Former travel & aviation correspondent;/travel editor London Evening Standard. Coveered major travel industry events over 45 years, eg on birth and collapses of tour operating giants, rise of low cost flying - and as passenger of first commercial flight of Concorde Has freelanced for outlets inc. Financial Times, Guardian, Times, Mail on Sunday, Has broadcast on BBC., LBC. Author (with late Vladimir Raitz) Flight to the Sun., a history of the poast war growth of mass travel.. Member of committee advising on financialprotection for air tholiday consumers. Vetteran hikers and skier - has skied over 140 resorts/ski areas - from Box Hill in Surrey to Kashmir.