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Paris to be transformed into white-themed outdoor picnic
June 12, 2015
Paris to be transformed into white-themed outdoor picnic
On Thursday night, thousands of elegantly dressed Parisians clad head to toe in white will transform an iconic site in…
Romantic street art replaces love locks on Paris bridge – video
June 12, 2015
Romantic street art replaces love locks on Paris bridge – video
Panels of street art have been installed on Paris's Pont des Arts to replace the hundreds of thousands of "love…
New effort to ease travel anxiety: assuring your bag fits in bin
June 10, 2015
New effort to ease travel anxiety: assuring your bag fits in bin
Air travelers are all too familiar with carry-on bag anxiety: the feeling sparked by last-minute and sometimes seemingly arbitrary decisions…
Egypt eyes 14 million more tourists than previously targeted
June 10, 2015
Egypt eyes 14 million more tourists than previously targeted
Egypt’s Tourism Minister Khaled Ramy has announced that the country is targeting 354 million hotel rooms to house 34 million…
Asia’s most visited cities need more than Chinese tourists
June 8, 2015
Asia’s most visited cities need more than Chinese tourists
Asia's most visited cities such as Bangkok and Singapore are also the most vulnerable to declines in arrivals and any…
Trip Tips: Japan hotels offer tight space for a tight budget
June 6, 2015
Trip Tips: Japan hotels offer tight space for a tight budget
With Japan's tourist numbers and hotel prices on the rise thanks to a weaker yen, developers are getting creative with…
Venice through the eyes of the writers
June 4, 2015
Venice through the eyes of the writers
If you find the crowds that swirl around St Mark’s Square and the Rialto a little dismaying, why not take…
Venice’s most luxurious spa
June 2, 2015
Venice’s most luxurious spa
After enjoying the spotlight this fall thanks to George Clooney’s splashy wedding, Venice opened the doors to a new private…
On a Paris bridge, the end of a love too heavy to bear
June 1, 2015
On a Paris bridge, the end of a love too heavy to bear
Workmen in Paris started pulling off hundreds of thousands of padlocks attached by lovers to the "Pont des Arts" bridge…
Ticket price hike for Egyptians at Luxor, Aswan monuments enforced Monday
May 31, 2015
Ticket price hike for Egyptians at Luxor, Aswan monuments enforced Monday
Egypt is enforcing Monday ticket price hikes for Egyptian visitors to Aswan and Luxor ancient sites. Nasr Salama, head of Aswan…