Unexpected Revelations – a day in St Albans
Despite being just 19 minutes by train from London-St Pancras, the buzzing market town of St Albans is one of southeast England’s best kept secrets, writes Gillian Thornton. It was…
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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…
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Monarch – the fall out
The collapse of Monarch Airlines has yet again thrown a spotlight on the disparity of protection between package holidaymakers and those who just buy scheduled airline tickets, writes Roger Bray…
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Travel photography show hosts summer party
By Gillian Thornton. It was a welcome return in August to Greenwich for our Summer Party which this year took place in the spacious surroundings of the Stockwell Street Gallery…
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Tourism Awards – we want your nominations
Have you been knocked out by a new museum or some other stunning tourist attraction? It’s time to put up candidates for this year’s prestigious BGTW Tourism Awards. Liz Gill…
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Montezuma and Medical Rescue
A BGTW Evening on Travel Health Montezuma’s revenge, the trots, whichever your preferred euphemism – most of us have suffered from diarrhoea on the road. But have we received the…
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Video: AGM 2017 in La Champagne, France
Here are some video highlights from our recent trip to the Champagne region of France for this year’s British Guild of Travel Writers AGM. Merci beaucoup La Champagne & L’Ardenne!…
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1.7m Impressions of La Champagne & L’Ardenne
Last week, just under 90 BGTW travel writers, bloggers, photographers & broadcasters visited Reims in Northern France for our Annual General Meeting, and afterwards around 60 stayed on to explore…
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The Guild AGM : It’s a military operation – BGTW AGM Champagne 2017
This weekend, the advance guard of the BGTW will be heading out to Reims in France at the start of this year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM). The Guild AGM is…
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Glittering prizes: The winners of the 2016 BGTW ITA awards
The BGTW’s annual awards for the best developments in tourism are always eagerly awaited. Here’s a full list of the winners and the highly commended – voted for by our…
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Charity Raffle prize generosity raises £4067 – BGTW Events 2016
To all the generous providers of prizes for the charity raffle at our annual gala awards dinner – a big thank you. A mighty big thank you too from Survival…
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Guild members scoop top Travel Media Awards 2016
Two Guild members took top honours in this year’s Travel Media Awards at a ceremony at London’s ME Hotel. James Lowen emerged as the winner in the Travel Guidebook of the…
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Twitter & Instagram for beginners – BGTW Events 2016
Though it was designed for the uninitiated the Guild’s latest tutorial on social media – “Twitter & Instagram for Beginners” – might have produced the odd nugget for old hands, too…
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Masterclass: How to monetise your blog – BGTW Events 2016
Whether by accident or design – I like to think the latter – there was a perfect match between the two presenters at the BGTW Masterclass on How to Monetise…
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Landscape study – Guild visits Blenheim Palace
Gillian Thornton reports on a Guild tour of Blenheim Palace: As thank you presents go, Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire ranks up there with the very best. A gift to military…
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A busy April for Guild bloggers – BGTW News 2016
Geoff Moore – a blogging virgin – reports on the changing face of travel media: My blogging baptism took place in April at the Traverse 16 blogger conference* in Cardiff – an international…
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A night in the pub – BGTW members’ events 2016
Neil Taylor reports on the Guild’s March social evening: Staying in a pub seems such an obvious thing to do that it is amazing, as Guild members discovered at our…
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Paragliding: getting your second wind – Tenerife AGM 2016
Lindsay Sutton takes to the air. NEVER mind ‘The Wrong Kind of Trousers.’ We had ‘The Wrong Kind of Wind,’ if you’ll pardon the expression. No, not related to tummy…
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Walking among volcanoes – Tenerife AGM 2016
Last night we squinted through the dusk to follow the rocky, uneven path that led us back from a fiery sunset looking down into the gaping mouth of Pico Viejo, and…
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Mount Teide – Tenerife AGM 2016
They say the altitude might affect you. Hardly surprising. The Teleferico Teide cable car shoots up to the upper station at 29kmh in a matter of minutes and suddenly you’re at…
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Whale trail – Tenerife AGM 2016
Liz Gill spots pilot whales and bottle-nosed dolphins off the coast of Tenerife I’m not much of a betting person but a 99 per cent chance should be good enough for…
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