Travel news

• • 29.03.2011

    Revolution headlines Egypt tourist revival

    Just weeks after the Egyptian revolution sent Western holidaymakers running for their lives, tour operators are hoping to turn the heart of the...

  • 24.03.2011

    New Thyssen museum set to open in Spain

    More than 200 paintings from the private collection of the widow of Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza will be on display at a new museum that opens...

  • 14.02.2011

    Design hotel opens in London's Leicester Square

    W Hotels opened its 40th hotel and new flagship in London February 14, bringing the brand's design-led luxury to the colorful streets of Soho. The...

  • 10.02.2011

    Boutique hotel proposed for TWA terminal at JFK

    A top-end boutique hotel could soon be built in the vacant TWA terminal at New York's busy JFK airport, according to reports from the US. The...

  • 06.02.2011

    Foreign potheads seek alternatives to Dutch coffee shop

    Learning to grow their own weed or finding a dealer: French and Belgian potheads are seeking alternatives to the famous Dutch coffee shop as The...

  • 11.01.2011

    Artwork by Chuck Close and Kehinde Wiley featured on NYC’s Taxis

    This monday Chuck Close unveiled four taxi-top billboards: two featuring his artwork and two featuring the work of artist Kehinde Wiley in Times...

  • 10.01.2011

    Beirut's iconic 'Glass Cafe' takes its last bow

    Beirut's iconic Glass Cafe, which dates back to Ottoman times, shuts its doors this week, taking with it a slice of the Lebanese capital's...

  • 06.01.2011

    Syria makes low-key opening of casino

    A casino opened without fanfare near the Syrian capital on Christmas Eve, in a bending of the rules in a secular country seeking to lure tourists...

  • 26.12.2010

    Lighting up in style: the gentleman's smoking room is back

    Sink back into a leather armchair and let the grey plumes curl up to the ceiling: tobacco may be banned from bars and clubs across Western cities,...

  • 22.12.2010

    11-million-dollar Christmas tree

    The Emirates Palace hotel in Abu Dhabi, which unveiled a Christmas tree decorated with jewels valued at 11 million dollars, has decided to put the...

• • 27.03.2011

    Singapore boutique hotelier turns wrecks into gems

    They may look like wrecks to most people, but to Singaporean hotelier Loh Lik Peng creaking warehouses or unused school buildings can be...

  • 19.02.2011

    Venice launches virtual tour of canals

    Internet users can now travel along the canals of Venice from the comfort of their own homes to prepare their trips, with a new website launched...

  • 10.02.2011

    Prado and Hermitage to swap works

    Spain's Prado Museum and Russia's Hermitage Museum will swap works, including masterpieces by Goya and Rembrandt, as part of a cultural exchange...

  • 07.02.2011

    The Merlion Hotel – SB2011

    Singapore’s tourism destination landmark The Merlion at Merlion Park will undergo a dramatic transformation beginning 7 February 2011. It will...

  • 26.01.2011

    Cipriani to launch Mr. C Hotel Brand

    After high-end clubs and restaurants, the fourth generation of the Cipriani family will debut a new signature hotel brand called Mr. C, the first...

  • 10.01.2011

    Disney Dream maiden voyage

    The Disney Dream, Disney Cruise Line's newest ship, arrived on Jan. 4, 2011 for the first time to her home port of Port Canaveral, Fla. after...

  • 06.01.2011

    Four hours from Beijing to Shanghai

    The new Beijing-Shanghai high-speed line will open this June, a year ahead of schedule, and will cut travel times between the two cities to three...

  • 29.12.2010

    Israel reports record tourism figures

    An estimated 3.45 million tourists visited Israel in 2010, a record number of travellers to the Jewish state, the tourism ministry said on...

  • 25.12.2010

    Christmas eve chaos as snow strands European travellers

    Thousands of travellers were stranded at Paris' main airport Friday as freezing conditions forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights, with...

  • 21.12.2010

    Louvre buys Cranach’s “The Three Graces”

    The Louvre museum in Paris announced it has now received the extra one million euros (1.4 million dollars) in donations it appealed for to buy a...