Not long after the rescheduled Tokyo Olympic Games are held in 2021, annual industry event the Adventure Travel World Summit (ATWS) will take place on the Japanese island of Hokkaido, from 20-23 September.  The US-based Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) claims that its annual summit event draws hundreds of industry professionals from a...

The Zulal Wellness Resort, which opens in 2021 will be the Middle East's first full-immersion wellness resort. The resort will also be the world's first centre for traditional Arabic and Islamic Medicine. It will be in Khasooma, a private coastal location in north of Qatar. Zulal is an Arabic word which means 'pure natural water' and is used to ref...

As of 2020, travel opportunities have been limited, but when you get an opportunity to take that vacation, the island of Mindanao provides no shortage of interesting and unique sites. Davao City comprises hundreds of thousands of acres. The city's 244,000 hectares of space equates to 602,924 acres. That makes Davao the eighth largest city in t...

When you've seen a place in your dreams, and 100 times on YouTube, it's truly special to then see it in front of you. Indeed few things compare to the realization of a dream.​ This is an article about some of the things it takes to realize your best moments among the highest mountains in the world. Kumar, my guide, was concerned so he stopped me an...

CV Villas has added the island of Sri Lanka to its list of destinations. Its collection comprises holiday villas across Europe, with a particular emphasis on the Greek islands, Italian countryside and French Riviera, along with the Caribbean, Morocco and USA. There are 15 Sri Lankan villas across the south and southwest coasts, which feature privat...

The people who greet us, the greetings they use and the cultures they represent​ ​As I travel the world, one of the first things I always love to do is learn how to greet the people I meet in their own language. 'Hello' becomes so much more mysterious and interesting when you hear it said, and speak it, in different tongues. It almost becomes a gat...