Meet the Expert Theatre
At the 2008 Show The Times presents Destinations: The Holiday and Travel Show's Theatres were packed with travel faces; from presenter of BBC's 'Coast', historian and explorer Nicholas Crane, to the infamous 'Mr Nice' aka Howard Marks who recounted his exploits in Jamaica and Patagonia. Big Cat and Big Bear Diary' presenter Jonathan Scott described his fascinating experiences with the bears in Alaska courtesy of Hallo Bay Bear Camp.
Other personalities who shared their fascinating travel experiences include journalist and author Tahir Shah; traveller Chris Moon MBE courtesy of Leonard Cheshire Disability; celebrity chef Manju Malhi on taking British Food to the Indian Subcontinent and 'Millionaire's Mission' entrepeneur and MD of i-to-i, Deidre Bounds.
The timetable below is for our 2008 Show, in the run up to next years Show threre'll be an exciting new line up to select from.
Thursday 31st Jan |
Friday 1st Feb
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| 11.00am - 11.30am | EXPERIENCE THE BATTLEFIELDS THE EASY WAY Speaker: Keith Quibell Company: Leger Holidays |
11.00am - 11.30am | ST HELENA - BACK TO THE FUTURE Speaker: Alistair McLean Company: St Helena Line |
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| 12.00pm - 12.30pm | PUERTO DE LA CRUZ & THE OROTAVA VALLEY - DISCOVER THE HIDDEN PART OF TENERIFE Speaker: Anna Goldrein Company: Tenerife Tourism Corporation |
12.00pm - 12.30pm | ART SAFARI - PAINTING AFRICA'S WONDERS Speaker: Mary-Anne Bartlett Company: Art Safari |
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| 1.00pm - 1.30pm | Expert Panel Session: Hosted by: Deirdre Bounds, i-to-i.com |
1.00pm - 1.30pm | Expert Panel Session: TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY 'BEHIND THE LENS' Hosted by STEVE DAVEY |
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| 2.00pm - 2.30pm | BBC NEWS PRESENTS… DAVID SHUKMAN in conversation with JUSTIN FRANCIS, responsibletravel.com |
2.00pm - 2.30pm | BBC NEWS PRESENTS… STEFAN GATES COOKING IN THE DANGER ZONE in conversation with DAN LINSTEAD, WANDERLUST MAGAZINE | |
| 3.00pm - 3.30pm | GETTING THE MOST FROM OVERSEAS VOLUNTEERING Speaker: Adrian Yalland Company: Different Travel |
3.00pm - 3.30pm | GAP YEARS FOR GROWN UP'S - WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS? |
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| 4.00pm - 4.30pm | HALLO BAY PRESENTS… KINGS OF THE WILD, THE MAKING OF THE BIG BEAR DIARIES WITH JONATHAN SCOTT | 4.00pm - 4.30pm | ROYAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY (WITH IBG) PRESENTS… JOURNEYS IN COLOUR - TEXTILES FROM AROUND THE WORLD |
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| 5.00pm - 5.30pm | THE ELEMENTS OF ICELAND Speaker: Cathy Harlow Company: Discover The World |
5.00pm - 5.30pm | A LAND OF CAVALIERS AND COTTON FIELDS CALLED THE OLD SOUTH… Speaker: Jody Hanson Company: Deep South USA |
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| 6.00pm - 7.00pm | AFRICA OVERLAND! Speaker: Charlie Jaques Company: Dragoman Overland |
6.00pm - 7.00pm | SHOW CLOSED | |
Saturday 2nd Feb
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Sunday 3rd Feb
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| 11.00am - 11.30am | NORTH PAKISTAN: ASIA'S BEST KEPT SECRET Speaker: Ibrahhem Mahmood Company: KJTI |
11.00am - 11.30am | TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY - THE MAGIC & THE MYTH Speaker: Odette Fussey Conpany: The Russia Experience |
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| 12.00pm - 12.30pm | EXPEDITION CRUISING IN THE POLAR REGIONS Speaker: Jarrod Kyte Company: Peregrine Adventures |
12.00pm - 12.30pm | CENTRAL AFGHANISTAN AND KURDISTAN IRAQ ADVENTURES Speaker: Geoff Hann Company: Hinterland Travel |
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| 1.00pm - 1.30pm | Expert Panel Session: THE ART OF TRAVEL WRITING Hosted by JANE KNIGHT, THE TIMES TRAVEL MAGAZINE |
1.00pm - 1.30pm | Expert Panel Session: TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY 'BEHIND THE LENS' Hosted by STEVE DAVEY |
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| 2.00pm - 2.30pm | BBC NEWS PRESENTS… STEFAN GATES COOKING IN THE DANGER ZONE in conversation with DAN LINSTEAD, WANDERLUST MAGAZINE |
2.00pm - 2.30pm | BBC NEWS PRESENTS… FRANK GARDNER in conversation with DAN LINSTEAD, WANDERLUST MAGAZINE |
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| 3.00pm - 3.30pm | THE UNKNOWN SOUTH AMERICA: GUYANA, SURINAME & FRECH GUIANA Speaker: Tony Thorne Company: Wilderness Explorers |
3.00pm - 3.30pm | PERU - THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF RESPONSIBLE TRAVEL IN LATIN AMERICA Speaker: John Shillibeer Company: G.A.P Adventures - The Great Adventure People |
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| 4.00pm - 4.30pm | DESTINATIONS PRESENTS… NICHOLAS CRANE in conversation with ED GRENBY, SUNDAY TIMES TRAVEL MAGAZINE |
4.00pm - 4.30pm | DESTINATIONS PRESENTS… STEVE WATKINS & CLARE JONES UNFORGETTABLE WALKS TO TAKE BEFORE YOU DIE |
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| 5.00pm - 5.30pm | NEW DESTINATIONS: RUSSIA EARTH'S BEST UNSPOILED WILDERNESS Speaker: Svetlana Nogai Company: Go Russia |
5.00pm - 5.30pm | TBC | |
| 6.00pm - 7.00pm | SHOW CLOSED | 6.00pm - 7.00pm | SHOW CLOSED | |
Theatre 2: The Southern Hemisphere
Regions covered: Latin America, The Caribbean, Asia & Pacific, Africa & Indian Ocean, Responsible Travel
Thursday 31st Jan
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Friday 1st Feb
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| 11.00am - 11.30am | NORTH KOREA UNVEILED Speaker: Carl Meadows & Andrea Godfrey Company: Regent Holidays |
11.00am - 11.30am | JAPAN - THE LAND OF BEAUTY Speaker: Hung Nguyen Company: Visit Asia |
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| 12.00pm - 12.30pm | FROM LEMURS TO LEAF TAILED GECKO'S: EXPLORING MADAGASCAR'S RAINFOREST Company: Audley Travel |
12.00pm - 12.30pm | THE INCA TRAIL, MACHU PICCHU AND ALTERNATIVE TREKS Speaker: Chris Borland Company: Tucan Travel |
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| 1.00pm - 1.30pm | DESTINATIONS PRESENTS… MANJU MALHI |
1.00pm - 1.30pm | DESTINATIONS PRESENTS… BIG CAT TRACKER IAN MAXWELL |
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| 2.00pm - 2.30pm | Expert Panel Session: GOING SOLO Hosted by HILARY BRADT, BRADT TRAVEL GUIDES |
2.00pm - 2.30pm | Expert Panel Session: ECO-TOURISM - WHAT DOES IT MEAN? Hosted by DAVID SHUKMAN |
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| 3.00pm - 3.30pm | EXPEDITION CRUISING WITH NOBLE CALEDONIA Speaker: Kim Crosbie Company: Noble Caledonia |
3.00pm - 3.30pm | HALLO BAY PRESENTS… KINGS OF THE WILD, THE MAKING OF THE BIG BEAR DIARIES WITH JONATHAN SCOTT | |
| 4.00pm - 4.30pm | ARRIVING HOME - IS IT THE END? Speaker: Mark Davidson Company: Explore! |
4.00pm - 4.30pm | MONGOLIA - LAND OF THE BLUE SKY Speaker: Karina Moreton Company: Panoramic Journeys |
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| 5.00pm - 5.30pm | DARWIN'S GALAPAGOS ISLANDS Speaker: Pierre Thomas Company: CTS Horizons |
5.00pm - 5.30pm | MALAWI: AFRICA'S WARM HEART Speaker: John Douglas Company: Malawi Tourism Marketing |
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| 6.00pm - 7.00pm | 100 ANIMALS TO SEE BEFORE THEY DIE Speaker: Mike Unwin Company Bradt Travel Guides |
6.00pm - 7.00pm | SHOW CLOSED | |
Saturday 2nd Feb
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Sunday 3rd Feb
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| 11.00am - 11.30am | THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS - A JOURNEY AROUND THE ENCHANTED ISLANDS Speaker: Thomas Power Company: Pura Aventura |
11.00am - 11.30am | WONDERS OF CHINA Speaker: Wendy Wu Company: Wendy Wu Tours |
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| 12.00pm - 12.30pm | PREDATORS - FROM THE POLES TO THE PLAINS: A PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDY Speaker: Paul Goldstein Company: Exodus Travel |
12.00pm - 12.30pm | INDOCHINA UNCOVERED Speaker: Lesley Wright Company: Travel Indochina |
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| 1.00pm - 1.30pm | DESTINATIONS PRESENTS… HOWARD MARKS aka MR NICE: 'WALES TO SOUTH AMERICA' |
1.00pm - 1.30pm | DESTINATIONS PRESENTS...SIMON REEVE in conversation with DAN LINSTEAD, WANDERLUST MAGAZINE |
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| 2.00pm - 2.30pm | Expert Panel Session: TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY 'BEHIND THE LENS' Hosted by STEVE DAVEY |
2.00pm - 2.30pm | Expert Panel Session: THE ART OF TRAVEL WRITING Hosted by LYN HUGHES, WANDERLUST MAGAZINE |
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| 3.00pm - 3.30pm | DESTINATIONS PRESENTS… TAHIR SHAH in conversation with LYN HUGHES, WANDERLUST MAGAZINE |
3.00pm - 3.30pm | DESTINATIONS PRESENTS… DEIRDRE BOUNDS MILLIONAIRE'S MISSION I-TO-I in conversation with LYN HUGHES, WANDERLUST MAGAZINE |
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| 4.00pm - 4.30pm | THE SILK ROAD AS A TOURIST DESTINATION Speaker: Jonny Bealby Company: Wild Frontiers |
4.00pm - 4.30pm | DISCOVER THE PASSION OF COLOMBIA - SOUTH AMERICA'S HIDDEN GEM Speaker: Carmen Roberts, BBC Fast Track Company: Colombia Tourism Office - Proexport |
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| 5.00pm - 5.30pm | LEONARD CHESHIRE DISABILITY PRESENTS… CHRIS MOON |
5.00pm - 5.30pm | TBC
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| 6.00pm - 7.00pm | SHOW CLOSED | 6.00pm - 7.00pm | SHOW CLOSED | |
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