Guardian And Telegraph Launch New Online Travel Sites

Guardian Unlimited is adding a new site to its portfolio this week: Guardian Unlimited Travel. Officially going live today, it includes in-depth and cross-referenced information on travelling in over 60 countries and 80 cities and will use a competition to to win travel prizes as a launch promotion.

The site is to be edited by Imogen Tilden, with the Guardian’s travel editor Charlie Burgess as executive editor. Other features on the site include “The Marketplace”, which reviews over 500 online travel shops and provides a reference for finding holidays online, “Netjetters” which follows the travels of several Guardian writers who travel around the world, emailing stories and taking advice from site users and “Ask a Traveller” which allows users to swap travel information.

Telegraph.co.uk is also relaunching its travel channel, formerly known as Planet. The online newspaper has signed a deal with the Online Travel Corporation to offer services including flights, hotels, bespoke packages, hotels, car hire and late deals.

The online booking facility will be backed with information on over 3,000 holiday destinations, with search options available including destination, type of travel, cost, length of stay, activity, adventure, honeymoons, skiing, city breaks or shopping. The channel will also feature weather reports including snow report for ski destinations, columns and articles by travel journalists and a consumer advice section.

Guardian Unlimited Travel: www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/travel Travel Telegraph: www.travel.telegraph.co.uk

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