The fishing town of Kannur in northern Kerala is an excellent base to discover one of India’s strangest and most…
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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.…
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Another fine meze
On a culinary odyssey in Istanbul, Isabel Conway goes in search of the world’s finest kebab… Ottoman ruler Sultan Mehmet…
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Through the Lens of Nori Jemil
The BGTW Photographer of the Year 2017, Nori Jemil recalls some of her travels as she shares some of the…
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Raffle raises £5000 for Joliba Trust
With such a mouthwatering array of prizes up for grabs it’s small wonder that guests and BGTW members stumped up…
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Award for Peter Ellegard
Guild member Peter Ellegard has won the Best Travel Trade Feature category in the 2017 Caribbean Tourism Organisation Awards –…