West Midlands venues recognised in VisitEngland Attractions Accolades

Boost for the region’s expanding tourism sector.

Swans of Stratford

Richard Lutz saunters down to Shakespeareland.

Suite success for Hotel du Vin Stratford

First birthday celebrated with host of accolades.

A book for bedtime

Hotel seeks budding young writers for its new bedtime story book.

Birmingham Poet Laureate hits the heights

Poetry in the Penthouse launches at the Rotunda.

Cruise flights take off from Birmingham

UK’s only direct flights to Langkawi, Malaysia, launched.

Beneath blue suburban skies

Will Mapplebeck grabs the Beatles Express back to the sixties. 

Air Arabia Maroc celebrate opening of Birmingham link

First direct service to Agadir launched.

Birmingham Airport reveals plan for the future

Airport to invest £500 million in ambitious growth plans.

Getting to the church on time

Richard Lutz peeks into two churches on walks near Birmingham.

Survey claims Birmingham travellers unprepared for passport changes

Holidaymakers urged to carry out post-Brexit ‘MOT’.

Award for Birmingham Airport bar

Bottega Prosecco Bar at Birmingham Airport wins Airport Bar of the Year award.

Edge of the world and other tales

To the margins of the isles – Richard Lutz heads for the Hebrides.

Birmingham Airport awarded Star UK Airport 2018

Recognition from travel industry follows large-scale investment in new customer facilities.

Warning over school trip protection

West Midlands schools warned to book ATOL protected trips, or parents could be out of pocket.

A gift from Poundland

  Richard Lutz visits a favourite spot.

Figures reveal record visitor numbers to West Midlands

Region attracts 2.3 million visits in 2017, its fifth consecutive year of record-breaking growth.

In the Valley of Tig

Richard Lutz takes a wander through a small valley.

New Romanian route launches from Birmingham Airport

Wizz Air to expand its operations into Cluj.

Double delight for Turkish Airlines

Birmingham Airport to increase flights to Istanbul.

Comic discovers the best of Birmingham

Videos aimed at inspiring people to get more from their weekends away.

Summer getaway starts at Birmingham Airport

Advice from air authority as holiday season hits peak.

The Lion roars

Finding a welcome retreat from shopping and sightseeing in the Oxfordshire countryside.

Birmingham airport flights to Morocco announced

Air Arabia Maroc launches new service connecting Birmingham with Agadir.

The Greyhound – Letcombe Regis

We visit a little-known part of the country that’s definitely worth visiting.

Airport 2018

The decision to expand Heathrow shows that passengers needs come last says Steve Beauchampé.

New holidays take off from Birmingham Airport

Montenegro route opens for summer.

Birmingham’s tourism sector sees most successful year

Value of city’s visitor economy reaches all-time high.

Primera Air launches Birmingham operation

New addition to airport takes off.

In the land of the anti-wind sucking snaffle

Richard Lutz finds solace from the inchoate wreckage of the last week.