Dubai looks set to start 2008 with a bang, and quite probably another world record, this time for the largest firework display in the history of the world. New York firework organisers ‘Grucci’ will be attempting to make it into...
Read MoreEver since I worked on setting up the Sydney Harbour webcam back in 1998 (one of the first robotically controlled webcams around), I’ve been fascinated with how they can be used to generate interest.For the new millenium...
Read MoreHotel Points Programs Offer More Than a Free Room By Deidre Woollard on travelReblogged from Luxist With airline miles the rewards are pretty clear, more miles generally equals free trips or the highly desirable first class...
Read MoreIt never ceases to surprise me how difficult hotels find it to create innovative packages for the luxury market. The Mandarin Orient have launched their Christmas package for $US130,000 which includes a limo service,...
Read MorePure Room, a company specialising in “allergy friendly rooms” claims that 59% of travellers would choose a hotel that offers super clean rooms over a comparable hotel without them, and that most of them would be...
Read MoreWe not only have Crescent Hydropolis Resorts building whole resorts underwater (the first one due to open in Dubai and the second in Quingdoa China) but it seems that things underwater are becoming the latest buzz in the luxury...
Read MoreA great new product has come out for the discerning whisky drinker. Apparently ice and top-notch whisky should never be mixed, but equally apparently whisky tastes far better cold because its warmed up in the mouth and hence the...
Read MoreAbout 8 years ago, robotic webcams which internet users could control, started to become the rage. This has now been taken one step further in Canada with am Ottawa resident developing a software programme which allows...
Read MoreTiffany and Co. is still waiting for a verdict in its lawsuit against eBay after a weeklong bench trial in which Tiffany’s lawyers argued that eBay is a distribution network that allows counterfeit Tiffany items to be...
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