Paris: the best new luxury hotels

Recent openings have given the city some of the world’s most luxurious hotels. Natasha Edwards offers a guide.

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Paris: the best new luxury hotels

Former manse is world’s best B&B

A former manse close to Loch Ness has been voted the best bed-and-breakfast establishment in the world.

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Highland holiday ranked in top 20

The Scottish Highlands have been named as one of the top 20 places in the world to go for a holiday.

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Highland holiday ranked in top 20

Cup bid failure ‘blow to tourism’

England’s failure to host the 2018 World Cup has dealt UK tourism a huge blow.

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Cup bid failure ‘blow to tourism’

UK airports enjoy ‘top approaches’

Two UK airports – one a busy inner-city hub, the other featuring a beach runway – are among the world’s top 10 most stunning aerial approaches in a list published on Sunday.

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Electric car completes epic journey

An electric sportscar developed by British engineers has finished a remarkable road trip on the Panamerican Highway, travelling from near the Arctic Circle in Alaska to the world’s southernmost city without a single blast of carbon dioxide emissions.

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Women ‘make better holiday plans’

Women are more decisive than men about their holiday plans, a survey by travel trade show World Travel Market (WTM) has revealed.

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Women ‘make better holiday plans’

Travel event embraces sport tourism

Sports tourism in the run up to the 2012 London Olympics will take centre stage at World Travel Market (WTM) which opens in London.

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Call to axe plan for 250mph trains

The Government should scrap plans to make its proposed high-speed rail (HSR) line the fastest in the world so the countryside can be protected, a green group has said.

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World tourism award for Kent coast

The Kent coast has been voted one of the world’s top 12 destinations for 2011 by a leading travel guide book.

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