre, Tirol, Turin
Mar 1st, 2014 |
By Kaye Holland
Get ready, get set, ski! Kaye Holland heads to the Italian Alps to lose her skiing virginity
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: Cortina, Courchevel, Grand Palais Excelsior, Il San Pietro, Italian Alps, Italy, Riserva Bianca, skiing, slopes, Sochi, Turin, winter, Winter Olympics
Dec 20th, 2013 |
By The Editor
For some years the skiing market, as evidenced by UK and Irish bookings, has been in decline. That may be changing.
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: Crystal Ski, Post Office, skiing
Dec 2nd, 2013 |
By The Editor
In the Italian Alps, Livigno, is one of those places where you are virtually assured of snow. It has had tons of the white stuff already this autumn, 83cms on the mountain at the moment.
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Tags: Fabio Borga, Italy, Livigno, skiing
Oct 21st, 2013 |
By The Editor
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: Craig Phillips, Emma Jesson, Graham Bell, Heat Holders, ski season, skiing, winter
Dec 11th, 2012 |
By Anna Maria Espsäter
As ski enthusiasts look to the new season, Anna Maria Espsater tells us everything we need to know about Europe’s ski scene
Posted in Travel destinations, Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Austria, Europe, France, French Alps, Germany, Italy, Lapland, skiing, Slovenia, spain, Sweden, switzerland
Mar 12th, 2012 |
By mgates
Europe or America? For Megan, the overcrowded Alps can’t compete with the winter sports experience that can be had the other side of the Atlantic. Here she reveals her four favourite US ski resorts exclusively with CD-Traveller readers

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Tags: America, Atlantic, California, Colarado, Crystal Mountain, Europe, Heavenly, Lake Tahoe, Mt Bachelor, New York City, Oregon, skiing, Vail, Washington
Mar 8th, 2012 |
By rsheddon
Still planning on squeezing in a skiing trip this season? Forget the French Alps and seek out Saint Lary and Font-Romeu in The Pyrenees, instead. Adrian Shedden reveals why these new kids on the block might just be THE family alternative to the likes of Val D’Isere, Chamonix and St Anton (aka the established Alpine Old Guard)
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Tags: Chamonix, Font-Romeu, French Alps, Pyrenees, Saint Lary, Saint Thomas, skiing, snow, St Anton, Val d'Isere
Feb 2nd, 2012 |
By The Editor
CD-Traveller tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world. This month, Spain and skiing holidays both get a big thumbs up, but readers are advised to think twice before booking a bungee jump in Zambia or getting a tattoo in Bali
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Tags: Australia, Bali, Barbados, Brisbane, bungee jumping, Caribbean, Concordia, Costa del Sol, Crans-Montana, Egypt, Erin Langworthy, Hotels, Indonesia, London, More Than, Olympics, skiing, spain, St Vincent, switzerland, Tessa Jowell, The Grenadines, Tourism, Uluru, Zambia
Dec 28th, 2011 |
By The Editor
As a country Spain conjures up images of sun, sangria and siestas. But there Spain is looking to become known for a fourth S – skiing.
Posted in Travel news, Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Europe, sangria, siesta, ski resorts, skiing, slopes, spain, sun
Dec 20th, 2011 |
By The Editor
Chris Gill, author of Where to Ski and Snowboard 2012, gives us a guide to Italy’s Selva ski resort
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Tags: German, Italian, Italy, Ladin, Selva, skiing, Val Gardena
Dec 18th, 2011 |
By The Editor
Chalet I or chalet not? Chris Gill, co-editor of Where to Ski and Snowboard 2012, names the resorts where your pound will go further
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Tags: Alpine, Aspen, Austria, Beaver Creek, chalet, Europe, Italy, North America, ski hire, ski lessons, skiing, UK
Dec 4th, 2011 |
By The Editor
CD-Traveller tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world. This month, we’ll be booking the bus to Scotland while crossing our fingers that the situation improves quickly in Cairo
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Tags: Cairo, Egypt, Europe, Foreign Office, North America, passengers, Poland, Ryanair, skiing, Ukraine, Vail, Vogue, Whistler
Dec 2nd, 2011 |
By The Editor
The priciest ski resorts are around three times as expensive as the cheapest, says the new 2012 edition of Where to Ski and Snowboard – the world’s leading guidebook to ski resorts.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Skint skiers should head to Europe and Austria, says new edition of annual ski resort guidebook
Tags: Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, France, Italy, Romania, ski lifts, skiing, snowboarding, St Moritz, switzerland, USA, Whistler