As the world obsesses about peak oil and invests collosal resources in alternative energy, a much more basic commodity is in chronic short supply all over the world, water. There have been many wars fought over oil, and now experts predict that water wars are likely in areas where rivers and lakes are shared by […]... Read More

June marks the halfway stage, and a time when it should be possible to be fairly clear about the outcome for the whole year. But forecasting has become a hazardous business as potential visitors delay decisions on travel to nearer the time of departure. There are mixed signals from some key overseas markets, but given […]... Read More

What have we started here? Just having cleared up the Irish omissions from our first ezine, along comes another list of Travellers Choices from TripAdvisor. This time its the Top 10 Most Charming European Towns. Bruges in Belgium is in the number 1 slot. Now if you, like me, have seen that very funny movie, […]... Read More

Boy, did we mess up with that recent ezine about TripAdvisors Best Destinations 2010, or what. So lets get the apologies right up front and out of the way, mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. Dublin ranked number 8 in the Top 10 Nightlife Destinations in the World, just ahead of Bangkok and behind […]... Read More