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• • 16.04.2010

    Volcanic ash hits flights worldwide

    Hundreds of flights worldwide were cancelled Thursday and will be on Friday as volcanic ash from Iceland swept across northern Europe, causing eig...

  • 13.04.2010

    Thai protesters hit tourist hub with guns -- of water

    As revelers splashed each other with water and daubed their faces with clay, it was hard to believe three days earlier Bangkok's most famous touri...

  • 12.04.2010

    Half a million World Cup tickets on sale from April 15

    500,000 more tickets for the 2010 FIFA World Cup will be made available for the fifth and final phase of sales, from Thursday, April 15 right up u...

  • 09.04.2010

    Expo Shanghai Online launched on Tuesday

    Shanghai Expo 2010 launched the Expo Shanghai Online April 7, allowing visitors a sneak peek at the Expo site 23 days before the extravaganza open...

  • 05.04.2010

    London cycle hire scheme to go live in July

    London will catch up with cities including Shanghai, Paris and Washington in July when it introduces its first easy-access bicycle hire scheme. Re...

  • 30.03.2010

    Hotel Opening in Chicago River North Neighborhood

    Kimpton's new art-themed Hotel Palomar Chicago is opening this spring, with 259 rooms. It is situated in the eclectic River North area, a "st...

  • 29.03.2010

    Antony Gormley's landmark public art exhibition, Event Horizon in NYC.

    From March 26 through August 15, 2010, The Madison Square Park Conservancy will present Antony Gormley's Event Horizon, a landmark public art exhi...

  • 25.03.2010

    Future of urban transportation unveiled ahead of Shanghai Expo

    General Motors has unveiled its vision of the urban transportation of the future ahead of the start of the Shanghai World Expo in May.The company,...

  • 22.03.2010

    MoMa’s acquisition: The @ symbol

    New York’s Museum of Modern Art has added today the “@” symbol to its permanent art collection. It is today officially part of the MoMA’s elite co...

  • 23.03.2010

    MAXXI Contemporary Art Center to Open in Rome

    The MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Arts, instituted by the Italian Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities, is Italy's first national...

• • 14.04.2010

    Prague takes 'Golden Lane' back to Bohemian roots

    Once home to royal archers, artists and fortune-tellers, Prague's historic Golden Lane, a cluster of tiny houses fitted under the arches of the ci...

  • 13.04.2010

    Millions swarm to Ganges for Indian religious festival

    Millions of Hindu pilgrims gathered on the banks of India's river Ganges on Tuesday ready to plunge into the holy waters at the climax of the worl...

  • 11.04.2010

    LVMH to Develop Luxury Hotels in Oman and Egypt

    LVMH, the world's largest luxury goods manufacturer, is to open two additional luxury hotels, in Egypt and Oman, under the "Cheval Blanc"...

  • 05.04.2010

    Opening Shanghai’s best located World Expo 2010 hotel

    On April 19th will open the only luxury hotel on the Shanghai World Expo site, the InterContinental. Built on the World Expo site in Pudong, it wi...

  • 27.03.2010

    A spell is cast on Kensington Palace

    Kensington Palace will become The Enchanted Palace for two years. Independent charity Historic Royal Palaces is undertaking a £12 million major pr...

  • 30.03.2010

    Taj Hotels Resorts continues its expansion this week in Cape Town

    Taj Hotels Resorts has just added, on March 20th, a new location in their international portfolio: Cape Town. Taj Cape Town is in the middle of hi...

  • 26.03.2010

    Copenhagen’s Little Mermaid travels to Shanghai

    On March 25th, The Little mermaid began her journey to Shanghai, to be part of the World Expo 2010. She will represent the cultural exchange betwe...

  • 25.03.2010

    US artist Cy Twombly decorates Louvre ceiling

    US artist Cy Twombly unveiled his latest work in one of the oldest wings of Paris's Louvre museum Tuesday, a blue ceiling with discus-shaped colou...

  • 23.03.2010

    Trump SoHo to open in April

    Trump SoHo New York, will open in Downtown New York, on April 9, 2010. Located at 246 Spring Street, the dramatic, 46-story silver-glass building...

  • 23.03.2010

    India launches ultra-luxury Maharaja train service

    India has launched its most luxurious and expensive train service yet, seeking to attract well-heeled foreign rail enthusiasts prepared to pay the...