Studies show that the number of women booking solo travel has doubled since the Covid pandemic. While travelling alone can be a freeing experience for women, it can also be fraught with perils. Here are some tips from TheKnowledgeAcademy on how women can stay safe when travelling single. Don’t just…

From an ocean crossing on a luxury liner, to the Concorde’s supersonic flights, to the present day, where travel looks to superfast trains and planes with some quite incredible facilities. Yet nothing seems to be enough anymore, and if a limit is made to be surpassed, then the future of…

One of the real problems Italy has as a tourist destination is that it has not had a dominant airline for years. Alitalia did not succeed in this, and neither has Ita Airways. Our airports are moorlands of conquest for countless airlines, especially the low-cost carriers. A strong Italian airline…

The summer boom may not have been enough to get Italy’s hotels back on their feet again after the two pandemic years. A difficult autumn is looming on the not too distant horizon, and indeed in many cases is already a reality as energy prices rise to unheard of levels.…

As summer marches on much of the travel world is seeing a return to some kind of near normal, though airports and hotels are still grappling with crippling staff shortages, and travellers with cancellations, delays and immoderate prices. But beyond all the slightly dizzy euphoria, which is more than understandable…

It’s the end of July. Holiday time. But not for everyone, and certainly not for the Italian government which is struggling with an existential crisis. Nor for the Ministry of Economy and Finance (Mef), called to decide on the sale of Ita Airways. A decision repeatedly given as imminent. But…

The historic centre of Venice will soon be accessible only on reservation and by paying an entrance ticket that will fluctuate pricewise depending on the number of visitors expected. Approved in 2019 by the City Council, and then suspended due to the pandemic, the date has now been fixed at…

For the sixth consecutive year Italy has topped the prestigious Times Awards 2022, as Best Destination Country, while the Grand Hotel a Villa Feltrinelli on Lake Garda has carried off the Best Hotel Award. The voters of the awards, that celebrate the very best in travel, were the demanding, high-spending…