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Vienna House completes brand overhaul

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Austria’s largest hotel group has completed its repositioning, with Vienna International Hotels & Resorts becoming Vienna House. The new umbrella brand Vienna House brings together individual city and resort hotels, the design hotels “andel’s by Vienna House”, the vibrant business hotels “angelo by Vienna House” as well as the down-to-earth easy line “Vienna House Easy”. […]

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Why You Shouldn't Miss These 9 Street Markets in Asia

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By Michelle Schuman for the Sinpo International Market – Incheon, South Korea (outside Seoul) You can buy almost anything at the 140+ stalls that make up Incheon‘s indoor Sinpo International Market, from fresh meat and seafood, to shoes and clothing. But the main draw is definitely the food, and one popular local delicacy is something […]

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Las Vegas: The Secrets Behind the Curtains

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There is no place on the planet with such a nimiety of magic. Every stage, every song, every bite and brew, every light is so sufficiently perfected as to be indistinguishable from sorcery. So, what goes on behind the curtains here? How do they do it? I decided to find out, and probe under the […]

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Photographer Captures Remnants Of Europe's Past To Imagine Its Future

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Polish-born photographer Josef Schulz is reusing remnants of Europe’s fragmented past to imagine its future. Inspired by his own experiences living in Sweden, Norway and Germany, Schulz traveled across Europe in 2007 and 2008, taking photos of old, defunct checkpoints to challenge how Europeans view the notion of “borders.” Schulz’s project is named “Ubergang,” the […]

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Minor Hotel Group completes €300m Tivoli acquisition

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Minor Hotel Group has completed the final stage of its acquisition of Tivoli Hotels & Resorts, a well-known Portugal-based brand with 14 properties across Portugal and Brazil. The acquisition of Tivoli Hotels & Resorts, which totals €294.2 million, not only marks MHG’s strategic entry into Europe and Latin America, but also provides the group with […]