Travel News 

From solar electric scissors, to automatic pasta sauce stirrers, to combination space pen/microwave/litter box cleaners, it’s a nonstop consumer’s parade of nonsensical, made-for-TV crapware. [more]

Virgin Atlantic is kick starting its new year by unveiling a £6 million campaign to mark its 25 years of flying. [more]

Regional carrier Flybe is offering free insurance to its customers, allowing them to recoup travel costs – including flights, hotels and car hire – if they lose their job. [more]

Hong Kong resident Martin Williams reveals a clutch of rural getaways - complete with beaches, woodland and wildlife on the doorstep - just outside the urban jungle. [more]

The UK government’s plans for a third terminal at Heathrow could include construction of a £4.5bn railway hub, the transport minister Lord Adonis has hinted. [more]

The first commercial flight between Europe and Iraq in 17 years has landed at Baghdad airport. [more]

A transatlantic flight arrived in America with an extra passenger after a Ugandan woman gave birth to a baby girl with the help of two doctors aboard. Passengers cheered and applauded the arrival of little Sasha aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 59 from Amsterdam to Boston on New Year's Eve, an... [more]

Rotana Hotels has signed an agreement with Summit Hotels to manage a 5-star property in Baghdad, Iraq, scheduled to open in early 2012. [more]

Wintertime visitors to Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies are there for the abundant snow and the spectacular mountain views. Glitz and glamour are elsewhere. [more]

One of the great lingering myths of travel today is that ski holidays are the domain of the elite. But while skiing does brings a certain air of exclusivity, the inflated prices of the headlining resorts are simply not indicative of the average cost of a ski holiday. [more]