Meet the people who make Singapore Changi Airport one of the world’s best, from gardeners who nurture 700,000 plants and 800 BUTTERFLIES to the team that creates ‘wow’ moments

by travel expert | Nov 19, 2024 | Latest Travel News

Singapore Changi Airport is one of the best airports in the world – and the No.1 in the eyes of many travellers.It was ranked second in the ‘Oscars for Airports’ this year, won the accolade consecutively from 2013 to 2020 and came first in 2023.The secret...

I’m a pilot… here’s why the windows on airplanes are round

by travel expert | Nov 18, 2024 | Latest Travel News

A pilot has lifted the lid on the real reason why airplane windows are round instead of square. Captain Steve often shares safety tips on all things flying to his TikTok channel, where he boasts over 53,000 followers. Most recently, the veteran pilot took to...

What cost of living crisis? Over a third of Britons are planning to take MORE holidays in 2025 than this year

by travel expert | Nov 18, 2024 | Latest Travel News

Over a third (36 per cent) of Britons are planning to take more holidays in 2025 compared to 2024, despite the cost of living crisis, according to a new survey.This figure rises to 55 per cent for the 25-34 age group, the poll revealed, with 41 per cent overall...

Legendary Italian grandmothers are accused of faking their ‘homemade’ pasta and selling ‘delicacies’ from a packet – sparking a BRAWL on street

by travel expert | Nov 18, 2024 | Latest Travel News

Pasta-making grandmothers in the Italian city of Bari have staged angry protests this weekend after being accused of passing off factory products for hand-made delicacies.Famous for the ‘orecchiette’ or ‘little ears’ they sell, a type of pasta...

Underwater robot discovers a never-before-seen creature at the junction of three tectonic plates in the Pacific Ocean – as baffled viewers dub it the ‘forbidden toilet scrubber’

by travel expert | Nov 18, 2024 | Latest Travel News

At first glance at this creature, you’d be forgiven for mistaking it for a sparkly pair of fake eyelashes.But the creature is very much real and was discovered at the junction of three tectonic plates in the Pacific Ocean.Researchers from the Schmidt Ocean...

Boris Johnson visits Easter Island – ‘the place to be to avoid nuclear fall-out from WWIII’. While he’s there the former PM sets about solving the mystery of its enigmatic statues…

by travel expert | Nov 18, 2024 | Latest Travel News

Wow, I think, as we cycle the deserted road. If you are really worried about World War Three – and you want to avoid the nuclear fall-out – then this is the place to be.You never saw a landscape so enchanting or so lonely. It’s barely 7pm and there’s plenty of light...