Category: SHELTER
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First large luxury cruise liner build in China
China to build first large luxury cruise liner China aims to boost the tourism of its coastal Xiamen city, by building its first large luxury cruise liner. Xiamen is seen as a future shipping hub in southeast China, leading the economic growth of the region. The Southeast China International Shipping Center package includes 10…
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Monroe – the star of Ferragamo’s newest exhibition
Fifty years without Marilyn Marilyn is still alive, more alive than ever. Fifty years after her disappearance and she is on the piedestal. Salvatore Ferragamo Museum in Florence will host until January 2013 an exhibition dedicated to the actress who will never be forgotten. The beautiful photograph used for the exhibition poster was taken by…
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London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony – as it happened
Seven young athletes lit the Olympic Cauldron at the end of a dazzling and very British ceremony• Marina Hyde: irreverent and idiosyncratic• Richard Williams: jokes, warmth, noise and drama
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Life in the Clouds: Inside Four Seasons Hotel Guangzhou
Rising 103 stories above the Pearl River, the new Guangzhou International Finance Center (GZIFC) building’s top 30 floors are home to the the 88th Four Seasons’ property – Four Seasons Hotel Guangzhou. Known to centuries of western traders as Canton, Guangzhou is China’s third largest city, located 120 kilometres (75 miles) upriver from Hong Kong…
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London 2012: Danny Boyle thrills audiences with inventive Olympics opening ceremony
Director says getting the Queen to deliver Bond film’s immortal line was easy – but there were last-minute doubts about the ceremony
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World’s best hotels, cities, islands, cruise lines, airlines, and spas
World’s best hotels selected by Travel+Leisure magazine readers US-based Travel+Leisure Magazine asked its readers to answer a questionnaire developed by its editors from December 1, 2011, to March 31, 2012. The results of the 17 the annual Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards survey revealed readers’ favorite hotels, cities, islands, cruise lines, airlines, car-rental agencies,…