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On Runway Patrol: How safe is take-off?

Monday, 8 February 2010

Heathrow's runway patrol - the people with the toughest jobs in aviation.

New Copenhagen hotel one of the "world's greenest"

Monday, 8 February 2010

A new hotel in Copenhagen is promising to be one of the world's greenest, as hotel chains expand their offerings outside of guest comfort alone.

Tips and deals of the week: 07/02/2010

Sunday, 7 February 2010

Deals of the weekSail to France for £20Snap up a cheap ferry ticket from LD Lines during half-term between Dover and Boulogne, Newhaven and Dieppe, and Portsmouth and Le Havre. Go to ldlines.com

Kate Simon: Make sure your sums add up when you plan a cheap break

Sunday, 7 February 2010

So where are you going this summer? The British lead the world in putting together holidays on the internet, and, according to British Airways, we have become so bargain hungry that more of us than ever are now booking trips within a week of departure. Yet the tradition of buying a summer holiday at the turn of the New Year remains.

Cruise lines explore new forms of on-board entertainment

Sunday, 7 February 2010

Cruise line Cunard has announced that it is to launch a lecture series on board its transatlantic crossings from April.

Travel Agenda: National Maritime Museum Cornwall; San Francisco's Asian Art Museum; Amanyara resort

Saturday, 6 February 2010

Today: Throw light on the towers that protect ships from hazardous coastlines: the National Maritime Museum Cornwall in Falmouth opens an exhibition entitled "Lighthouses: Life on the Rocks". Running for two years, it will display a four-ton optic, reconstructed living quarters, artefacts, photos and narratives (nmmc.co.uk).

Travel challenge: A Thai beach holiday

Saturday, 6 February 2010

Every week we invite competing companies to give us their best deal for a specified holiday. Today: a 10-night beach holiday in Thailand. Prices are for two people, departing at the end of February and include flights from Heathrow, accommodation and transfers.

Simon Calder: Staying out of foreign jails - the inside story

Saturday, 6 February 2010

You know the feeling when you find a place that you just can't leave? Well, a survey, of sorts, of more than 2,500 British citizens this week reveals the places that keep us captivated. Or, more precisely, keep us captive: the Foreign Office has released figures presenting a snapshot of the 2,582 UK citizens in prison abroad.