What the press say about Flavours
Flavours Holidays have been featured in the British and International press, radio and on TV. Find out below what the critics had to say about our holiday packages in Italy.
2023
The Telegraph: Italy’s beautiful south – offering glorious beaches and pretty villages without the crowds (March, 2023)
2022
Huffington Post: 7 Tips For Traveling Abroad When You Have Dietary Restrictions (April, 2022)
BBC News: Travel firms confident they can bounce back in 2022 (March, 2022)
The Telegraph: 10 best child-free holidays – perfect for empty-nesters (February, 2022)
2021
The Times: Painting, Pilates, perfect views — and bottomless prosecco by Loch Lomond (November, 2021)
Scottish Business Insider: Lockdown lessons: Sometimes one pivot isn’t enough to keep a business afloat (March, 2021)
Company Profile – Flavours Holidays (March, 2021)
2020
The Times: Tour operators turn their sights on Britain (September, 2020)
The Scotsman: The Big Interview: Flavours Holidays founder Lorne Blyth (August, 2020)
Travel Daily Media: Elderly are happy to travel abroad without a vaccine – survey (July, 2020)
The Scotsman: Edinburgh-based Flavours Holidays to roll out activity holidays in Scotland (May, 2020)
The Times: The 50 best holidays in Italy for 2020 (January, 2020)
2019
Yahoo!life: Painting, writing, crafts and natural history – 10 artistic holidays for autumn (August, 2019)
The Times: Learning holidays: ready to dive in (January, 2019)
2017
19th Hole Magazine: Flavours of the Veneto (October 2017)
Olive Magazine: Bologna: a new cookery course and foodie tour (October, 2017)
Mail Online: Travel: A true taste of Tuscany with Flavours Holidays (August, 2017)
Mail Online: Jenny Eclair – The Ultimate Stress-Free Holiday Painting in Stunning Sicily (July, 2017)
Global Traveler: The Wellness Issue (June, 2017)
Good Housekeeping: Great Escapes (May, 2017)
The Telegraph: Adriatic holidays: what to see and do (May, 2017)
The Sunday Times Ireland: Cook Like a Don on the Island of Plenty (May, 2017)
The Sunday Times: Journeys 2017 For Foodies (April, 2017)
Mail Online: The pasta masters: Learning how to chop, batter and drink like an Italian pro in the glorious Venetian hills (February, 2017)
The Week magazine: Learning from the locals – Cookery holidays with extra bite (February, 2017)
The Times: The 50 best holidays in Italy (January, 2017)
2016
Bold magazine: A Cooking holiday in Venice – Savouring Veneto (October, 2016)
The Scotsman: Learn to cook the Italian way at remote Tuscan villa (April, 2016)
2015
Marie Claire: Easy Escapes – Cookery in Tuscany (June, 2015)
The Times (External link): Can’t Cook, won’t cook? – Robert Crampton and his son Sam on a Flavours Holiday (May, 2015)
(Internal link) Scanned copy of the newspaper article
Daily Mail: Jenny Eclair travels to Venice to discover her ‘inner artist (April, 2015)
Cambridge Magazine: Travel – Italian Flavours (March, 2015)
Olive Magazine: Hot food trips for 2015: The Veneto (January, 2015)
The Sunday Times: Schools in where to master a new skill in 2015 (January, 2015)
Awards in 2015
During 2015 we won the Tom Buchanan Business Award as Best Employer of the Year.
We won The Ecommerce Awards for Best Travel Website.
We were short-listed for the British Travel Awards nominated us in two categories.
And finally we were in the Business Women Scotland Awards as Employer of the Year!
Awards in 2014
2014 was a fabulous year for Flavours and our team. We were rewarded for our work by being shortlisted for many prestigious awards such as Scotland’s Modern Apprenticeship Awards for Micro Employer of the Year. We were also commended by the Good Web Guide for our website and were finalists of the Food and Travel Magazine Readers’ Awards as tour operator of the year. Thank you for all of your support.
2014
The Telegraph: The best cookery courses in Italy (Sept, 2014)
New Magazine!: School Holidays: Pilates in Sicily (June, 2014)
The Independent: Travel agenda (May, 2014)
The Telegraph: Cookery courses in Italy: booking advice (May 2014)
The Independent: Travel Deals (May, 2014)
The Independent: Great getaways (April, 2014)
2013
- JLife Magazine Manchester: (Nov/December, 2013)
- Hospitality & Events North Magazine: (November, 2013)
- JLife Magazine: (Oct/Nov, 2013)
- Beyond Magazine: The taste of Tuscany (Sept/Oct, 2013)
- Olive Magazine: Bitesize Breaks. Italian cookery courses (July, 2013)
- Psychologies Magazine: Fall Back in Love with Learning (January, 2013) (365 KB)
2012
- The Times: Travel Doctor (August, 2012) (2.3 MB)
2011
- Booking for Cooking (May, 2011) (1.7 MB)
- The Class is Greener (March, 2011) (270 KB)
2010
- Booking for Cooking (May, 2011) (1.7 MB)
- The Class is Greener (March, 2011) (270 KB)
2009
- BA High Life (July, 2009)
2008
- She Magazine (October, 2008) (1.8 MB)
- Homes and Interiors Scotland (August, 2008) (1.8 MB)
- Olive Magazine (August, 2008) (214 KB)
- House Beautiful (April, 2008 – Tuscany) (190 KB)
- Homes and Antiques (February, 2008 – Tuscany) (200 KB)
- Olive Magazine (January, 2008 – Tuscany)
2007
- Sunday Express (November, 2007 – Bologna) (513 KB)
- Homes & Gardens Magazine (September, 2007 – Puglia) (5.5 MB)
- Scotsman Magazine (May, 2007) “Simple Feasts”
2006
- House & Garden Magazine (December, 2006) “Gourmet Travel”
- BBC Holiday programme (December, 2006 – Puglia) “Cooking in Puglia with Nicky Chapman”
- Telegraph (September, 2006 – Lazio)
- Scotsman Magazine (February, 2006) (660 KB)
2005
- Telegraph (January, 2005 – Lazio) (640 KB)
2004
- The Sunday Post (October, 2004) (960 KB)
- Evening Standard (October, 2004 – Lazio) (600 KB)
- Independent (March, 2004 – Puglia) (425 KB)
- Scotland on Sunday Magazine (February, 2004 – Lazio) (1.9 MB)
2003
- Aga Magazine (June, 2003) (2.4 MB)
- Toronto Star (April, 2003 – Puglia) (1.4 MB)
- KLM Inflight Magazine (2003 – Lazio) (2.6 MB)
If you are a journalist thinking of covering any of our luxury Italian cookery holidays then please see our press trip information for further details.
