Experiencing the terror of the Shotover Canyon Swing in Queenstown, New Zealand

Now THAT’S a leap of faith: What it’s like to freefall at 90mph down a 200ft drop… on the end of a VERY long rope MailOnline Travel’s Sadie Whitelocks signed up for the Shotover Canyon Swing in Queenstown, New Zealand The canyon swing platform is perched 360 feet high and thrill-seekers freefall at up to 150kph … Read more

Experiencing what it’s like to run a five star hotel at Dukes in London

On the dot of 9.30am, there is a knock on my office door — and in troop the senior management team. There’s the food and beverage supremo, the head of housekeeping, the financial controller, the maintenance man, the boss of ‘guest relations’, the hotel operations manager, the director of human resources, the receptionist, the duty … Read more