Late travel deals: May 22

Lyme Regis villa for a week, £300; the Greek islands for a week, £399; a week in Turkey, £183; a fortnight in...

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Airline tie-ups loom as crunch hits

A combination of declining passenger numbers and high fuel costs is driving British and American carriers into each other’s arms

Neofile

Singapore's Grand Prix, Vegas' chocolate extravaganza and more new ideas in travel

Rain doesn't end drought forecasts for Spain

Villa pools will be filled say tour operators, but tourists should be braced for water shortages this summer

Travel news in brief from The Sunday Times

Embrace dirty Naples, see the Dead Sea Scrolls, the von Trapp family hotel and more travel news

Good gear

The smart water bottle, light weight waterproof jacket and in-car iPod

Confessions of a tourist: Good things come to those who wait

Day 1, church. Day 2, castle. Day 3, bed. Our correspondent takes a saucy city tour

My hols: Richard La Gravenese

The film director sticks to the script for his Mediterranean classic

BA will ground jets over rising fuel cost

British Airways to ground part of its fleet to cut costs and stem potential losses caused by the crippling price of fuel

BA will stay on course despite the turbulence

Having had one of its best years, British Airways is now facing one of its most challenging

Great Barrier Reef to get eco-friendly floating hotel

Hotel to be built off Australia's coast will generate its own power using turbines, solar panels and underwater generators

More operators add package holiday surcharges

The number of operators adding surcharges to published prices has jumped from 15 to 23 over the past fortnight

Your worst travel moments

We received holiday nightmares from readers across the globe. And The Sunday Times writers thought they had it bad . . .

Late travel deals: May 17

Vegas for 3 nights for £649, Norfolk walking break for £492 and a luxury break at the Monaco Grand Prix for £4,000

Jaipur bomb fails to deter tourists

Bombs that killed 63 people in India this week have not affected the number of British tourists visiting the Pink City

BA chief waives bonus after T5 fiasco

Willie Walsh says bonus would be inappropriate, but 42,000 staff will share £35m ahead of a review to cut flights

China earthquake - the survivors' tales

Judy Ling Wong was fulfilling a lifelong dream to cuddle a panda when the world exploded around her

BA boss faces bumpy ride over profits and fuel

Rising fuel costs erode airline's financial prospects amid threat of chaos as pilots plan strike over Open Skies operation

iPod docking stations on airplanes

Air New Zealand to equip 18 aircraft with systems allowing iPod users to play video on seatback screens