Travel and Tourism

If there is natural beauty to be appreciated then odds are there will be a luxury hotel to experience it from. From igloos in Finland to underwater bedrooms off the coast of Africa, we take to you some of the most remote hotels on the planet

Norwegian Cruise Line raises the bar for outlandish cruise offerings yet again. Its new "Joy" cruise ship will entertain with a two-level race track, multi-story water park, high-tech arcade, and bumper hovercraft arena.

Canadian camper van specialist Roadtrek has launched the all-new Zion, a compact camper built atop the Ram ProMaster. The Zion's open interior layout accommodates gear like bicycles and kayaks in a wide center aisle, then serves as a roomy home away from home at camp.

Four Rivers Eco Lodge invites you to sleep right on the scenic waters of Cambodia's Tatai River.

Business travellers have voted online check-in as the ‘innovation of the decade’; followed closely by Wi-Fi, flat beds, notebooks and the Eurostar. The top five innovations of the last ten years were revealed in a survey of U.K. business travellers.

Targus'new Zip-Thru case allows travelers to get through security checks without having to remove their laptop from its case by virtue of a split design which easily exposes the laptop for security staff.

Billed as a world first, Live Luggage is set to premiere its power assisted luggage range which uses tilt sensors and an intelligent torque control system to power the wheels - good news for the weary traveler!

Google co-founder Sergey Brin has forked out a US$5 million deposit to reserve a seat on future orbital spaceflights and join the select group of private space tourists.

This card-operated wireless switch from Echoflex Solutions offers energy savings for the hotel industry by reducing energy wasted on lighting, heating and cooling in unoccupied rooms.

A couple of nifty solar gadgets for the outdoors, the Solar Mosquito Guard and Solar-Powered Fan are a steal at just US$10.

Pepsi has announced it will create America’s largest Ferris wheel in New Jersey. The 287-foot-tall structure will take 25 minutes to complete a single revolution and carry up to 20 visitors in each of its 26 glass pods.

QSTARZ has released the BT-Q1000 Platinum - a Bluetooth GPS Travel Recorder that pairs with your PDA or Smartphone to provide satellite navigation and allows users to record up to 200,000 waypoints.