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.

Bethlehem may be a huge religious tourism destination this weekend but during 2010 the number of people visiting destinations at home has grown because of the sheer number of churches, cathedrals, abbeys and sites we have.

Special, gumdrop-enhanced avionics installed in Rudolph’s red nose will make it 10 times brighter, allowing the elves to track Santa One even during the type of heavy snowfall expected this Christmas.

To all our readers near and far, a very Merry Christmas

Yesterday we reported how a record number of Brits are spending Christmas overseas despite the economic woes.

What are we to make of the decision announced this morning that IAG (the owner of BA and Iberia) has agreed terms with Lufthansa to buy bmi for £172.5 million?

We may be living in the worst economic crisis since the 1920s but that hasn’t stopped 4.25 million Brits from packing their bags and heading overseas this Christmas, with the peak travel days predicted to be today and tomorrow (Dec 22 and 23).

Like many publications, Time Out, nominates its people of the year. And amongst them, we are delighted to say, is Jane who writes our regular “Letter from London”

Finding love in the twenty first century can be tough as any singleton will tell you. However KLM might very well turn out to have the answer.

Hurray! Westminster Council has finally seen sense and scrapped its plans to charge for parking in the evenings and on Sundays – for now at least.

Stuck for something to do with the kids in the capital today? Why not treat your little ones to a storytelling session with Santa at tibits restaurant, Heddon Street, W1.

More passengers chose to take off from Gatwick rather than its bigger London rival, Heathrow, throughout November. Gatwick reported that it saw an extra 12,800 fliers last month – representing a rise of 0.6 percent.

UPDATE: 17/12/2011. Scottish Tourism Minister Fergus Ewing has announced that there will be no accommodation tax in Edinburgh.Without the transfer of powers from the government to loacl authorites, any such introduction would be illegal.

Passengers planning to fly with budget airline Ryanair in summer 2012 will need to travel light. Michael O’Leary’s no frills airline has revealed that it will be increasing its online baggage fees by 25 percent

A new survey from travel deal experts, Travelzoo, says 70 percent of us would be happy to spend the festive season abroad.

This time we focus on markets in Ireland, Scotland and Wales, where you’ll find some of the biggest and the best to be found anywhere

Kew Gardens have been voted the top visitor attraction in Britain at the British Airways magazine travel awards.

A BA pilot has taken the airline’s ‘hug a pilot’ training scheme a little too far: the married captain has only gone and gotten a teenage stewardess pregnant.

As Christmas in the UK rapidly approaches, and kids are starting to write their letters to Father Christmas. December 6th is still the main day for gift giving and merrymaking in much of Europe.

It’s official: the Chancellor announced last week that the controversial Air Passenger Duty (APD) increase, will go ahead after all, despite big rises in APD in 2007 and 2010.

A survey by holiday comparison site, Travel Supermarket, has found that more than one in 10 UK holiday-makers will opt for familiar destinations – step forward Spain, Portugal, Italy et al.

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.

Today is the first of December. Translation? Panto season is officially upon us! Want to see your favourite TV stars treading the boards as a princess or panto dame? CD-Traveller has the low down on what’s on and where. Get ready to boo and hiss!

We understand that many of you will be struggling to find things to do with your kids today, as a result of the strikes in many schools across the country. Here’s a few fab ideas…

Considering how obsessed Brits are supposed to be with food, we are downright unadventurous when it comes to eating out abroad.

There’s a myriad of Christmas markets to choose from this Yuletide, but Londoners should look no further than the Hackney homemade market which is being organised by none other than CD-Traveller’s Jane!

Travel website, Crapsouvenirs.com, is celebrating the worst in holiday memorabilia and inviting users to upload pictures of their dubious holiday souvenirs. In light of this, CD-Traveller thought it was time to guide you through what’s hot and what’s not, when it comes to holiday mementoes

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