Here is a Mexico you need to know

Don’t miss out on a visit to the gloriously beautiful and fascinating Riviera Maya, stretching south of there along the Caribbean, says Irene Middleman Thomas

Barcelona: where history and culture meets the Nou

Robin Nowacki combines culture and cuisine with football on a visit to Barcelona – the capital of the Catalonian region of Spain

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.”

Where The Experts Holiday: Brett Perkins, director of communications at The Savoy

Brett Perkins, director of communications at The Savoy (a Fairmont Hotel And Resort), London’s first luxury hotel, on Ethiopia, India and his iconic hotel

Istanbul voted European best destination 2013

Istanbul has been voted European best destination 2013 in the first European e-tourism event

Travel guide books: good or bad?

Yesterday we told you how glossy travel brochures could soon be consigned to the bin.

But if my experience today is anything to go by, it is not brochures but travel guides by the like of Lonely Planet at al that could be on their way out.

Westfield Stratford City, in pictures

Westfield Stratford City – a shiny, supersized £1.45 billion shopping mall next to the 2012 Olympic Village– opened its doors yesterday, with the help of Nicole Scherzinger (the hit singer/songwriter and squeeze of Lewis Hamilton).