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The sunsets at The Quay Hotel are stunning

Stunning sunsets and tasty treats as idyllic Welsh hideaway

Edinburgh is set to become the first place in Scotland to introduce a Visitor Levy. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Businesses warn over adding Visitor Levy to advance bookings

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Martin Lewis shares how to book a Travelodge room for £35 or less

Resort Valle dell’Erica offers guests a luxury experience

Experience White Lotus glamour at Resort Valle dell’Erica in Sardinia

Lost Shore Surf Resort in Ratho is Scotland’s first inland surf destination with the £60m attraction boasting Europe’s largest and most advanced wave pool. The highly anticipated development was 10 years in the making and promises to be a big hit with locals and tourists. Set across 60-acres, the adventure destination also offers a range of accommodation, a café, restaurant, waterfront bar, surf school and surf shop, Surfskate Academy, Spear Sauna, and wellness treatments

13 attractions that opened in 2024 from surf resort to food market

Christie & Co has been instructed to market The Hampton, a charming hotel, bar and restaurant in Edinburgh.

Hotel with 'lively' bar, restaurant and beer garden for sale at £1.2m

Mercure Szczyrk Resort

I visited Europe’s longest hotel with stunning misty mountain views

I stayed at the Mercure Dubai Deira hotel - a hotel that is for travellers looking for local and authentic experiences to really experience the true side of the destination. (Photo: NationalWorld/Mark Hall/Isabella Boneham)

I stayed at a hotel in Dubai's Old Town - the side you should visit

40 per cent of Brits nationwide struggle to sleep during the night sky phenomenon

A third of Brits say that the moon’s phases affect their sleep quality

The problems revolve around the way Fife has been using hotels and B&Bs as temporary accommodation for people who present as homeless. (Pic: Lisa Ferguson)

Homeless risk being 'back on the streets' under emergency council plan

Khiva, near the unfinished minaret.

I went to the Central Asian country on the verge of tourism boom

There will be a variety of travel deals that you can bag this upcoming Black Friday. (Photo: NationalWorld/Mark Hall)

Major Black Friday travel deals unveiled on flights and hotels

The joys of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, with Liam Kennedy and Tui. (pic by Dominic Scurr).

I visited Egypt's desert jewel and left with smile wider than Sinai

I visited Halkidiki to see why it is one of Greece's 'unsung heroes'.

I visited Greece's 'unsung hero' destination & was blown away

9 developments that are set to change the face of the city centre

Expedia Group unpacks the eight noteworthy travel trends for 2025 - including Detour Destinations, JOMO (Joy of Missing Out) Travel and One-Click Trips.

Ad Feature Expedia, Hotels.com and Vrbo reveal the top travel trends for 2025
Today, Expedia Group unveiled Unpack ’25, the annual data-driven outlook for what’s motivating travellers and where they will go next year.
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Passengers returing to Edinburgh after a holiday were left stranded overnight after a 'drunk' passenger caused a flight to be diverted to Germany.

Holidaymakers stranded overnight after 'drunk' passenger delays flight

Jet2 have shared details of their once-in-a-lifetime trips from Edinburgh to Iceland that include Northern Lights tours.

Jet2 launch 'bucket list' trips to 'Northern Lights hotspot'

Tips for holidaymakers to be savvy with cashback offers

Get up to 50% cashback with these sneaky holiday hacks

From the summer of 2026, Jet2 will offer new routes from Edinburgh to Girona (picuted), Kefalonia and Kalamata. Photo: Pixabay.

Budget airline announces flights to three sun-soaked holiday hotspots

The social spaces are bright, modern and welcoming

I visited newly refurbed London hotel with amazing food and local wine

The flat used as a holiday let is on The Square, East Linton Picture: Google Maps

Plans to rent flat as an an Airbnb two months a year rejected

An illustration of how Flamingo Land at Loch Lomond would appear

Plans to build £40m Loch Lomond development unanimously rejected

A chicken and a pet lizard make up some of the weirdest things left in hotel rooms around the world

Some of the oddest things left in hotel rooms around the world

The House of Gods hotel in Glasgow will open in January 2024.

I was treated like a star in a luxury suite at House of Gods Glasgow

September is Food and Drink month for National World

Savour the delights of eating and drinking with Food and Drink Month

It is rare that the opportunity to design a building is the prize for entering a competition, but in 1895 W. Hamilton Beattie and A.R. Scott won the opportunity to design what was then known as The North British Station Hotel (The N.B.) - owned by the North British Railway Company. Today the building is better known as The Balmoral.

The history of The Balmoral in 6 pictures
The Balmoral Hotel is one of the world’s most luxurious hotels and it has an interesting history.
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Oasis

How much accommodation will cost during Oasis 2025 gigs in Edinburgh

Noel and Liam Gallagher on the 'Che Tempo Che Fa' Italian TV Show in 2008 (Photo: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)

Oasis reunion 2025: 7 tips to get the best prices and deals on hotels

Completed in 1902, the building was built as North Bridge was widened between the Old Town and New Town. The 190 foot structure which dominates the Old Town skyline was designed and built by Dunn & Findlay. The partnership was made up of James Bow Dunn and James Leslie Findlay. Findlay was the son of newspaper magnate and Scotsman owner John Ritchie Findlay and the newspaper soon moved into the building - giving it its name.

The story of the Scotsman Hotel in six pictures

The sea around Sardinia is spectacularly blue on a summer's day (Photo: Amber Allott)

Experience Sardinia in style at the Chia Laguna Resort

The luxury retreat will offer 27 beds, a bar and 70 cover restaurant - with a cosy lounge area featuring ‘a roaring fire and inviting nooks.’

New boutique hotel and restaurant promises ‘unforgettable stay’

Top TV chef's Rudloe Arms Hotel is offering special deals on country stays

Foodies rush to snap up TV chef's country manor break as price slashed

Exterior of the Caledonian Hotel at the east end of Princes Street Edinburgh, after being cleaned in June 1982.

29 pictures of Edinburgh hotels in the 1980s and 1990s

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Global IT outage disrupts airlines, banks and appointments: what to do

The infinity pool outside my room at Mayia Exclusive Resort and Spa.

I never saw point of all-inclusive holidays but this place seduced me

Locals to nominate favourite pubs for Edinburgh Bar Awards 2024

The Oxford Bar or the ‘Ox’ as it’s also known as, is probably one of the most iconic locations Rebus spent his time and was used as a filming location for the new BBC Rebus adaptation.

I visited The Oxford Bar and this is why it's a must for Rebus fans

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The best jobs at Premier Inn available right now - and how to apply

Every Sunday, The Real Greek will be offering free kids meals, for every £10 spent by an accompanying adult. The offer is available to children under 12 and will include a kids meal, a drink and an ice cream or sorbet.

8 places where you can grab free meals for children over summer

This new £100 million project at 104-108 Princes Street will turn three adjoining properties into a 347 room hotel and a large retail unity. It's set to be ready to open in the middle of 2026.

Princes Street set for new 347-bedroom hotel

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Travelodge launches massive hiring drive to fill more than 300 jobs

Work starts on 'landmark' city centre hotel

Hotel Villa Angela

I visited Jim Kerr's Sicilian boutique hotel in the hills of Taormina

Luxury hostel brand in Berlin makes going to the Euros affordable

If you have trouble sleeping at night, or in the morning, listening to something relaxing might help

These clever gadgets let you discreetly listen to music in bed

View from ruins of a church in Monolithos castle, Rhodes island, Greece. Image: Tomasz Czajkowski/stock.adobe

Sun-kissed island holds secret of youth and has 'best' wine in Aegean

Edinburgh hopes to become the first destination in Scotland to introduce a tourist tax. Picture: Richard Scott

MSPs pass legislation paving way for Edinburgh tourist tax

Taylor Swift will play to just under 73,000 adoring fans at Murrayfield in June

Homeless forced out of Edinburgh hotels as Swift concerts spark frenzy

MSPs urged to allow earlier start for tourist tax

Traveller Kara Wilbur, 23, bagged trip to the Maldives for “less than £500”.

Watch: Traveller bags trip to the Maldives for “less than £500”

Millions of Brits suffer from 'holiday choice paralysis'

It's said to be the biggest investment in Princes Street since the arrival of the Johnny Walker experience at the West End.
The £100 million development at Nos 104-108 - formerly the site of the Next, Zara and Russell & Bromley stores - is set to deliver a 347-bedroom Ruby Hotel.
There will be a rooftop bar with views across Princes Street Gardens, the Ross Theatre and to Edinburgh Castle.
Munich-based Ruby Group say their hotels offer “lean luxury” to “cost- and style conscious” customers.

15 new hotels in the pipeline for Capital

Nine best hotels in Scotland

A hotel plan for the car park of the Canny Man's, in Morningside, Edinburgh, has been approved. Photo: The Canny Man's.

New hotel to be built in car park of 153-year-old pub