Turkish Airlines increases flights from Birmingham

Turkish Airlines is increasing its daily flight programme from seven to ten flights each week from Birmingham Airport to Istanbul and beyond

Biking Through Burma: High Hopes, Doubtful Prospects

Sheilagh Matheson has returned from a month’s trip to Burma, travelling by bike, boat, bus, tut-tut, rickshaw, train and Honda 50

Burma By Bike: Through the Lens

Australian photographer Pete Delaney travelled with Richard Lutz and friends between Rangoon and Mandalay by bike. Here are some of his pictures

Biking in Burma: Long Miles, Silent Temples and Those Dogs

Richard Lutz continues his trip by bike through Burma

Tourism campaign puts city’s culture centre stage

Visit Birmingham has unveiled a new tourism campaign designed to boost the region’s cultural profile

The Travelator: Curious Places – Steampunk aka the MAD Museum, Stratford-upon-Avon

With the school holidays here our travel columnist writes about a place that’s a bit closer to home than usual, and well worth visiting.

Birmingham to Billund – Legoland in easier reach

bmi regional, the UK’s most punctual scheduled airline, today announced it is launching a new route from Birmingham to Billund, Denmark

There’s more to the UK than London

A delegation from Birmingham has headed east to showcase the region to Asia’s leading airlines and tourism authorities looking for new route opportunities in the UK.

The Travelator: Do you remember the first time? A first cruise to Cherbourg on the Queen Mary 2

Our travel columnist recalls her maiden voyage.

BOBI in Birmingham – a place to do business

It’s March, so that means a visit to The Best of Britain and Ireland show (BOBI) at the NEC. Andy Goff went along for a look.

Visit Birmingham launches group travel campaign

Visit Birmingham is targeting groups of potential visitors with a national marketing campaign this March

Loving the Alien: Roswell – New Mexico Part 2: Departure

In which our travel columnist concludes her attempts to experience a close encounter.

Air Malta charters – back by popular demand

Air Malta has announced the return of charter flights from Birmingham Airport this summer.

The Travelator: Loving the Alien… Roswell, New Mexico – Part 1: Arrival

In which our travel columnist attempts a journey to the final frontier.

Win the trip of a lifetime care of Kuoni at Touchwood

Solihull residents will have the chance to win a trip of a lifetime to the Far East, courtesy of Kuoni at Touchwood and Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts.

The Travellator: Messing about on the river

Our travel correspondent returns..again and again

Good evening Stockholm – SAS moves to later departure time

Scandinavian Airlines is moving from a mid-afternoon departure to an evening flight from Birmingham airport

Birmingham vies for number one spot in VisitEngland’s 101 campaign

VisitEngland’s new Facebook app sets out to find the top 101 Things to Do Before You Go Abroad, and Birmingham is steadily climbing the ranks.

Premier Inn comes to Dudley

Property specialists Stoford celebrate the start on site of a 63-bedroom Premier Inn hotel and restaurant in Dudley.

The Travellator: Neva Again

Please welcome our new travel columnist, kicking off with a tale of insanitary on the high seas.

Tickets now on sale for new European routes from Birmingham Airport

The UK’s most punctual airline will, from Monday May 13th, fly to Gothenburg, Lyon and Toulouse with six flights per week on each route.

New routes: Gothenburg, Lyon and Toulouse from Birmingham International

bmi regional launches 3 new European routes from Birmingham Airport

Three of region’s top venues nominated for honours

Aston Villa Football Club, Aston University and the University of Warwick have been nominated for honours at the 2013 Meetings & Incentive Travel (M&IT) Industry Awards.

Laurence Inman is full of wrath… Cape Wrath

There are interesting connections between WH Auden, Iceland and Bournville. Laurence Inman explains…..

Meet Birmingham Showcase declared “very informative and very relevant”

Meet Birmingham, the city’s official business tourism programme, welcomed 25 leading national buyers to its second annual Showcase event last week, impressing visitors with a comprehensive overview of the region’s conferencing credentials.

Workers reject strike action at Birmingham Airport

Workers at Birmingham Airport have rejected strike action, following a ballot by Unite over pay, which resulted in the majority of workers refusing to strike.

Regrets? You have a few

Research published today by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) has revealed that people in the West Midlands spend an average of one hour and 45 minutes dwelling on regrets every week

There are historic cities and then there’s ‘Birmingham, its people, its history’

Alan Clawley believes Birmingham doesn’t capitalise on its historic assets and suggests a better way to make more of them.

Second “Meet Birmingham” Showcase

Meet Birmingham, the city’s official business tourism programme, hosts its second Showcase event on 22-23 November 2012

Record numbers set to travel to Birmingham’s Christmas Market

Visit Birmingham’s ‘Meet and Greet’ service has received record bookings from visitors arriving by coach to the city’s Frankfurt Christmas Market, which opened to the public today.