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The hot topic

June 2009

  • Costa Navarino resort, Greece

    Just how green can a €1bn, 3,000-room resort really be?

    Costa Navarino in Greece could be the most ambitious tourist development ever, says Sarah Turner

April 2008

  • Iceland

    Where can you go to make your pound go further?

    The hot topic: British holidaymakers are switching their summer destinations in a bid to make their money go further. But where should they go?

  • Fog-bound BA Boeing 737, Heathrow

    Is green air travel becoming a reality?

    It sounds too good to be true - a plane so green that it produces no carbon emissions

  • Tibetan monks

    Olympic torch hits London but Tibet remains closed

    The Chinese authorities hope flame will draw visitors to China, but tourist visas to Tibet remain suspended

March 2008

  • Seattle, US

    Will open skies mean lower fares?

    The hot topic: Transatlantic air travel set to change radically as the Open Skies agreement between the US and the EU comes into effect

  • Amato Cafe at Terminal 5

    Will Heathrow Terminal 5 live up to the hype?

    At 4.50am on Thursday, flight BA026 from Hong Kong will touch down at Heathrow, and become the first passenger flight to use the new £4.3bn Terminal 5

    • Where will your holiday money go the furthest?

    • Green concerns fuel revival of the overland bus trip

    • Are we falling back in love with ferries?

February 2008

  • Dubai

    Drug laws threaten Dubai's clubbing dream

  • Lord Roy Hattersley

    Good Lord - is that our tour guide?

  • Whitby YHA

    Youth hostels get a makeover

  • Holiday deposits cut to boost early bookings

January 2008

  • Avalanche rescue team

    Red alert as avalanche deaths soar

    Skiers are being warned to take extreme care as deaths from avalanches threaten to reach record levels

October 2007

  • New levy fails to protect millions of holidaymakers

  • Should passengers foot the airport bill?

September 2007

  • Will Blackpool have something to bray about?

    Hopes for the regeneration of Blackpool, dashed when it failed to secure the UK's first supercasino, have been renewed after planning permission was granted last week for a major redevelopment of the seafront.

July 2007

  • Passengers in the rain after Terminal 4 at Heathrow was evacuated after a suspect package was found, 3 July 2007

    Heading for the airport?

  • Solitario George (Lonely George), the last giant tortoise of this species alive, native of the Galapagos Islands

    New arrivals on the Unesco world dangerlist

April 2007

  • Gatwick Airport

    Shorter airport queues, but at what price?

    Gemma Bowes: Air travellers should face shorter queues at airports in the future - but they may have to pay for it.

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