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Top 20 travel destinations - The 2011 Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report
Every couple of years, the World Economic Forum crunches a bunch of numbers and releases a list of the top countries in the world to visit. While ranking 139 countries, they measure aspects such as pricing, culture, environmental protection, safety, and infrastructure. For ...Take a cycling tour of Europe on an electric bike
Cycling tours continue to grow in popularity as active travelers look for new options for exploring the destinations of their choice. It is now possible to travel by bike in nearly every region in the world, and companies like Austin-Lehman Adventures offer fantastic cycling ...Love Boat captain cruises to 80th birthday, at sea of course
On one of television's longest running shows he was Captain Merrill Stubing of The Love Boat, cruising through 10 seasons from 1977 to 1986. Gavin MacLeod celebrated his 80th birthday this week along with friends, family and crew members aboard Princess Cruises Golden ...Schengen and the disappearance of European passport stamps
Creative new use for border crossing posts at German/Austrian border.
In the late 1980s, an American spending a summer traveling across Europe with a Eurailpass would see his or her passport stamped possibly dozens of times. With a few exceptions, every time a border ...Geneva home to the world's first mobile airport terminal
Geneva airport just celebrated the opening of the world's first mobile airport terminal today. The terminal was designed by Austrian company TMT - The Mobile Terminal.
Their "entry level" airport terminal arrives in several standard shipping containers, and can be ...Gadling's favorite destinations for 2011
We travel a lot, to destinations both well-known and unfamiliar. In our defense, it is our job to travel like mad, to explore the world and then write about our discoveries.
Though most travel writers find something or other of interest in most places we visit, there ...European cheeses: holiday entertaining with the taste of travel
I work part-time in a cheese shop, and I'm also a contributing editor at culture, a consumer cheese magazine. I can't help noticing that, despite a still-sluggish economy, people don't want to do without their cheese. Especially if they've fallen for a specific type during ...Daily Pampering: Celebrate the holidays on the shores of Lake Geneva
The holidays can be a stressful time. To ease the stress La Réserve Genève is offering a special menu of spa treatments for the holiday season from December 1-January 15. And after a day at the spa, celebrate with Christmas Eve dinner or the New Year's Eve ...Daily Pampering: Swiss watchmaking excursion in Geneva for $12,000
For the man who has everything, this little excursion will send him spinning: Pure Entertainment Group has created an exclusive watchmaking excursion in Geneva for the serious watch aficionado.
Upon landing in Geneva, guests will be transported to their Junior Suite at ...Top ten hostels in Europe
Staying in a hostel in Europe is a rite of passage for budget-conscious travelers making their way around the continent. This is particularly the case for budget-conscious younger travelers. Here are ten hostels across Europe that either receive particularly high ...Ecotourism's next evolution: Rent a cow in Switzerland
Need to get away from it all? How about a month or season on a picturesque Swiss farm? Thanks to to enterprising Swiss farmers, professionals can now contribute to the local economy and "participate physically in the life of a medium-size mountain farm and to acquire at a ...Daily Pampering: Luxury ski chalets for the ultimate winter retreat
Have a few hundred thousand dollars to spare and want to do something special this winter? You're in luck! The Abercrombie & Kent group just added 18 new luxury ski chalets to its already grandiose offerings and starting this December, they're available for you.
Enjoy ...Meet locals (and save money) hiking through Europe - International travel tip
Most travelers are keen to mingle with locals while taking in the sights. Do both and save money by hiking along the fjords and fjells of Scandinavia and/or the soaring majesty of the Alps.
Don't like the idea of lugging your gear over the mountains? No worries. Join one ...Airport efficiency: the world's winners
Do you get frustrated when you walk into an airport? Even before you get there? On good days, it's a painful experience, with long lines, the security gauntlet and procedures (which may or may not be appropriate) that are guaranteed to annoy. It should come as no surprise ...Hotel cooking classes let you savor travel memories at home
You know what they say..."take only pictures, leave only memories." But what if you want to take it home with you? That searing pad ka prow that leaves a film of sweat on your brow, a fragrant bouillabaisse, schnitzel so thin and crisp it practically floats?
What you need ...Daily Pampering: Guided walks around the world
Usually when we discuss the luxe life, we talk about things being brought to us, not about things we have to go out and get ourselves. After all, the very foundation of 'pampering' comes from people being waited on, so why would anything in Daily Pampering ever require us to ...Solar-powered plane flies at night
An airplane that relies entirely on solar energy has flown for 24 hours straight, cruising along happily through the darkness and emerging into the dawn with three hours left in its batteries. Once the sun rose, of course, the batteries immediately began to recharge.
...Daily Pampering: Soulful serenading in the Swiss Alps
What's more romantic than a hot summer evening and the smooth sounds of Foreigner? (Cue the high school flashbacks) Outdoor music fans (and children of the 1980s and 1990s) prepare to flock to the Swiss Alps for the "Live at Sunset" concert.
If your summer travels ...The mystifying trail up the Uetliberg
It was a ludicrously foggy day when I rode the train up the Uetliberg and embarked on the trail to Uto Kulm. The Uetliberg is a Swiss mountain known as the "Top of Zürich," crowned with a 236 foot tower which you can climb for panoramic views of Zürich and beyond ...Photo of the Day (6.22.10)
No matter how remote your current location, it's a pretty safe bet that you've seen some trace of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa over the past 10 days. This humbling shot comes from travel photographer Austin Mann - taken at the Spain v. Switzerland game at Durban's ...
