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48 hours in: Cape Town
With Table Mountain providing a spectacular backdrop, Harriet O’Brien soaks up
the culture of South Africa’s coastal gem before it gets swamped by football
fever
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Inside Travel
The 50 best UK hotels
Saturday, 6 February 2010
From family-friendly boltholes and luxury boutiques to city-centre crash pads,
Rhiannon Batten offers the experts’ guide to the UK’s greatest places to
stay
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Belfast to Manchester flights for £10
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
Low cost airline bmibaby is offering flights from Belfast to Manchester at a
guaranteed fare of £10 one way including taxes.
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48 hours in: Atlanta
Monday, 1 February 2010
The home of the world’s busiest airport is also the heart of the civil rights
movement — and much more, says Harriet O’Brien
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Air New Zealand offers 'skycouch' for passengers
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
Passengers using Air New Zealand’s ‘Skycouch’ will have to pay for three seats
on the plane
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Interns recruited to travel world
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
A leading travel firm has launched a drive to recruit interns to jet around the world to draw up advice and information to share with tourists and other travellers.
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48 hours in: Geneva
Monday, 25 January 2010
Amid dramatic mountains, this lakeside city breathes understated opulence and
is awash with artistic expression. By Nicholas Murray
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48 hours in: Berlin
Monday, 18 January 2010
As the German capital prepares for the Long Night of the Museums festival,
extend your enjoyment of the city’s delights. By Mick Webb
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Goa bans bikini ads to go 'clean'
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
The tourism industry in Goa is backing a ban on adverts with pictures of bikini-clad women in a bid to promote the state as a family holiday destination.
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48 hours in: Antwerp
Monday, 11 January 2010
Diamonds, Rubens, waffles and contemporary fashion — indulge in a winter visit
to this cosmopolitan Belgian city. By Matthew Bell
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Traveller profiling may be used at UK airports
Wednesday, 6 January 2010
Ministers are considering using controversial passenger profiling in response
to the attempted Detroit plane bombing and full body scanners will soon be
operating at Heathrow.
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Belfast Telegraph travel show returns
Wednesday, 6 January 2010
The Belfast Telegraph Holiday World Show returns to the King’s Hall, Belfast, from
January 15-17, bringing with it a cosmopolitan mix of travel ideas.
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Biggest holiday companies ‘offer some of the worst service’
Tuesday, 5 January 2010
Some of the biggest holiday companies offer the poorest service, according to
a Which? magazine survey out yesterday.
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Air passengers to US face more searches
Monday, 4 January 2010
Passengers flying into the US from Nigeria, Yemen and other "countries of interest" are facing extra screening, such as body scans and pat-downs, the Transportation Security Administration has said.
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48 hours in: London
Monday, 4 January 2010
With world-class shopping, diverse restaurants and great riverside
attractions, the British capital has plenty to offer. By Simon Calder
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Huge mark-ups that make travel toiletries so costly
Tuesday, 29 December 2009
Northern reland holidaymakers buying up mini toiletries allowed on planes as
hand luggage are facing exorbitant mark-ups, the Belfast Telegraph can
reveal today.
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Northern Ireland flyers avoid delay on US route
Tuesday, 29 December 2009
Local passengers travelling on the only flight leaving Northern Ireland
yesterday to the United States managed to make their journey without delay
despite serious disruption to US-bound flights around the world following
the attempt to blow up a plane on Christmas Day.
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Heathrow’s new security causes few complications
Tuesday, 29 December 2009
Advance warnings about a step-up in airport security meant passengers at
London's Heathrow experienced a smooth start to their journeys yesterday.
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Simon Calder: This extra airport security suffers from a fundamental flaw
Monday, 28 December 2009
Shortly before Christmas a couple of years ago, I approached the check-in desk
at a Spanish airport.
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Travel desinations to inspire you in 2010
Saturday, 26 December 2009
'New' countries are all the rage as the year turns, but for once we can report
a genuinely new nation: on 10/10/10, the Dutch Antilles will be dissolved,
and Curacao and Sint Maarten will become autonomous; two new nations for the
list-tickers.
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Belfast City Airport is fastest growing in UK
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
George Best Belfast City is the fastest growing airport in the UK, new figures indicate.
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Mobiles on planes
Airlines are to install technology that allows passengers to use mobiles during flights. Do you think this is a good idea?
Airlines are to install technology that allows passengers to use mobiles during flights. Do you think this is a good idea?
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