September 2007
Green Special: hotel chains go eco-friendly, airlines and their emissions, the green business trip, and a user's guide to carbon offsetting. Plus destination pieces on Milan, Ho Chi Minh City, Beijing, Mumbai, Puglia and London Docklands.In this issue...
Tried and Tested
Hotel check: Hilton Limerick
Limerick, Ireland — full story »
Hotel check: Copthorne Newcastle
Newcastle, UK — full story »
Lounge check: London Gatwick
Arrivals lounge, Gatwick North Terminal — full story »
Hotel check: ITC Grand Central
Mumbai, India — full story »
Hotel check: Leela Kempinski Mumbai
Mumbai, India — full story »
Hotel check: Park Hyatt Seoul
Seoul, South Korea — full story »
Hotel check: Principe di Savoia
Milan, Italy — full story »
Flight check: British Airways
London Heathrow-Hong Kong, New Club World — full story »
Special Reports
Something in the air
Aviation is the new bogeyman for eco-warriors, but are airlines getting an unduly rough ride? Gary Noakes investigates — full story »
The eco traveller
How hard is it to reduce your emissions when travelling on business? Take a trip to San Francisco to find out, says Gabriella Le Breton — full story »
Staying green
Hotels are notoriously wasteful of energy, but so then are their guests. Guy Dittrich looks at how the chains are helping us mend our ways — full story »
Carbon offsetting: a user's guide
As frequent flyers many of us feel guilty about our carbon footprint, but is offsetting a valid solution or just money down the drain? Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker finds some answers — full story »
Destinations
City lights
More air travellers are making the trip to Docklands than ever before, but will its rapid growth bring problems for City Airport, asks Alex McWhirter — full story »
Eastern promise
The success of Canary Wharf, City Airport, the Excel exhibition centre and the reinvigorated Dome has led to new business, and new hotels, in London's Docklands — full story »
The Vietnam vibe
When the World Trade Organisation accepted Vietnam as its 150th member in 2006, it marked the start of a new era for the socialist republic. Thin Lei Win Elkin meets the foreign entrepreneurs who are riding the wave of prosperity in Ho Chi Minh City — full story »
And counting...
With less than a year to go before the world's premier sporting event unfolds, Beijing's hotels are gearing up to welcome the Olympic hordes. Margie T Logarta reports on the preparations — full story »
A taste for business
Whether your trip to Milan involves a sophisticated business dinner or a traditional lunch with friends, Jennifer Sharp has the venue — full story »
Lifestyle
Is there a virtual doctor on board?
A new telemedicine device can help cabin crew diagnose an ill passenger in-flight. So why are airlines slow to sign up, asks Katharine Cooke — full story »
Keeping in touch
Making calls over the internet is big business, but with so many different handsets and packages available it can be hard to know where to start. Mark Prigg answers the call for help... — full story »
What a carry on
While the current restrictions on hand luggage apply, choosing the right bag is all-important. Lucinda Housley gets on board — full story »
Frequent traveller
New York blues: In which our correspondent loses a taxi, dodges lightning, wonders whether arrivals lounges are misnamed, and finally gets lost — full story »
Golfing around Puglia
While others are fighting for space on the crowded beaches of Sicily or Sardinia, the south-eastern region of Puglia – the stiletto heel of Italy – is the perfect place to spoil a good walk, as Minty Clinch discovers — full story »
