Business Traveller

Welcome to our double issue, and one that takes us over the holiday period (well, in many parts of the world) and into the beginning of a new year. It’s always a bit of a challenge to provide pieces that will encompass both the party atmosphere of De

A seasoned reporter based in Istanbul, David has worked all around south-east Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. He has been published in the Financial Times, The Independent and The Sunday Times, and has been a regular reporter for the BBC, F

AFTER ALMOST 40 YEARS OF SERVICE, Air New Zealand’s Los Angeles-London route will cease in October 2020. It is currently New Zealand’s only direct link to Europe, with passengers able to fly Auckland-Heathrow via the US west coast. Acting airline hea

What attracted you to the profession? The prospect of being in daily contact with world-class artworks. Have your travels inspired exhibitions? Absolutely. When your work is quintessentially visual, galleries, museums, exhibitions but also public

I recently flew to Philadelphia with my wife and five children. I reserved a seven-seater car with Thrifty 12 days in advance. On arrival we were told our car wasn’t available and to wait 45 minutes. That time lapsed. I was told to wait a further 30

Our family of five recently flew business class from Stockholm to Bangkok [via Doha] with Qatar Airways. We booked back in April and I did what I could to get us to sit together as we have a four-year-old. Our Stockholm-Doha flight was cancelled so w

I prefer to find the menu on my seat as I board, glance through it and make up my mind. I also like it when the crew comes around while we are still on the ground to take drink and food orders so that, after take-off, they can immediately start the s

Adare Manor is on a roll. In July it was confirmed that the luxury Limerick hotel would stage the 2026 Ryder Cup at its new Tom Fazio-designed golf course. Then, in October, its fine-dining restaurant, the Oak Room, was awarded a Michelin star less t

In the days before airlines used clever algorithms to select candidates for that elusive cabin upgrade, it was left to the discretion of the airline duty manager to bestow such an honour on a favoured passenger. I’m not saying that it was a free for

Once again, Tripadvisor has been called out for publishing fake reviews on its site, this time by Which magazine. In its August 2019 issue, Which claimed that of 250,000 reviews posted of the top ten hotels in the ten most popular tourist destination

Prior to 2008, the idea of anyone taking on the dominant banks seemed far-fetched. Despite the proliferation of internet access, innovative financial platforms were still in their infancy. Meanwhile, the combination of consumer apathy, regulatory bar

From breakfast croissants to cocktails at night, Isabel is a restaurant and bar in Mayfair that radiates glamour and life. An imaginative menu derives from the traditions of various South American-meets-Mediterranean cuisines. A friendly, fun and liv

BACKGROUND Air France received its first A350-900 in September 2019 and is set to take delivery of five more by the end of 2020. The first routes to be served were Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Bamako (Mali), Toronto and, from December 9, Cairo and Seoul. I

BACKGROUND Probably the best-known hotel in Tbilisi, if not in Georgia, this property opened in 1991 under the Marco Polo brand and became a Sheraton in 1997. It was bought in 2013 by the Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority and closed for a four-year

BACKGROUND Part of the Radisson Group’s luxury brand, this property opened in January 2019. It is owned by Georgian conglomerate Silk Road Group, as is the Radisson Blu Iveria in Tbilisi and the Radisson Blu, Batumi, in the autonomous region of Adjar

Many of us may have misplaced our passport at one time or another, but what happens if it goes missing while we’re abroad? If you’re a British national outside of the UK and don’t have time to renew or replace your passport before setting off again,

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, we are now two decades into the 21st century. A trip into the Business Traveller archive shows the different world we were living in on the eve of the new millennium. In our December 1999 issue, the editorial team bravely made a ho