In many ways this title featuring the evolution of cross-channel boat trains and the many dedicated services responsible for moving international passengers to and from trans-Atlantic steamers, is an extension of luxury railway travel. But that’s not the full story as it encapsulates more than 125 years of independent and organised tourism development. At the end of the nineteenth century, faster and more stable twin-screw vessels replaced cross-channel paddlers resulting in a significant expansion in the numbers of day excursionists and short-stay visitors heading to Belgium, France and the Channel Islands. Continental Europe, as it had done since the end of the Napoleonic Wars beckoned, introducing ideas of modern-day mass tourism.
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Why this year trains will be the way to travel
Adrian Bridge rounds up all there is to look forward to in the glamorous world of train travel, in the UK and beyond
9 April 2021 • 4:00pm
Luxury train specialist Belmond is staging a series of summer outings from London Victoria southern England’s loveliest seaside resorts on board the British Pullman
Now where were we before life took such an unexpected turn? Ah yes, trains. In those innocent pre-Covid days, trains were all the rage. Greta Thunberg had made us all more aware of our carbon footprint, and increasingly it was being said that travel was about more than simply getting from A to B as quickly as possible: that there was a lot to be said for enjoying the journey itself. Trains were clearly moving into a new age prior to the pandemic, but the events of the past 12 months and more have accelerated that process. A new age for rail travel indeed dawns.
Thoughts on the Market Heading Into 2021 (Part 2): S&P 500, Bitcoin, Gold, Oil Let s examine where several key markets may be headed next and revisit financial manias throughout history. Stocks quotes in this article: RYRHX
In Part 1 of our forecast for 2021, we did not really focus on the markets, but more on where we might be in this grand secular bull market. We also shared some thoughts about sentiment and took a look back at some of things analysts like me used to focus on when making longer-term forecasts.
In Part 2, here, we will examine several key markets: the S&P 500, gold, oil, copper, bitcoin and the Russell 2000.