Confessions of a Tourist: Going wild in the jungle

Studying Amazon ecology? Aliya Ahmed took the hands-on approach

£500m mega-refit for Miami hotel

The Fontainebleau reopens on November 14

My hols: Gilles Peterson

Gilles Peterson, 44, was raised in London, where he became a regular DJ in clubs such as Dingwalls

Thailand: business as usual

Holidays to the troubled country will continue to depart as normal

Tsunami funds spent on a surf reef for tourists

Keralan villagers made homeless by the 2004 tsunami claim funds spent on tourist projects

This ski season's hot list

Mark Frary has lowdown on the hottest resorts, hotels, courses and ski gear

Scotland's the place for recession skiing

If you are trimming your household budget, the annual £648 ski holiday will come into the firing line

Late travel deals: October 11

The Lion King plus hotel for £118.50; Aviemore weekend for £390; northern lights for £556 and more last minute holiday deals

Phillipe Starck's new Paris hotel

Phillipe Starck's Paris ghetto hotel, Caravan Club gets advice from gypsies, Moose Drool beer

Stansted go-ahead for 10m more flights

London City airport also won approval for large increases in flights in the biggest expansion of aviation for a decade

The steam train returns: caught up by the Tornado

The first steam locomotive to be built in Britain since the Fifties will soon be running on the main line

Prince admits cost of green speech

Prince of Wales tells tourist industry to limit environmental damage just after his ten-day tour of the Far East was announced

'Ryanair crews must take unpaid leave'

Michael O'Leary said the airline’s executives would also receive a 10% pay cut of because of the financial difficulties

Half-term breaks by ferry

Ireland, Jersey, the Isle of Man, the Isle of Wight and Arran are all perfect flight-free breaks for families this October

Late travel deals: October 9

A Welsh cottage for four from £175; a week on the Greek islands from £189; seven nights' B&B in The Gambia for £569

Qantas safety scares

The Australian national carrier has been hit by a series of safety scares and emergency landings over the last few years

Qantas in-flight mayday injures 40

Passengers suffer broken bones when Airbus A330-300 was forced to make an emergency landing after losing altitude

Slow sales hamper BA-Iberia deal

Falling share price and declining passenger numbers have hit airline's negotiating position, according to some analysts

Hoteliers watch over shoulders as vultures circle

Analysts are predicting tough fourth quarter and there are plenty of opportunistic investors with any eye for a bargain