Edinburgh

Can you guess which UK Hotel is the best? - TripAdvisor has named Resident Hotels’ Covent Garden property as its best hotel in the UK for 2022. Resident Hotels credited the award to its…

BestCities Global Alliance, a community of 12 cities around the world, dedicated to the betterment of international conferences and meetings, believes, naturally, that the right partner is…

Virgin Hotels breaks new ground as it arrives in Europe with its first property in Edinburgh set to open in 2020.

With Edinburgh set to celebrate its 70th anniversary as the world’s leading festival city next year, Voyages to Antiquity is offering travellers a new wave of no-fly cruises to the heart of…

Finnair has revealed plans to add more flights to the capital cities of England, Scotland and Ireland. The Helsinki-based airline will raise the frequency of its new Edinburgh service…

Virgin Trains claims to have seen a surge in cross-border travel bookings after announcing increased services between Edinburgh and London.  A new timetable with 42 additional trains…

Finnair has celebrated its inaugural flight from Edinburgh and Helsinki. Finnair now operates three flights a week between the two capitals using a 138-seat Airbus A319 aircraft in a dual…

A major refurbishment project will soon get underway at a serviced apartment complex in the heart of Scotland’s capital city.  Princes Street Suites will undergo a £350,000 makeover…

Edinburgh tourist attraction The Real Mary King’s Close has reaped the rewards of its £500,000 redevelopment project with VisitScotland awarding it five stars for the twelfth year in a row.…

The DoubleTree by Hilton Edinburgh City Centre has bolstered its team with the appointment of a new head chef.  The hotel has announced the appointment of Morten Rengtved as head chef…

Laterooms.com has released data showing how its British customers holidayed at home and abroad this summer. London, Manchester, Birmingham and Edinburgh remained at the top of a 10-strong…

According to research for the Post Office Travel Insurance Domestic Holidays Report, almost two-thirds of people – around 31.8 million UK adults – have decided to take a holiday in the UK…

The Tower of London has been named the best-rated landmark in the UK and eleventh in Europe in the Travellers’ Choice awards for Landmarks, announced by TripAdvisor, the world’s largest…

Our Edinburgh, a new training module designed to help frontline staff working in the tourism and related industries enhance their knowledge of Edinburgh in an interactive way, has been…

York, Bath and Edinburgh head a list of UK cities regarded as safe to visit on a short break, according to new research published by Post Office Travel Insurance. Almost seven-in-10…

Qatar Airways has announced it will operate daily flights between Edinburgh and Doha from May 2015. The airline initially introduced the service five times a week six months ago but…

Etihad Airways has announced plans to launch daily flights between Edinburgh and Abu Dhabi next year. The new route will commence on 8 June and will be operated by an Airbus A330-200…

Aparthotel brand Adagio has signed a new property in Edinburgh due to open in three years. The 146-apartment property is scheduled to open in early 2017 as part of the New Waverly…

Flybe has announced several new routes from London City as part of a new five-year deal with the airport.  The carrier has announced five routes from the London airport this morning…

Qatar Airways has announced its new flights from Edinburgh to Doha will launch in May. The new route will start on 28 May with a Boeing 787 Dreamliner with the airline expecting…

Updated 10am 8 January 2014 Edinburgh Airport was evacuated yesterday after a 'potentially suspicious' bag was found, which turned out to be no threat. Passengers and staff have…

CityJet has taken over flights from Cardiff to Paris and Glasgow after Flybe dropped the routes. CityJet, which is part of the Air France group, will start operating the routes on 20…

Apex Hotels has posted a solid trading performance for the year thanks to opening its new Temple Court Hotel in 2012. In figures released today for the 12 months up to April 2013, the…

Qatar Airways has announced it will launch flights between Edinburgh and Doha from May 2014. Flights on the new route will start on 28 May 2014 and operate five times a week using a…

easyJet has announced 10 new routes for summer 2014. The carrier will add services from Gatwick to Newcastle, Brittany, Paris and Jersey; as well as Belfast International to Bordeaux…

Air Canada rouge will launch fights from Manchester to Toronto next summer as part of a European expansion. The Canadian national carrier will operate the route five times a week…

United Airlines has announced it will launch flights between Edinburgh and Chicago next year. The service will launch on 23 May with five flights a week until 12 June, when it will…

Simon Calder has been announced as the headline sponsor at Elite Travel Group’s conference in October. Calder, who is senior travel editor at The Independent, is to share…

Thomas Cook is to open its second ‘concept store’ in Edinburgh following the success of its Leeds launch. The tour operator’s new store is to be open in July in time for the Edinburgh…

Turkish Airlines is to fly daily from Edinburgh to Istanbul from May, it has announced. The route will operate with five flights a week from 31 March and add its two other weekly…

Businesses have welcomed the news that Virgin Atlantic is to launch flights from Scotland to Heathrow in the spring to provide competition to British Airways. The Scottish Passenger Agents…

Virgin Atlantic has won the bid for slot pairings between Scotland and Heathrow left behind from IAG’s acquisition of bmi. The airline confirmed it has been offered the slots and is due to…

easyJet has announced it will add six new routes from Edinburgh Airport in its latest expansion plans. Flights from the Scottish airport to Berlin, Hamburg, Prague, Copenhagen, Reykjavik…

Having set up 17 years ago with offices in London, Manchester and Edinburgh, Go Native have created a niche for themselves in the serviced apartment segment. “Our core focus has been…

Travelodge opened its first hotel with Topshop as it revealed plans for more hotels in Scotland. The hotel chain has teamed up with Topshop owners Arcadia Group to open the Edinburgh hotel,…