Two Guild members were honoured in the 2018Â Visit USA (UK) Association media awards . They were: Aaron Millar, winner…
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Croatia is a turquoise-watered, pebbly-beached hit among many Guild members. It has a fascinating history, lashings of sunshine, the freshest…
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Famous gardens revived
Peter Jolly reports on the restoration of the once hugely popular Leonardslee Gardens Not content with buying one of…
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Sardinian indulgence
Sardinia hopes to attract more UK visitors out of season – but what can it offer in the cooler…
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Take time for the Theyyam
The fishing town of Kannur in northern Kerala is an excellent base to discover one of India’s strangest and most…
Once again, Guild members reigned supreme at a media awards event – this time, the event in question was the…
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Members’ News: Spring 2018
ISSUED BY THE BRITISH GUILD OF TRAVEL WRITERS Issue No.57; May 2018 CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE Welcome to our latest quarterly news…
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Leipzig – Bach to the present
Bryn Frank has travelled widely in Germany, but has a special fondness for the less well known east and north…
Last week Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL) took possession of their latest cruise ship, Norwegian Bliss, during an on board signing…
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Zimbabwe: Tourism renaissance?
In November 2017 Zimbabwe experienced a change of president. Robert Mugabe, who spent almost 30 years as the head of…
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Holland awards for Guild members
Three Guild members were winners at this year’s France Travel Media Awards (FTMA), held at Carousel in Marylebone on Tuesday 27 February.
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Wilde Success
Three Guild members were winners at this year’s France Travel Media Awards (FTMA), held at Carousel in Marylebone on Tuesday 27 February.
Masterchef finalists? Maybe not yet. But a Guild group left a favourable impression in the teaching kitchen at Chewton Glen,…
Robin McKelvie is an Edinburgh based member of the BGTW. He has written over a thousand articles about Scotland for…
Three Guild members were winners at this year’s France Travel Media Awards (FTMA), held at Carousel in Marylebone on Tuesday 27 February.
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Images of a New Forest Winter
It may be soggy underfoot. Trees may be black and skeletal against a steely sky. A hard frost may dazzle…
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Secrets of the New Forest
A January day in Hampshire, in the wake of the Guild’s AGM in Brockenhurst, proved an eye-opener for Bill Birkett…..…
In December 2017, the British Guild of Travel Writers visited Riga and Sigulda, in Latvia. Here, Simon Willmore relives the…
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In the Spotlight: Claire Dodd
New member Claire Dodd recently won the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s Best Online Feature award for 2017. Read it here: http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/americas/haiti-tourism-travel-best-bits-facts-attractions-gain-more-travellers-a7723706.html.…
If the Government appears to be heading for a European divorce on a wing and a prayer, how apt is…
In October, the British Guild of Travel Writers held a members’ event about blogging at The Chesterfield Mayfair hotel, London.…