A day in… Belfast

Adrian explores Belfast in a year when the city majors on its links with the ill-fated Titanic.

Top 10 Valentine’s breaks

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…

Consumer Focus

From the website:

“Consumer Focus is the statutory organisation campaigning for a fair deal for consumers in England, Wales, Scotland, and, for postal services, Northern Ireland.

Advice for individuals on energy and post is given by Consumer Direct (08454 04 05 06).”

Food and Hawaiian Tourism

As destinations look to make themselves different and more appealing to visitors, one way would be to accentuate the local cuisine. Different foods and how you cook ingredients that many people would be wary of but see in their local shops is popular on the huge range of cookery shows that we see. look at he cookery and food sections in any bookseller and there will be a huge range to flick through.
Hawaii is known from countless TV and films as being sunny with palm trees, fantastic surf and a unique welcome from the locals. I also remember the strong, sweet aroma from the frangipani when I landed there at some horrible time in the middle of the night as I changed planes. Now they are offering something different.

Holiday World Show opens in Belfast

Crissy Rock from ITV’s “Benidorm” opened the Holiday World Show in Belfast’s King’s Hall yesterday afternoon which is sponsored by the Belfast Telegraph. And talking to the exhibitors and visitors after the show had been open for about two hours they were happy.

Obese People Buy 2 Seats?

United Airlines has announced that obese people will have to buy 2 seats unless there are spare seats on a flight.As you might imagine, this has caused a little ripple of comment. Ripple did I say? In Chicago where United is based, the Chicago Tribune has had 265 comments on their website. The online news [...]

Notes from Namibia: part two

When it comes to fabulous weather and wildlife, there is nowhere like Namibia, says Adrienne. Over the next few weeks, she will be sharing her notes from Namibia – arguably Africa at its most authentic – exclusively with CD-Traveller readers. Today: Windhoek to Okahandja, the adventure begins…