Destinations

Super Natural: Wild in Dubai

February 3, 2020

What springs to mind when you picture Dubai: Impossibly tall, infinitely sky-scraping buildings in a glittering concrete jungle; a futuristic supercar-spotting playground with a historic heartbeat; palatial bea... Read More...

Bring on Blue Monday: Holidays in Hues of Blue

January 20, 2020

Blue Monday is not just a New Order song, people! If you haven’t heard, today is allegedly the bluest day of the year. Although we’re taking this with a pinch of salt, we can also agree that our wallets and fav... Read More...

Graeme’s Maldives Travel Diary: Heritance Aarah

January 15, 2020

Kenwood marketing team member, Graeme Law, is fresh off the seaplane from his trip to the Maldives. After spending seven nights at the illustrious Heritance Aarah, along with other members of the Kenwood Travel... Read More...

Unique festivals you’ve never heard of for 2020

January 8, 2020

You may be a seasoned festival enthusiast: able to pitch a tent with your eyes closed, part a crowd like Moses, and find the magical source of energy required to get yourself home after dancing for a week strai... Read More...

Get into the Spirit: our Alternative Dry January

January 6, 2020

For those of you who may have fallen off the dry January wagon after week one, we’ve got just the thing. Why not jet off to a place where the drinks flow guilt-free year round? To mark a hundred years since pro... Read More...

Alternative Christmas Market Destinations

December 6, 2019

We’ve officially entered the festive period and there’s only one way out: throwing ourselves into every Christmas-related event possible with a mug of mulled wine in one hand and a leg of turkey in the other. W... Read More...

Revisiting Sri Lanka: Top Five Things to Do

November 29, 2019

In a cruel twist, the tear-shaped coastline of Sri Lanka came to reflect the turmoil wrought by the terrorist attacks suffered by the island on Easter Sunday 2019. Churches and hotels were targeted, leading to ... Read More...

Set your holiday expectations high: Discover the biggest & best buildings in Dubai

November 25, 2019

In a city like Dubai, a simple skyscraper won’t make the cut in terms of joining the ranks of the metropolitan hub’s iconic landmarks. The City of Gold is widely famous for its grand constructive wonders, break... Read More...

Best things to do in St. Petersburg, Florida

November 20, 2019

Sunny St. Pete is a hotspot for all things beach and beyond. Coupled with its coastal neighbour, Clearwater, these two Floridian towns have multi-award-winning beaches, galleries galore, adrenaline-pumping acti... Read More...

Celebrate the release of Frozen 2 with Walt Disney World’s coolest attractions

November 11, 2019

If you have a child under the age of 12 or are a Disney fanatic yourself, you’ve probably heard that Disney 2013’s hit, Frozen, is coming back to our cinemas with a sequel. Frozen 2 is set to be released in the... Read More...

Think Pink: Discover the Caribbean’s iconic pink sand beaches

November 6, 2019

The contrast between the turquoise waters and blush-coloured shores makes you feel as if you’ve just stepped into a heavily-filtered image on Instagram. But – it’s all real. #NoFilter. So how do these beaches ... Read More...

England’s dreaming: 2020’s best tourist destinations

November 4, 2019

Believe it not, England has achieved second place in Lonely Planet’s list of best destinations for tourism next year (Best in Travel 2020). Nice work, England. But we’re guessing warm weather wasn’t one of the ... Read More...

The World’s Best Firework Displays

November 1, 2019

With Divali just gone and Guy Fawkes’ not far off, we’re thinking even bigger, louder, and brighter than usual. Our travel specialists have put together a list of the world’s very best and most impressive firew... Read More...

A Spooky Guide to Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party

October 29, 2019

When the Floridan sun sets on halloween, all the ghouls come out to play. This year’s Mickey’s Not so Scary Halloween Party at Walt Disney World Florida is well-underway for the Autumn season, with phan-tastic ... Read More...

Naina’s Sri Lanka Travel Diary

October 23, 2019

Our very own Naina Karsan has just returned from a twin-centre break to the Maldives and Sri Lanka. Land of leopards and elephants, hot tea and hotter curries, ancient architecture and timeless scenery, Sri Lan... Read More...

My Orlando Travel Diary – A Wild Ride

October 18, 2019

After hearing I’d be spending a week in Florida on an educational trip, a few images sprang to mind: alligators, roller-coasters and leathery-skinned octogenarians in Hawaiian shirts just to name a few. A few w... Read More...

Sweater Weather Wonders: 5 cities to visit for Autumn Foliage

October 11, 2019

As we say goodbye to summer, we welcome a season of pumpkin spiced lattes, cosy knitwear and the changing coloured leaves. While Kenwood Travel offers a chance to bask in the sunshine all year round, we also wa... Read More...

Spilling the beans: A Guide to Drinking Coffee in the Middle East

October 4, 2019

Famed Scottish academic, Sir James McKintosh, once claimed, "The powers of a man’s mind are directly proportional to the quantity of coffee he drinks." Thanks to Starbucks, Costa and myriad other high-street ou... Read More...