Top ten cities offering cut price five-star accommodation

As prices tumble, luxury hotel rooms more affordable than ever The latest Hotel Price Index (HPI) published by travel website hotel.com reveals the top ten cities worldwide where you can enjoy five-star accommodation for £100 per room per night. Alison Couper, communications director at hotels.com, said: “The best rooms in the world have never been … Read more

Salon du Chocolat honours pastry with a baroque touch

Salon du Chocolat 2011. To eat without moderation From 20 to 24 October 2011, the Salon du Chocolat settles in Paris, at Porte de Versailles, for its 17th edition in France. The annual Parisian show Salon de Chocolat will deliver the 2012 chocolate trends. This year collaborations include chocolate house Cacao Barry, and plastic designer … Read more

Cartier Time Art – a history of time measurement

Cartier celebrates 150 years of time art Cartier Time Art: A tribute to Cartier timepieces from the first to the present day   Cartier Time Art, which will travel worldwide after opening in Zurich, traces the history of time measurement at Cartier from its origins in Paris in 1847 to today. Never before have so … Read more

Richard Branson and astronaut Buzz Aldrin opened world’s first ‘spaceport’

Richard Branson opens world’s first ‘spaceport’ in New Mexico British billionaire Richard Branson opened on Monday the world’s first-ever commercial spaceport in the New Mexico desert, the new home for his company, Virgin Galactic. “Spaceport America,” as the site is called, will serve “as the operating hub for Virgin Galactic and is expected to house … Read more

Jean Paul Gaultier Or the Shattered Codes

French Designer Jean Paul Gaultier is now the subject of his own documentary, called “Jean Paul Gaultier Ou Les Codes Bouleversés” (Jean Paul Gaultier Or the Shattered Codes). It was made by model and his former muse Farida Khelfa, and he is delighted with the finished project. “She knows me. She can show things even … Read more