Fiji is well known for being one of the happiest places on earth. To celebrate this fact, Tourism Fiji have created the Happiness Test on facebook – helping you discover your happiness profile

As regular CD-Traveller readers will know, Kaye loves London so why did she leave?

The ancient Hawaiian kings practised it here and you can too: could there be any better place to learn surfing than the warm, tropical waters that legendary surfer Duke Kahanamoku called home? Aloha!

Today is the 100th anniversary of creating Canberra, a spot that was devised since neither Melbourne nor Sydney would accept the other as the Australian capital. So over the years it has been derided by the two. Being largely peopled by politicians and civil servants – two of the most disliked groups of people known [...]

City’s Tourism Industry generated $55.3 Billion in economic impact and employed 356,000 New Yorkers in the City’s hospitality sector across all five boroughs

The new year often seems to begin when we see the magnificent firework display that Sydney puts on every year. At 13.00 hours today it is midnight in Sydney. Then the fun begins and spreads throughout the world until we wind down with celebrations in Brazil and other Latin American countries.

Most of us need a jolt of caffeine to get things firing. Wherever you find yourself waking up, here are the rules for ordering the perfect coffee

CD-Traveller tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world. This month Birmingham has been given a boost but British cuisine hasn’t fared so well

Author and ex Bondi resident, Lucille Howe, shares an extract from her new novel – Bondi Blonde – in which the book’s protagonist Emily encounters Bondi for the very first time, exclusively with CD-Traveller readers

Fuel up the 4WD and get ready, because Queensland’s outback is about to explode into a dirt busting riot of colour, cowboys, horse races and oddly enough, operas, as the state gears up for a calendar of events designed to put the best of the Aussie state’s country folk, and the beasts behind them, on show

As Queensland week – seven days of celebration of the state’s separation from New South Wales – closes for another year, we asked our friends at Tourism Queensland for the ultimate Top 10 Queensland experiences

Heading down under to Darwin – the sole Australian destination chosen by internationally renowned travel guide publishers, Lonely Planet,as one of the ‘Top 10 cities to visit in 2012?’

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

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

Felix Lowe, a freelance travel writer and photographer, explores Australia’s interior in style

Ewe celebrating St Patrick’s Day? Even a flock of sheep in Scotland wants to be ‘seen in green’ this weekend!
 

CD-Traveller tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world. This month, Spain and skiing holidays both get a big thumbs up, but readers are advised to think twice before booking a bungee jump in Zambia or getting a tattoo in Bali

Unless you have spent the past year living on another planet, you’ll know that times are tough and money is tight. Happily, however, you can still get some winter sun without having to remortage your house.

The CD-Traveller team share their top 2011 travel experiences and look at the top spots for 2012

Cruise veteran, Viv, reveals why cruise ships are sometime forced to change their itinerary

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).

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

As Remembrance Sunday approaches, Anthony Lydekker looks at what’s going on across the country and reflects on this annual tradition

UPDATE: 11/11/2011 The 2018 Commonwealth Games will be held in the Gold Coast making it the fifth time that an Australian city will have hosted the Games.This is the slogan for the Gold Coast

Remember voting for which travel companies you thought were the best in the British Travel Awards? Altogether, 700,000 votes were received. Last Wednesday the winners were announced.

UPDATE: 5 Nov. Qantas is now offering free tickets to anywhere in Australia to those who were caught up in the shut-down. If you were involved and haven’t been contacted by the airline, do so yourself. Passengers entitled are those with bookings between October 29-31st.
It’s been a week from hell for Qantas.

I happened to see the Sarah Jessica Parker film, I Don’t Know How She Does It, last night. The film, based on Alison Pearson’s best selling novel, was shot in Boston and had the effect of making me want to book a break in Boston.

Lonely Planet, the travel guide publisher, lets us in on the world’s most romantic spots