Author Archive for Paul Johnson

Paul Johnson is Editor of A Luxury Travel Blog and has worked in the travel industry for more than 30 years. He is Winner of the Innovations in Travel 'Best Travel Influencer' Award from WIRED magazine. In addition to other awards, the blog has also been voted "one of the world's best travel blogs" and "best for luxury" by The Daily Telegraph.

Luxury travel news this week: Coronavirus update

Luxury travel news this week: Coronavirus update

By on Apr 05, 2020 in Accommodation, Air Travel, Asia, Europe, Featured, Health & Safety, Hotels, Speciality Travel, Travel Miscellany, United Kingdom, Western Europe

Here’s a round-up of luxury travel stories that have caught the eye this week. To make sure you receive these new weekly alerts in your web browser, please click on the red bell icon in the bottom right hand corner of the page and click ‘subscribe’ (works on desktop only – for other ways to […]

32 ways travel businesses are helping during the current crisis

32 ways travel businesses are helping during the current crisis

By on Apr 04, 2020 in Accommodation, Air Travel, Featured, Food and Drink, Going Out, Hotels, Regions, Resorts, Restaurants, Speciality Travel, Travel Miscellany, Worldwide

What a month it has been. Amid all the doom and gloom of the coronavirus pandemic, there are some positive stories that deserve to be heard, many of which come from within one of the industries most severely hit: travel. Sadly, these are often overlooked, so here I share with you just a small handful […]

Top 10 things for someone with itchy feet to do during self-isolation

Top 10 things for someone with itchy feet to do during self-isolation

By on Apr 02, 2020 in Featured, Health & Safety, Travel Miscellany

Coronavirus has affected all our lives in one way or another – and the world is a markedly different place from where it was when we saw in the new year. It is a hard time for many and the level at which humankind has unified is a heartening thing. We are in it together… […]

Luxury travel news this week: Coronavirus update

Luxury travel news this week: Coronavirus update

By on Mar 29, 2020 in Accommodation, Air Travel, Cruises & Boat Travel, Featured, Health & Safety, Hotels, Speciality Travel, Travel Miscellany

Here’s a round-up of luxury travel stories that have caught the eye this week. To make sure you receive these new weekly alerts in your web browser, please click on the red bell icon in the bottom right hand corner of the page and click ‘subscribe’ (works on desktop only – for other ways to […]

Top 10 travel documentaries to watch during coronavirus self-isolation

Top 10 travel documentaries to watch during coronavirus self-isolation

By on Mar 27, 2020 in Featured, Travel Miscellany, Videos

As coronavirus restrictions continue to tighten, the days seem to get longer, don’t they? This makes filling the time beyond work with the right kinds of things more important than ever. I’m talking about things that are good for the spirit, things that remind us of the good times, and take our minds beyond these […]

Top 10 travel movies to watch during coronavirus self-isolation

Top 10 travel movies to watch during coronavirus self-isolation

By on Mar 25, 2020 in Featured, Health & Safety, Travel Miscellany, Videos

With COVID-19 restrictions firmly in place and self-isolation a new reality, many of you may be looking for ways to fill the hours at home – especially as the novelty starts to wear thin. While travel is both ill-advised and mostly impossible, there is nothing to stop you engaging in a bit of armchair travelling […]

Photograph of the week: Four Seasons Seychelles Resort at Desroches Island

Photograph of the week: Four Seasons Seychelles Resort at Desroches Island

By on Mar 25, 2020 in Accommodation, Africa, Hotels, Regions, Resorts, Seychelles

The following post in our regular ‘photograph of the week’ series was scheduled to appear here many weeks ago, before the impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus was as widespread as it is now. Whilst travel around the world is not recommended right now, we leave this post here as a source of inspiration for something […]

COVID-19 coronavirus: 39 ways the travel industry is being impacted

COVID-19 coronavirus: 39 ways the travel industry is being impacted

By on Mar 24, 2020 in Featured, Health & Safety, Travel Miscellany

There is no doubt that the COVID-19 coronavirus has had a profound effect upon the travel industry, as it has on most sectors around the world. But travel and hospitality is perhaps one of those areas that has seen the most immediate economic impact. Amid the chaos that the travel industry suddenly finds itself in, […]

10 essential travel books to read during self-isolation

10 essential travel books to read during self-isolation

By on Mar 23, 2020 in Books, Featured, Travel Equipment, Travel Literature

“Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are,” according to Mason Cooley. This idea is especially poignant at this time in our history. Myriad global authorities are advising social distancing and self-isolation because of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, most of us find ourselves with some time to […]

Luxury travel news this week: Coronavirus update

Luxury travel news this week: Coronavirus update

By on Mar 22, 2020 in Air Travel, Cruises & Boat Travel, Featured, Health & Safety, Speciality Travel, Travel Miscellany

Here’s a round-up of luxury travel stories that have caught the eye this week. To make sure you receive these new weekly alerts in your web browser, please click on the red bell icon in the bottom right hand corner of the page and click ‘subscribe’ (works on desktop only – for other ways to […]

Photograph of the Week: Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco

Photograph of the week: Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, USA

By on Mar 18, 2020 in Attractions, California, Going Out, North America, Regions, Road Travel, Speciality Travel, USA

In 2011 the American Society of Civil Engineers chose the Golden Gate Bridge for inclusion in its Seven Wonders of the Modern World. It’s not a stretch to understand why: not only is this iconic orange span of graceful steel recognized the world over, it is also, quite simply, a marvel of engineering, architectural design, […]

My thoughts from 33 years in the travel industry on the implications of the COVID-19 coronavirus

My thoughts from 33 years in the travel industry on the implications of the COVID-19 coronavirus

By on Mar 16, 2020 in Featured, Health & Safety, Travel Miscellany

Before beginning this article, I’d like to wish all our readers, their families and communities, a safe and healthy few months ahead as we all come to terms with the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus. And for my many colleagues who work in the travel industry, I wish you all the resilience that will be […]

Luxury travel news this week: Coronavirus update

Luxury travel news this week: Coronavirus update

By on Mar 15, 2020 in Air Travel, Asia, Attractions, Going Out, Maldives, Regions, Speciality Travel, Worldwide

Here’s a round-up of luxury travel stories that have caught the eye this week. To make sure you receive these new weekly alerts in your web browser, please click on the red bell icon in the bottom right hand corner of the page and click ‘subscribe’ (works on desktop only – for other ways to […]

Photograph of the week: Kruger sunset

Photograph of the week: Kruger sunset

By on Mar 11, 2020 in Adventure Travel, Africa, Leisure Travel, Regions, South Africa, Speciality Travel

While planning a trip to the Kruger National Park, Jared caught a glimpse of The Outpost Lodge in a glossy brochure and was instantly spellbound, knowing he had to visit the unique place. Three months later, he arrived; and, despite the pictures having brought him here, he found that they had hardly did the lodge […]

Luxury travel news this week

Luxury travel news this week

By on Mar 08, 2020 in Accommodation, Air Travel, Asia, Cruises & Boat Travel, Eastern Europe, Europe, France, Hotels, Italy, Japan, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Serbia and Montenegro, Speciality Travel, Western Europe

Here’s a round-up of luxury travel stories that have caught the eye this week. To make sure you receive these new weekly alerts in your web browser, please click on the red bell icon in the bottom right hand corner of the page and click ‘subscribe’ (works on desktop only – for other ways to […]

Short stay: Kilkea Castle Estate & Golf Club, Kildare, Ireland

Short stay: Kilkea Castle Estate & Golf Club, Kildare, Ireland

By on Mar 07, 2020 in Accommodation, Europe, Featured, Food and Drink, Going Out, Hotels, Ireland, Leisure Travel, Regions, Restaurants, Speciality Travel, Travel Miscellany, Western Europe

Located just an hour’s drive from Dublin, Kilkea Castle is the oldest inhabited castle in Ireland. Originally built in 1180 by Hugh de Lacy, the Earl of Ulster and chief governor of Ireland, for Sir Walter de Riddlesford, a Norman knight, the castle was the seat of the Fitzgeralds, the Earls of Kildare, for almost […]