(TrendHunter.com) When you think of Venice, kayaks are probably the last thing to come to mind. However, one athletic traveler decided to bypass the clichéd gondola rides, and instead, paddle his own way around the fa…
(TrendHunter.com) You dream of being serenaded in a gondola on your way to a romantic hotel in Italy, but the closest you’ve been is the Venetian in Vegas because you just can’t pull together the funds.
The good folks at the Hotel Cipriani know that while the Vegas Strip is great, it pales in comparison to the real…
(TrendHunter.com) If you’ve ever dreamed of living inside a museum, here’s your chance!
While Trendhunter.com has featured hotels that look like museums, the 21c Museum Hotel in Louisville, KY actually is one, it’s even funded by the International Contemporary Art Foundation!
The newly opened modern art hotel has …
(TrendHunter.com) A lot of exotic destinations, including Rio de Janeiro, have two sides to them: the beautiful, touristy side shown in the media, and the “real,” sketchier side.
Not everyone wants the postcard experience; in fact, some companies are actually paid to set up traffickers and tourists. Private Tours, …
(TrendHunter.com) Concierge magazine released a list of the 10 most environmentally endangered locations to visit.
“Isn’t it ironic that as it gets easier to travel around the world, there are fewer amazing things to see?” the magazine asks.
The Taj Mahal’s beautiful exterior is suffering possibly irreparable …
(TrendHunter.com) Visiting New York? How will you know where the best late night pizza place is or what museums are actually worth checking out? Ask someone that lives there!
“Just Ask The Locals” is a novel New York City tour campaign. It features about 30 celebrities familiar with the area and covers the areas of …
(TrendHunter.com) The Habita Hotel, a design hotel in Polanco, Mexico City, recently covered a four story wall entirely in graffiti art. The purpose of the project was not only create a unique architectural facade but to support the street art so prominently displayed through the city.
The entire project took three…
(TrendHunter.com) New Restaurant is a Swedish restaurant that is really, really determined to go green. This is like the European version of the North American Rain Forest Cafe.
Architectural firm Olssonlyckefors has created a jungle-like atmosphere complete with cascading walls of foliage, giving the New Restauran…
(TrendHunter.com) If you’ve ever been to Chicago in the winter, you know the temperatures can get brutal, and that a clever South Carolina tourism campaign like this one would have a good chance of getting your attention.
The Time To Thaw campaign was created by The Bounce Agency for South Carolina Tourism. Install…
(TrendHunter.com) The competition to make Liverpool a location known as something other than the birthplace of the Beatles is over, and Duggan Morris Architects won.
92 entries from around the world covet this opportunity. The Duggan Morris observatory consists of two distinct buildings: a visitor’s center and an o…
(TrendHunter.com) Acceptance of the “third sex” in Thailand just took a hit from the health officials. Hospitals and clinics are prevented from removing the family jewels to make “ladyboys” or “katoey.” Many docs are doing the surgery outside of formal sex-change operations because its quick and easy. Some clinics ch…
(TrendHunter.com) Qua Bottle Lounge has tapped into the obsession with extreme sports and exotic experiences involving wild animals. The Austin, Texas club found a way to bottle up and serve that adrenaline to their patrons on a nightly basis; beneath their glass dance floor is an aquarium filled with dangerous sea c…
(TrendHunter.com) Want real luxury? Book the entire deluxe hotel to yourself. As in ‘no other guests’ You know there are people that book whole hotels for their stay. Here’s a place where you can do it online. Imagine, your assistant doesn’t even have to talk to a person. You can have complete solitude. Hotels are …
(TrendHunter.com) The globe is expanding rapidly, and as it does, more mega cities (populations of 8 million+) are beginning to develop. People are drawn to city cores because, unless their business is online, the majority of jobs are found in these populated hubs. The World Resource Institute thinks that by 2025, th…
(TrendHunter.com) Fake islands created by man don’t have to look or feel artificial; in fact, there are dozens of beautiful paradises around the world that offer nothing but highly habitable land masses.
Most offer communities where luxe living is the norm and several are focused on environmental sustainability. A …
(TrendHunter.com) The modern world offers a stunning array of man-made islands, but although most of the focus has been on Dubai, Spain, Tokyo and Russia, another gorgeous paradise named Eden Island resides in the Seychelles archipelago region in the Indian Ocean.
While the man-made islands most people think of are…
(TrendHunter.com) Looking for rich culture but can’t decide between chic Parisian-style art and cuisine, more intense features of a bull fighting city like Barcelona, or the fashions and clubs of LA? Don’t choose any of those. Add some red wine and sweaty tango to your day dream, and you’ve got the pumping beat of Bu…
(TrendHunter.com) The Windy City dyes their river green for St. Patrick’s Day, but that’s not all that goes green. A two mile bridge in the Monroe Harbor will cement Chicago’s position as the Greenest City in the U.S. It will provide space for wind turbines to provide economic value to a recreational source. Chicago …
(TrendHunter.com) These are some of the world’s most impressive swimming pools which are, for the most part, in hotels and resorts. The article I am borrowing this from, had listed 13 swimming pools but due to space constraints, I had to shrink the list down to only 5 of MY favorite photos of the world’s most incredi…
(TrendHunter.com) Mickey Mouse is going night clubbing. To build on Disney World as an adult destination, Disney will launch the Night Kingdom in October 2011. It’s a niche park because it’s only open from 4 pm to midnight and only 2000 people will be allowed.
But, get this: the staffing will be two to one; for eve…
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