Namibia licences elephant cull

Africa’s few remaining desert elephants are facing extinction after the Namibian government issued shooting permits

Qantas plane maintenance is 'below standard'

Safety authority orders the embattled Australian airline to update its maintenance programme after series of incidents

India's criminal tours

Explore Rajasthan with a reformed criminal, New York's £50 hotel and more travel style news

China's border blood tests

Visa aren't the only hurdle into China, plus more travel news in brief

Naples chefs slam over-priced pizza

Restaurant owners accused of ripping off tourists by charging £3

Confessions of a Tourist: ‘That’s not the kind of room service we offer, madam...’

Lucy Barnet booked a posh hotel for her husband’s birthday, but her romantic surprise didn’t go quite as planned

My hols: Lucy Fleming

For all her gloebtrotting, the actress and niece of the James Bond author, Ian, loves Scotland and Cornwall

Caribbean crunch as XL Airways pulls out

Thousands of holidaymakers face a scramble for substitute seats after XL cancelled its entire Caribbean winter schedule

Ryanair fuel ration angers pilots

Pilots denounce as 'insane' attempts to pressurise them into flying with less fuel by imposing a cap on safety reserves

Australia's 'man drought'

Sheila's out-number chaps Down Under, the 'Olympics Effect', and more travel news in brief

Transatlantic airline Zoom collapses

Hundreds stranded as flights by low-cost airline operating between Britain and US are stopped Watch our video

Profile - John Boyle, flamboyant Zoom co-owner

The controversial joint owner and founder of Zoom airlines is battling to save his business

Zoom passengers vent anger after collapse

Collapse of airline owned by Scottish brothers leaves thousands facing bills or cancelled holidays Watch video

Q&A: getting a refund from a bankrupt airline

Ginny McGrath explains what to do if you've booked with Zoom Airlines, which has goes bust

How the climbers are destroying Mont Blanc

Every summer thousands of tourists with no climbing experience try to reach the summit. Now the mayor has demanded change

Adventure travel goes grey

Companies are redesigning brochures and providing better-quality hotels to woo high-spending customers aged over 50

Hens and stags continue to party

The trend to have your hen and stag weekend abroad continues despite escalating costs

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