Arrivals/Departures: Two days with Bristol's most gorgeous man

Smart move of the week (a weekend with Cary Grant)

The newest addition to the revamped Bristol docks is not another space-age cinema/minimalist sculpture park/chrome and glass-fronted temple to multi-media but a good old-fashioned bronze statue. Bristolians honour the life and work of the city's most glamorous son in the shape of a bronze statue of Archibald Leach (aka Cary Grant) due to be unveiled as part of a Cary Grant festival (Bristol, 7-8 December).

And for just £92 per person, you can spend the weekend with the dimpled one, including a Cary Grant vintage bus tour, a Sunday matinée showing of To Catch a Thief, two nights' hotel accommodation and discount on limited-edition Cary Grant statue miniatures.

For further information contact Derek Townsend at Key Services (0117 9731313).

Smart guide of the week

No sooner has Hallowe'en crawled back into the crypt than thoughts turn to Christmas shopping. Essential reading, out this month, is the new Bradt Guide to Eurostar Destinations (£11.95), which is focused on short stays. The guide explores Paris, Lille and Brussels, giving the low-down on restaurants, bars, lesser and better-known landmarks and, of course, shopping.

If you want to do your shopping closer to home, you may be interested in another guide out this month. It comes, rather oddly, from Vacation Work (the travel imprint that has produced countless titles on how to live and work abroad). Hand Made Britain (£10.99) is a directory of craft centres, workshops and galleries in England, Scotland and Wales. Perhaps having earned all that money abroad, the idea is to come back and spend it here and the choice is surprisingly rich. If you want to know, for example, where to get free-blown lead crystal glassware, traditionally smoked English fish, or perhaps hand-carved children's toys, then this is the guide for you.

Smart shop of the week

More shopping, this time with the YHA, and it has nothing to do with orienteering, tent assembly or Kendal mint cake. The new YHA Adventure flagship store opens this week in Wardour Street, London (the Covent Garden branch has closed for refurbishment), in the gilt-edged setting of Novello House, former home of the composer and playwright Ivor Novello.

With more than 3,000 products from walking boots to mountain bikes, this is the largest city-centre outdoor store in the UK. Facilities include a vaccination clinic, travel agent, web centre, ski workshop and boot-testing balcony, for trying out footwear on different surfaces.

...and this week's statistics

The travel trade's biggest international event, the World Travel Market (12-15 November, London) has been firing off press releases and reassuring delegates that all is going ahead as planned, despite the events of 11 September. The WTM, which helps to shape the where, how and with whom we go on our holidays, reported few cancellations. Fiona Jeffery, group exhibition director, says that she has been "heartened by the incredible tenacity of exhibitors".

However, at a recent ski and snowboard show, word was that bookings, specifically to the States, have dropped significantly. Some American tour operators say bookings since the attacks are down by 50 per cent.

The Association of British Travel Agents estimates the cost to the British tourism industry from the loss of visitors from the United States at £2.5bn. But Abta predicts US consumer confidence will pick up from the middle of next year. "If the war remains contained in one area of the world, confidence in travel will return", said a spokesperson.