I met with Brendan at the lovely Las Américas golf course in the centre of Las Américas in Tenerife. To be honest we could have been in a country club rather than a busy town centre golf course[...]

What role do birds of prey perform at Tenerife South airport? How did the island cope with the heaviest rain for eight years? Does Tenerife make the most of its assets? Just a few questions that 22 students from  Bucks New University in Wycombe, tried to answer during a week’s field trip to Tenerife. Their timing [...]

“…don’t confuse low cost with poor value. Many of the people who fly on Ryanair and Easyjet are choosing to stay in 4 and 5 star accommodation. They don’t necessarily expect low prices but they do insist on good value for money.” [...]

Tenerife has been polishing her best profile this week to entertain, educate and enthral the British Guild of Travel Writers (BGTW) who’ve been enjoying their Annual General Meeting on the island [...]

Remember the double issue festive editions of the Radio and TV Times? That was when the holiday adverts would first appear, I used to flick through the numbered ads and then tick the four boxes on the order form and wait for four hefty brochures to plop through the letter box. Holiday marketing has come a [...]

Anyone who’s trekked around Mount Teide’s upper slopes will know only too well that the least bit of exertion leaves you gasping for air as though the breath has been stolen from your lungs by a mischievous mountain imp. Climb the mighty mountain from the estancia de los ingleses all the way to the summit [...]

What’s the collective term for travel agents? A flight, a welcome… or maybe a brochure? Whichever it is, Thomas Cook brought together 2,600 of their UK agents at their annual convention at the Magma Arts and Congress Centre in Costa Adeje. If the banners on the granite face of the centre didn’t give the game [...]

It is said that the more things change, the more they stay the same. It’s also true, that no matter how much we are separated by time, space or culture,  throughout history humans have invented and enjoyed telling the same kind of  legends. Tales of giants have been told down the ages across Europe, Latin [...]

Finding a dead body while shelf stacking at Safeways, and learning Spanish in Glasgow would not normally be seen as ideal preparation for service as British Consul to the Canary Islands. Matthew Vickers took them in his stride and has found them both useful in his position as friend, advisor and servant to the British [...]

First time visitors landing in Tenerife  may notice the strange lunar dryness in the south or the lush, verdant foliage in the north.  Indeed in a day they could make a complete tour of the island and view its crowning glory from all angles. It wasn’t always so easy.
Thirty years ago, the quickest way to [...]