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Saturday, 23 September, 2023

The Weekend Essay
Raffles London and the new era of super-luxe hospitality
Whitehall’s former War Office is reopening as a £1.4bn temple to luxury, and FT travel editor Tom Robbins was its first guest. What does the biggest hotel launch in a century mean for the city?
Saturday, 9 September, 2023

Travel
Short cuts: the Landmark Trust’s bold new rescue project — and direct flights from London to the Dolomites
The charity steps in to save a crumbling concrete ruin, while Sky Alps prepares to launch UK services
Saturday, 2 September, 2023

Travel
Short cuts: Colorado’s first Michelin stars, Bhutan slashes tourist tax, and Eurostar’s new ski train
Saturday, 22 July, 2023

Travel
Across the Alps with a six-year-old
More ski lifts are opening in summer — and offering a shortcut to family adventure
Saturday, 24 June, 2023

The Weekend Essay
Extreme tourism: ‘If it was safe, that’s not an adventure’
Why do people pay small fortunes to risk their lives?
Thursday, 22 June, 2023

Summer Books 2023
Best summer books of 2023: Travel
Tom Robbins selects his best mid-year reads
Saturday, 17 June, 2023

Travel
McLaren’s space-age temple of motorsport finally opens its doors
Starting next month, the F1 team’s high-tech hide-out in Woking will offer regular public tours
Monday, 12 June, 2023

Travel
The best way to see Venice? As captain of your own ship
Even in summer, a self-drive, live-aboard boat offers an antidote to overtourism
Thursday, 27 April, 2023

Travel
The tour operators offering holidays to Afghanistan
Despite security risks and the ongoing humanitarian crisis, a growing number of tourists are visiting the country
Saturday, 11 March, 2023

Travel
Short cuts: fast rail transfers, at last, for Luton airport — plus Georgetown gets London link
Central London will be reachable within 30 minutes thanks to the opening of the Luton Dart; British Airways starts direct flights from Gatwick to the Guyana capital
Saturday, 4 March, 2023

Travel
From convalescent home to the Alps’ coolest hotel
Key notes | An influx of creatives is reinvigorating the Austrian spa town of Bad Gastein — now they have the perfect place to stay
Friday, 24 February, 2023

Travel
Short cuts: Qantas unveils cabins for world’s longest flights
Non-stop services from Sydney to New York and London are due to start in late 2025
Friday, 10 February, 2023

Life & Arts
The death — and rebirth — of the ski resort
In the Alps, glaciers are vanishing, snow is melting and an industry is rethinking its future
Saturday, 21 January, 2023

Travel
Storification, set-jetting and Sunday-night celebrations: travel trends for 2023 and beyond
Five-star hotels are taking to the water, futuristic tents are popping up deep the wilderness — and the long weekend is back
Saturday, 24 December, 2022

Travel
Why Austria has the world’s best ski hotels
The Forsthofgut in Leogang is a classic example of an Austrian speciality: the small family-owned hotel with big ambitions
Friday, 25 November, 2022

Travel
Short cuts: Douglas Tompkins’ Patagonia home to open to guests — plus a new hot spring in Iceland
The home of the late North Face founder is due to welcome visitors next year; Hvammsvík Hot Springs opens beside a fjord just north of Reykjavik
Tuesday, 22 November, 2022

FT SeriesBest books of the year 2022
Best books of 2022: Travel
Tom Robbins selects his must-read titles
Wednesday, 16 November, 2022

FT Weekend podcast12 min listen
Travel mini-series: the FT’s travel editor talks tourism
In our third bonus episode, Tom Robbins gives an honest account of what’s happening in the industry right now
Friday, 11 November, 2022

Travel
Shortcuts: cycling across Antarctica and Battersea Power Station’s first hotel
Italian Omar Di Felice sets out on the ultimate bike-packing expedition; London’s new art’otel prepares to open doors
Wednesday, 2 November, 2022

Travel
This winter’s most exciting ski destination: Albania’s Accursed Mountains
Off limits for decades, the pristine peaks of the Valbona valley are now being explored by a fledgling heli-ski operation
Saturday, 22 October, 2022

Travel
Short cuts: Lufthansa’s luxurious new cabins and a big opening in little St Martin-de-Belleville
German carrier unveils its new Allegris seats; the village in France’s Trois Vallées ski area gets its first five-star hotel
Friday, 14 October, 2022

FT MagazinePink Snow 2022: a winter sports special
First tracks: news from the slopes
Skiing in the Saudi Arabian desert; the US resorts finally joining forces; the death of the lift pass — and a dream trip with Bode Miller
Friday, 14 October, 2022

FT MagazinePink Snow 2022: a winter sports special
Presents for skiers: our pick of this season’s new kit
From a game-changing snowboard binding to a bargain down jacket and a watch with an avalanche warning
Wednesday, 12 October, 2022

FT MagazinePink Snow 2022: a winter sports special
Deep in the woods, a ski retreat that’s straight from a fairytale
Kitzbühel is Austria’s most glamorous resort but, hidden in the trees, an old hunting lodge offers a very different family ski trip
Saturday, 1 October, 2022

Travel
Shortcuts: on holiday with James Bond
As the spy series celebrates its 60th anniversary, the films’ producers have partnered with a tour operator to launch ‘immersive’ 007-inspired trips