Tuesday, January 15, 2013

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Do look down! Incredible views from The Shard

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 02:02 AM PST

You had your time, London Eye. There's a new "view" in town, and it's opening soon, 244 meters above street level
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Bird's-eye view? Not really -- few birds get this high. The outlandish appearance of The Shard may have grabbed headlines so far, but come February it'll be the views you get from the building that get Londoners and the city's visitors buzzing. If not trembling.

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New hotel booking site aims to make it easier being green

Posted: 14 Jan 2013 11:40 PM PST

BookDifferent the 'first in the world' to allow users to compare eco and non-eco digs
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If the key to getting more people to stay at eco-friendly hotels is by making it as easy as possible to book them, one website may be unlocking the solution.

Operating out of the Netherlands, BookDifferent claims to be the first booking site in the world to allow users to compare eco and non-eco hotels.

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Will shoppers kindly shut up? Selfridges launches 'Silence Room'

Posted: 14 Jan 2013 08:43 PM PST

London department store looks to its past to reduce the stress of today
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Digital detox or an unusual marketing ploy? Perhaps both.

To offer shoppers a break from technology and the stress of bag-wielding crowds, high-end London department store Selfridges has opened a "Silence Room" -- a concept dating back to the store's original opening in 1909.

Department store customers must have suffered from sensory overload even back then.

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6 insanely opulent hotels in the Mideast

Posted: 14 Jan 2013 03:49 PM PST

Palaces, submarine rides to dinner, gold leaf ceilings -- these are a few of the Middle East's favorite things
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Nothing succeeds like excess, as Oscar Wilde so rightly said.

These luxury hotels in the Middle East have taken that message to heart, putting together some of the most extravagant experiences that you're money probably can't buy.

Even if you can't check in, you can check them out.

 

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Should solo female travelers avoid India?

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 10:36 PM PST

Following the horrifying New Delhi gang rape, a CNN staffer recounts her experiences traveling alone through the country
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When we travel abroad, sometimes we stumble and sometimes we fall -- in love with a country.

In December, I set off on a three-week journey through India, making my way from the north to the south.
 
"India?!"

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