Spring has sprung and we’re celebrating with a bumper issue full of new trips, hotels, ships and voyages. There’s a two page report on my recent trip to Oman – where I was really impressed by some of the astonishing new hotels which have appeared on the landscape since my last visit. You’ll also find details of an amazing river trip from China to Laos as well as voyages around Newfoundland, to Spitsbergen or East Greenland, the Galapagos islands or Patagonia and even deeply south to the Subantarctic islands. If you want to stay on dry land however, do look at our suggestions for Russia, Japan, Peru, Argentina, Myanmar and Sri Lanka – we can build a trip to cater for all interests.