Universal’s new Super Nintendo World in Japan will have a real-life version of Super Mario 

Universal’s new Super Nintendo World will let visitors play real-life versions of their favourite video games, including Super Mario The new theme park will open this summer at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka One experience will be based on Super Mario’s Mushroom Kingdom Universe Visitors will wear wristbands to collect digital coins – just like Mario … Read more

Southampton Airport employs a pack of therapy dogs to help soothe nervous flyers

Airport employs a pack of therapy dogs to help soothe nervous flyers and passengers with hidden disabilities The dogs, called the Canine Crew, will be stationed at Southampton Airport  They will patrol the arrival and departure halls with their volunteer handlers  The dogs are ‘fully temperament tested and highly experienced in their trade’   By Jennifer … Read more

The world’s top 100 hotel suites revealed, from Las Vegas to The Lanesborough in London 

Here’s a tantalising glimpse through the keyholes of the hotel rooms the world’s wealthiest people occupy. Private jet lifestyle magazine Elite Traveler has drawn up a list of the 100 best hotel suites in the world, which includes the 10 biggest – and the 10 most expensive. The grand, jaw-dropping tour of opulence takes in … Read more

The REAL-LIFE fairy-tale landscape: Images capture Switzerland’s beautiful Lauterbrunnen valley

The REAL-LIFE fairy-tale mountain landscape: Incredible images capture Switzerland’s impossibly beautiful Lauterbrunnen valley (though you might be forgiven for thinking it’s Hollywood CGI at work) Lauterbrunnen Valley is a ‘trough valley’ that contains no less than 72 waterfalls – one is 1,000ft high The valley town of Lauterbrunnen sits at an elevation of 795 metres … Read more

Traveller flies to Mexico for the air miles – but ends up in jail at the hands of corrupt police

A frequent flyer claims he ended up in a Mexican jail at the hands of corrupt police officers during a trip he took to reach a special loyalty status with an airline. TV and internet producer Andrew Kimmel, from Los Angeles, tells of his extraordinarily rotten luck on his Twitter account – a tale so … Read more

London Heathrow had its busiest year ever in 2019 with 80.9million passengers using the airport

Revealed: Heathrow had its busiest year ever in 2019 with a record 80.9million passengers using the airport Heathrow says passenger growth was down to availability of larger planes The airport also had its busiest ever December welcoming 6.7million passengers  UK services saw the biggest surge last month followed by flights to Middle East   By Jennifer … Read more

Post Office reveals the top 10 destinations where the pound will go further from Bulgaria to Tokyo

You’re planning a budget break. You’ve looked into flights and hotels. But what about everything else?  The new annual Post Office Travel Money report tots up the cost of a ‘tourist basket’ of eight holiday staples in 42 top-choice destinations for British tourists.  Thanks to the resurgent pound, more than three-quarters of the list is … Read more