Eurostar has just commissioned a report called ‘Travel Nation’ which sets out to understand evolving consumer travel needs during this period of economic flux. Eurostar aim to understand how consumers are reacting to a rapidly deteriorating economic climate, says Nick Mercer

The world’s busiest airports

The life of a 9-to-5 working stiff is much maligned by those slumped in a chair with loosened tie and furrowed brow, so what of the alternative? Jane Anson looks at those who gave up the rat race to pursue some more obscure occupations

As you sit wrestling with your little bag of peanuts, there is an almighty competition raging for your travelling buck. Jane Anson scratches the surface of the transatlantic flight industry and finds a tangled mass of regulation underneath

If you buy into the vision of the future peddled to us by Hollywood we will all be commuting to work by flying car and hover board in the next 12 years. Whilst the reality may not be quite the Blade Runner metropolis seen on screen, travel is becoming increasingly advanced as record numbers of people take to the skies. Jane Anson gazes into the crystal ball

As Russia, and in particular capital Moscow, becomes ever-more prominent in the Business world – it seems private jet is the way to get around, as David Neville Williams finds out

From Australia to the West Indies, yacht chartering is big business and is booming like never before, says David Neville Williams

Roger St Pierre looks at the benefits of being chauffeur driven

British train travel, for many years the proud purveyor of wistful steam-driven jaunts, is now characterised mainly by delays, frustration and over-priced coffee. To find out where we are getting it wrong, Jennifer Bradly heads to Japan to explore the sleek, sexy and, most importantly, punctual world of the Bullet train

Along with the home gym, a yacht probably ranks as the most under-used leisure asset in the modern world. For a variety of reasons, only the most dedicated of sailing enthusiasts use their boats more than the occasional weekend. And this is one of the main reasons for the growing popularity of chartering

Everyone, it seems, is taking to the waves, with sailing enjoying greater popularity worldwide than ever before. And the biggest boom sector of all is superyachts

We celebrate the romance of travel with the appreciation of some of the finest railway routes in the world