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By: The Editor | February 12, 2012 – 6:54 am | No Comment

Heading to China in the year of the Dragon? Seek out Shangdong – steeped as it is in myth and supernatural allure

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Concert in the air
By: Adrian | November 2, 2011 – 6:00 am | No Comment
Concert in the air

Recently, I queried the new loyalty programme introduced by Estonian Air. It’s different. Like a concert they are having in-flight on December 8th.

Bonanza in Bucharest
By: The Editor | November 1, 2011 – 6:32 am | No Comment
Bonanza in Bucharest

Hands up who fancies seeing in the New Year at Bucharest’s stylish Le Boutique Hotel Moxa?

Ski you on the slopes?
By: The Editor | October 31, 2011 – 6:30 am | No Comment
Ski you on the slopes?

Yesterday we reported that Brits were feeling pessimistic about 2012 travel prospects. If you’re one of the 25 percent who plan to spend less on travel next year, may we suggest a skiing holiday?

Psst! Want to get a free flight faster?
By: Adrian | October 30, 2011 – 5:08 pm | No Comment
Psst! Want to get a free flight faster?

How would you feel about earning enough points to fly on an airline that you’ve never flown on before? It could happen with Estonian Air.

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Brits pessimistic about 2012 travel
By: The Editor | October 30, 2011 – 6:55 am | No Comment
Brits pessimistic about 2012 travel

The 2011 BVA-Gallup International survey showed the French to be the most pessimistic people on earth. However when it comes to travel, it turns out that it’s the Brits who are the sourpusses of the planet.

Homeless lead London tours
By: The Editor | October 29, 2011 – 8:09 am | No Comment
Homeless lead London tours

Homeless tour guides are showing tourists the grittier side of London life. The idea – the brainchild of Unseen Tours – allows visitors to the capital to see the street s of Shoreditch, Covent Garden, London Bridge, Mayfair and Brick Lane from, well the streets.

Heathrow pays a heavy penalty for queues
By: The Editor | October 28, 2011 – 6:51 am | One Comment
Heathrow pays a heavy penalty for queues

Heathrow airport has been ordered to pay a £500,000 penalty after an investigation revealed passenger queuing times at security checkpoints were longer than the London airport previously reported.

CD-Traveller’s connection with The Cadogan
By: The Editor | October 27, 2011 – 6:27 am | No Comment
CD-Traveller’s connection with The Cadogan

The Cadogan – located in London’s Knightsbridge district – has won the ‘Best UK Luxury Boutique Hotel’ award at the World Luxury Hotel Awards 2011 in Zagreb Croatia.

Would you pay to sleep in an airport?
By: The Editor | October 26, 2011 – 6:39 am | No Comment
Would you pay to sleep in an airport?

Sick of sleeping on hard chairs in an overcrowded departure lounge when in transit? Transferring passengers at Heathrow, can now take advantage of the UK’s first ever airside bedrooms.

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Time to tweet?
By: The Editor | October 25, 2011 – 6:02 am | No Comment
Time to tweet?

Print media is the past and present and digital media is the present and future. That was the message that emerged from Whose Voice Is It Anyway –a CIMTIG seminar that took place at The Cumberland Hotel in London’s Marble Arch, last week.

Snow time
By: The Editor | October 24, 2011 – 6:17 am | No Comment
Snow time

The winter sports business has seen fewer skiers on the slope over the last few years (there were 911,000 UK skiers on the piste last season compared to 1.2 million in 2007/8), but you could have fooled me if the turn out the 2011 Ski & Snowboard Show was anything to go by.

Ryanair gets rid of loos
By: Kaye | October 22, 2011 – 12:07 pm | 6 Comments
Ryanair gets rid of loos

The low budget airline that everyone loves to loathe is to get rid of a number of loos in each and every one of their aircrafts. Going forward, Ryanair planes will have only one loo on board, in a bid to make room for six extra seats.

New Look for King’s Cross
By: The Editor | October 21, 2011 – 6:04 am | One Comment
New Look for King’s Cross

The CD-Traveller team typically heads to St Pancras and the area that surrounds King’s Cross to catch the Eurostar but a recent visit to N1, revealed that the area has become something of a destination in its own right.

La dolce vita: part two
By: The Editor | October 20, 2011 – 10:53 am | No Comment
La dolce vita: part two

Looking for somewhere stylish to stay in Italy? Boutique travel experts Mr & Mrs Smith have recently published their first Italy guidebook, and to celebrate CD-Traveller has teamed up with them to reveal three special stays. Today: Follonico

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Flying gets its glamour back
By: Kaye | October 20, 2011 – 6:18 am | No Comment
Flying gets its glamour back

Most people associate the word, air travel, with long queues, the ridiculous removal of shoes and belts, dehydration, seats that don’t recline and cantankerous cabin crew.

Edinburgh airport for sale
By: The Editor | October 19, 2011 – 4:17 pm | No Comment
Edinburgh airport for sale

The decision by BAA to sell Edinburgh Airport instead of Glasgow might seem surprising to some. After all, Edinburgh has more passengers, is based in Scotland’s capital and had money invested last year to spruce up the departure lounges.

Bruno Loubet turns up the heat at Barbados Food & Wine and Rum Festival
By: The Editor | October 19, 2011 – 6:12 am | No Comment
Bruno Loubet turns up the heat at Barbados Food & Wine and Rum Festival

Lovers of good food, good drink and good weather will be wishing they had booked a break in Barbados this week.

Is Peruvian food the next big thing?
By: The Editor | October 18, 2011 – 7:00 am | No Comment
Is Peruvian food the next big thing?

This week the capital is going crazy over Peruvian food thanks to the Cookbook Cafe at InterContinental London Park Lane’s ‘Flavours of Peru’ – a week-long gourmet food festival celebrating contemporary Peruvian cuisine, in association with the Embassy of Peru.

The only way is… Dalston
By: The Editor | October 17, 2011 – 6:00 am | No Comment
The only way is… Dalston

We’ve had The Only Way Is Essex, Made in Chelsea and Geordie Shore and now it seems the spotlight is set to fall on Dalston

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Westfield Stratford a stunning success
By: The Editor | October 16, 2011 – 6:52 am | No Comment
Westfield Stratford a stunning success

An incredible four million shoppers have visited the £1.45 billion Westfield Stratford City shopping centre, since it opened its doors on September 13

Travelling without insurance is risky business
By: The Editor | October 14, 2011 – 10:48 am | No Comment
Travelling without insurance is risky business

Research by the Association of British Travel Agents has revealed that a fifth of Britons go abroad on holiday without taking out travel insurance.

Crash course for BA frequent flyers
By: The Editor | October 13, 2011 – 6:33 am | No Comment
Crash course for BA frequent flyers

British Airways is planning to offer a new perk for its frequent flyers: a course on how to survive a plane crash.

Win a pair of tickets to the Cruise Show
By: The Editor | October 12, 2011 – 9:00 am | No Comment
Win a pair of tickets to the Cruise Show

Thanks to the team at the Cruise Show we have 20 pairs of tickets to give away. Held in Glasgow at the SCCC on 23rd and 24th October and at the NEC in Birmingham from the 29-30th October

Bottoms up north: beer cheaper there, than the south
By: The Editor | October 12, 2011 – 6:18 am | No Comment
Bottoms up north: beer cheaper there, than the south

British beer lovers should head north. The weather may be grim up north, but the cheap beer will cheer you no end.

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Beating the luggage restriction rules
By: The Editor | October 11, 2011 – 6:16 am | 3 Comments
Beating the luggage restriction rules

Sick of being charged to check in luggage on the low cost carriers or worried about being forced to pay excess fees on the other airlines?

Egyptian Pyramids top to-see list
By: The Editor | October 10, 2011 – 9:55 pm | No Comment
Egyptian Pyramids top to-see list

Egypt may have hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons this year (the clashes in Cairo earlier this week killed 25 people and injured more than 300), but the Egyptian pyramids remain the sight most people want to see before they die.

Snap happy: Stanfords to host Insight Guides’ travel photography master class
By: The Editor | October 10, 2011 – 6:23 am | No Comment
Snap happy: Stanfords to host Insight Guides’ travel photography master class

Hands up everyone who has dreamt of earning a living by travelling to far away places and taking photographs?

Bolly good news for Ireland
By: The Editor | October 7, 2011 – 12:30 pm | No Comment
Bolly good news for Ireland

Ireland could be on the brink of a boom in tourism thanks to a brand new Bollywood blockbuster.