One size fits all in Australia

Australia accommodates everyone’s idea of a perfect holiday -from four-year-olds to grannies, reports Pippa Jacks

Spotlight on San Francisco

Ahead of the Golden Gate Bridge’s 75th birthday on May 27, San Francisco has never looked more golden writes Kaye Holland. Read her guide to the city with its head in the clouds, here

Citizens Advice

From the website:

“The Adviceguide website is the main public information service of Citizens Advice, providing people with round-the-clock access to CAB information on their rights – including benefits, housing and employment, and on debt, consumer and legal issues.”

Bicycling In Portland, Oregon

As a cheap and quick way to get around, bicycling takes some beating. Not every place can make it as safe as people would wish. Those cities or areas in built up urban centres sometimes don’t have road space that’s wide enough and “wars” break out between motorist, bicyclist and pedestrian. But Portland on America’s western coast has managed to keep all happy.

Titanic Belfast launches

Titanic Belfast – the world’s largest Titanic visitor experience – opens today in the heart of Belfast, alongside the historic Harland & Wolff site where the ship was built

Tourism Award Season

During this year we’ve drawn attention to the awards being given to organisations in tourism and two more have been announce, the Welsh National Tourism awards and Airport Operators Association (AOA) Awards. Why?

Bed in a tree

Turned off by chain hotels? Bored with ‘boutique’? Bettina Kowalewski, author of Bed in a tree – a gorgeous coffee table book published by DK Eyewitness Travel about the world’s craziest, quirkiest places to stay– suggests provides some inspiring alternatives from an actual bed in a tree in South Africa to a hanging eco-sphere in Canada, a giant suitcase in Germany and glass igloo in Finland!