The Newt has established itself as a world leader on a stage that is already strewn with hotel perfection. We discover just how good great can get on this exalted scale of accommodation, ambience, natural surroundings and overall cultural experience

Co-host and producer of Action Packed Travel, Peter Hardy, was a guest of Iain Martin's on The Ski Podcast

Consensio do the ski holiday at a slightly different level to everyone else –  it's the level of luxury and service, but also the fact that it's totally bespoke and tailored to whatever guests want.  Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy 

Don't want to fly? This winter sees the re-introduction of a direct ski train to six resorts. Music © Barney & Izzi Hardy 

Jess Isbrecht  describes herself as a horse nomad who travels full time with her partner Byron and their horses, Mackenzie and River. She hosts the Happy Trails podcast and has a blog called Ride+Climb. Music © Barney & Izzi Hardy 

One of our favourite episodes was number 17 – which was called 7 Marathons  7 Days  7 Continents. We interviewed Rob Bell, who took on the ultimate endurance challenge. Music © Barney & Izzi Hardy 

One of our favourite episodes is an interview with Oli Broom, who cycled on an overladen bicycle from London to Brisbane Music © Barney & Izzi Hardy 

Leah Whitfield of G Adventures explains that if you're travelling, you need to have a positive impact on the local people whose homes you're effectively going to stay in, and realise that you can have an incredible experience but also help change lives at the other end.

Lynsey Devon of Heaven Publicity tells us about creating the images of hotels and tour operators,  resorts and even whole countries.

Digital nomads are enterprising business people who travel the world with a laptop, settling wherever takes their fancy for days or for months at a time before moving on to fresh horizons.