2012 list of the world’s best-reviewed hotels

Expedia released the 2012 list of the World’s Best-Reviewed hotels, called Expedia Insiders’ Select. The rankings are crowd-sourced, largely determined by the more than a half a million tourist reviews received during the course of 2011. Based on more than 500,000 guest reviews submitted annually by the travelers, these 650 hotels were designated the 2012 … Read more

The Orsos man-made, sustainable floating Island

Own a floating green island for $6.5 Million A new man-made, sustainable floating island concept was presented by an Austrian firm that wants to combine the best of mainland real estate and a super yacht. The Orsos Island conception combines personal atmosphere, experience in the middle of the nature and the mobility of a yacht, … Read more

The Art of Packing: Optimise your luggage space

Louis Vuitton teaches you how to pack   Watch the process: The Art of Packing by Louis Vuitton. The interactive experience presents the functionality of Alzer, Pégase and Keepall suitcases. The visitor can interact with the items and follow the folding instructions step by step, or simply watch the video. Pégase bag rolls, saving effort … Read more

Space tourism: to the Moon and back as early as in 2015

 Excalibur Almaz prepares tourist-trips to the moon. Excalibur Almaz, a commercial aerospace company based on the Isle of Man, British Isles, announced that the company prepares tourist-trips to the moon. Excalibur Almaz will offer the affordable and reliable transportation of humans and cargo to Low Earth Orbit, libration point, the Moon and beyond. Tickets to the moon … Read more

Lagerfeld in wax

Harry Potter, Pope Benedict XVI, German TV host Thomas Gottschalk, Udo Lindenberg and Barack Obama have company. The St. Pauli Panoptikum wax museum (Spielbudenplatz 3, 20359 Hamburg) has expanded its collection with a prominent personality. The legendary German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has a wax likeness with black gloves, sunglasses and metal chains. Some say … Read more

Martinez Cannes and Concorde Lafayette sold to a Qatari investor

Katara Hospitality to buy French luxury hotels   Famed Martinez hotel in Cannes and Paris’ Concorde Lafayette Porte Maillot are now owned by an investor of Qatar. The hotel group Groupe du Louvre (US hotel group Starwood Capital) has indeed sold these two hotels to Katara Hospitality. Starwood Capital’s Groupe du Louvre will hold a meeting … Read more