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THINK gin and tonic yoga! Times are changing. No longer do we want just massages, facials and nail treatments.

WELLNESS retreats are tempting luxury travellers as the coronavirus lockdown eases this summer.

BEDS are the biggest concern for travellers when it comes to hotels reopening this summer.

SO MUCH for getting back to nature. The real holiday winners are Las Vegas and cruise companies.

LUXURY holidays will be the first to get booked up as they already offer socially distancing and exclusivity.

SO WOW: this is egg coffee. I’d dropped into the legendary Café Giang in Hanoi to try this iconic brew from where it was born.

PEOPLE shouldn’t count on a coronavirus vaccine any time soon - despite what politicians say - a top scientist warns.

DESPITE growing criticism of the Government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis, trust in it is as a record 20 year high.

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You’ve had Champagne, tasted Prosecco, tried Cava, now who’s for a Crémant?
IT’S the fabulous festive fizz from France that’s about to burst the prosecco bubble.

Feastern Europe
TUCKED away in the north-east corner of Slovenia is a tasty food-lover’s paradise.

Living in Lima
AFTER backpacking around Peru Natalie Chalk is hooked but finds teaching English in Lima to be full of surprises.

Experience Denmark’s second city, Aarhus
DESPITE those Scandi-noir sagas and Sarah Lund jumpers, Denmark has been voted the happiest place on the planet.

July 2020

From the blog: Just for fun

60 seconds: North Korean rice wine
IT might not be on every wine lovers bucket list but a bottle from North Korea could soon become highly sought after.