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Rolling Out the Yoga Mat

Skip to next paragraph Interest Guide SpasLIKE Wi-Fi, on-demand movies and fitness centers, yoga is becoming an amenity many hotels and resorts just can’t do without.Long popular at spas and retreat centers, yoga classes have been spreading to mainstream hotels, resorts and tour operators over the last several years. As the ancient stretching and meditation […]

24-Hour Room Service: Carlisle Bay, Antigua

A haven of Caribbean perfectionBy Claudia Winkleman

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North Star Cruises unveils calendar of events

19 Jan 10 (TravMedia.com): North Star Cruises has unveiled a busy calendar of events aimed at giving guests a unique experience on board the ultra-luxury True North adventure cruise ship.Guests can learn about landscape painting, enjoy classical guitar performances, gain a deeper understanding of ancient rock art, and learn more about Kimberley geology.North Star General […]

A place, distilled

All the earth’s elements are present for making whiskies distinct and memorableDUFFTOWN - Good Scotch whisky is a road trip in a bottle.Pour a glass, close your eyes, breathe in, and be reminded of the place where waves turn the seaside into a rough and craggy path for the strolling thinker.Another glass may contain a […]

The Big Six: Modern ski hotels

From one of the best addresses in Adelboden to Spain’s premier resort in the Pyrenees…By Aoife O’Riordain

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Sentosa’s Merlion gets a facelift

The Merlion statue in Sentosa is undergoing a massive cleaning operation in preparation of a tourism boom on Singapore’s holiday island. According to a Channel NewsAsia report, the 37-metre tall statue will take 240 hours clean, as it prepares for an influx of photo-snapping tourists visiting the new Resorts World development.

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Five spots for winter rambles

Nothing beats a good, blustery winter walk followed by some reheating by a real fire. Here are five spots to get the blood flowing…

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Stay the night: The Langham, London

Europe’s first grand hotel has been spruced up to welcome shoppers to the heart of the West EndReviewed by Simone Kane

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Rare Books Don’t Always Live in Glass Cases

Skip to next paragraph Interest Guide HistorySTANDING among the 10,000 rare books in the stacks of the Linda Hall Library in Kansas City , Bruce Bradley, the director of the history of science special collections, pulls out a copy of “The Starry Messenger,” the revelatory book in which Galileo detailed his astronomical observations made with […]

Where Clackety-Clack Is Lullaby of Choice

Cresson, Pa.THE Station Inn here in western Pennsylvania is utterly lacking in amenities. There’s no air-conditioning, no television of any kind, no in-room phones. Nor is there a fitness center, a Jacuzzi, a sauna or a pool. The beds are all twins.Yet guests from across the continent and beyond return again and again to this […]