Category: archive
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New Airport Planned for Madrid
Spain, which attracts 50 million tourists a year, is building its first private airport 200 km (125 miles) south of Madrid in a bid to lure budget airlines away from…
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Tours to Iraq
Budding British travel operator Don Lucey is proposing to offer tours to Iraq. Never mind the troops, killings and kidnappings, Don Lucey, a former soldier and policeman who worked in…
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MEETING NEWS
Meeting news from our branches around the world.
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Newsletter on India
If you want to keep abreast of events in India, catch the latest news on hotels, airlines and events, then take a look at this free India Newsletter. India Newsletter…
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Meeting News from London By Padmassana
Saturday 3rd July This month was the opportunity for the clubs members to show their slides to their fellow Globies. It was also our first meeting where we could try…
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Where are you sitting?
Want to check out how good the seat is on your next flight? Take a look at this: http://www.seatguru.com/ which warns you of poor seats in the general seating arrangement…
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Meeting News from New York
There will be no July and August meetings, but back in the Fall, with a new format! For details of forthcoming meetings email newyork@globetrotters.co.uk or register for email updates, click…
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Being Careful: Somalia
According to the UK Foreign Office, there is a high threat to Western, including British, interests from terrorism in Somalia, as there is in a number of countries in East…
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Spain Drink Driving
Spanish police are targeting tourist resorts in a crackdown on holidaymakers who drink and drive. Until this summer, penalties for drink-driving applied only to full-time residents with tourists being let…
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Meeting News from Ontario
For information on Ontario meetings, please contact Svatka Hermanek: shermanek@schulich.yorku.ca or Bruce Weber: tel. 416-203-0911 or Paul Webb: tel. 416-694-8259. Meetings are held on the third Friday of January, March,…
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Abercrombie & Kent on Burma Dirty List
The Burma Campaign UK has released its latest list of companies that invest in Burma, or Myanmar as it is called by the country’s military dictatorship. You may be interested…
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Cheaper Travel in SE Asia
News comes from SE Asia that some airline ticket have fallen below the cost of bus fares, with a one-way ticket between Singapore and the Thai resort of Phuket advertised…
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Michelin Route Planner
Spotted by our Webmaster, Paul, this website tells you how to drive between different places in Europe. It calculates the total number of miles, the best route and the amount…
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A New Silk Route
Forty-five years after it was first proposed, a modern version of the ancient Silk Road that once linked Asia with Europe is taking shape, in the form of a 140,000…
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Sex Toy Scare Down Under
A vibrating sex toy in a rubbish bin sparked a security scare and closed a Mackay airport in Queensland, Australia for almost an hour. An emergency was declared at the…
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Companions2Travel.co.uk
Companions2Travel matches up like-minded single people looking to travel. Companions2Travel.co.uk is a unique UK website allowing single people to combine their travel plans by simply going online and filling in…
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Mt St Helens Risk
Scientists have warned that Mount St Helens volcano in Washington state is likely to erupt again very soon. Federal authorities are evacuating everyone from a five-mile radius around the mountain. …
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Fancy a Trip into Space?
Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson has signed a £14m agreement which will allow passengers to travel into space. Branson has commissioned five “spaceliners” built in the US by the team…
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New Tunnel under the Bosporus
Work on a tunnel and rail system under the Bosporus Strait connecting Europe and Asia in has just started in Istanbul. The tunnel will be 13.7 kilometres long, (8.5 mile)…
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Electronic Ticketing
Paperless and ticketless bookings made more attractive by incentives, discounts and offers of air miles are fast becoming the way to travel. Airlines are planning to stop issuing paper tickets…