Having already established itself as a solid business market, Moscow’s emerging hotel industry is receiving renewed attention from investors looking to tap into a burgeoning leisure class. Not surprisingly, branded assets are leading this new wave of development. Rising from the center of Moscow Centre, for example, is the InterContinental Moscow Tverskaya, which is set [...]

This isn’t the Thailand you’ve read about in books or seen in movies. There are no rainbow-colored umbrellas lining Mai Khao Beach, no drug-selling monkeys or lace bra-clad women’s prisons. There are no Singha-induced benders and unrecognizable stinky street food that resembles something that might belong inside you, instead of on a stick. This is [...]

At the southern tip of China’s Hainan Island, amid the white sand beaches and blush sunsets, a gourmand’s paradise of local cusine and carefully crafted cocktails awaits. The Chinese are known for many things: ancient tea ceremonies, elegant silk garments, exotic foods, excellent shopping and state-of-the-art technology. China is fast becoming a favorite for new [...]

Ireland is known for many things: rolling green hills, stunning landscapes, ancient castles, endless pubs and bottomless glasses of Guinness. On any given night in Dublin you’ll make new friends while ordering fish and chips or devouring a homemade Shepherd’s Pie in one of the dozens of pubs that line Dublin’s streets. But venture outside [...]