Lea Simpson, Dave Birss and Pedro Garcia have created an Unchained Guide to London's best independent shops. Coming soon to a city near you.

Elding Island ~ aka Puffin Island just off Reykjavik, Iceland! Take cruises there (and whale watch on the way) on one of the world’s first hydrogen-powered passenger boats.

Tumi joins the Polycarbonate trend ~ and has the T-Tech Collection ~ lovely details, nice curves and it even has a foot break!

Citizen M is a new hotel in Amsterdam. The concept is all about giving weary global travelers modern - and affordable - accommodations.

Luxury Teepees! With WIFI! Organic composting outhouses! and Solar-Powered DVD players?!?! also queen beds, spa, fireplaces, etc... in the Yukon!

The Arrebol Patagonia Hotel by Harald Opitz in deep chilean south features some nice wood work. Watch for its brise soleil made out of sticks.

Little but nice, Azúcar Hotel in Veracruz México. It captures definitely the flavor of Mexico.

Voyages Longitude 131, at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Australia, is a resort featuring a cluster of 15 luxurious solar-powered tent cabins overlooking Uluru (Ayers Rock). What a setting!

Istanbul: A fashionable travel guide from Refinery 29 on location...

Ace Hotels - Seattle, Portland, New York and Palm Springs: comfort with cool style

ecotourism in the great plains.

AnaYela, a small 300-year-old riad in the heart of Marrakech’s bustling Medina - just opened... and sounds like they go out of their way to give you an authentic Moroccan experience in the newly restored space.

Lima, Peru ~ NY Times has a great article on where to go and what to see in a mere 36 hours!

Sledding with Dogs and Reindeer! In Norway! This is one of Abercrombie & Kent's Extreme Adventure's more challenging experiences, but looks incredible.

In hunting for gorgeous hotels i came across, 'Small Luxury Hotels of the World' which has 440 hotels in more than 70 countries, beautiful imagery.

Katikies - Oia, Santorini, Cyclades Islands, Greece - in the most westerly point of Santorini, 200 meters from the Villa Katikies. Aegean architecture blends past with present in a free form fantasy cubist cottages and infinity swimming pools.

I just found out that Google Book Search now shows every place mentioned in a book on a map. Here's Around The World In 80 Days

Hotel Boat that travels river Amazonas, starting from Iquitos, Peru. Luxurious rooms with a 180ª vision to the exterior. It even has a boutique on board...

Hotel ElquiDomos: an astronomy themed hotel comprised of dome-tents set on platforms, way up in the Andes in Chile. Designed by Nicolás Fones of F3 Arquitectos. Wanna live in one? You can...

Anisette Brasserie ~ new french spot in Santa Monica, CA ~ the long-awaited brasserie from acclaimed French master chef Alain Giraud. Breakfast only to start ... but sadly has recently closed.

swooned at the image of the gehry's guggenheim bilbao the first time, but have yet to make it to the city. definitely top of the to do list though!

I have mixed feelings on the idea that airlines have me repackaging everything to travel.... but Muji having bottles perfectly sized certainly helps ease the annoyance.

Visiting Nebesa, a Slovenian mountain resort on the edge of "heaven".

A new take on the travel industry: Got Game Entertainment is producing video games that let you solve mysteries at jet-setting destinations like Capri, just in case you're tied up at work or the island's not on your itinerary.

I love the look of Sebastian Irarrazaval's Indigo Patagonia hotel and spa in Puerto Natales, Chile.

Forbe's top 10 list in pictures of the World's Best First Class experiences

The Wallpaper + Phaidon travel guides have been hyped all over... i'm impressed you can get the whole set of 20 for 140$. Tempting... makes me want to fly away.

Hotel Basico : A nice hotel here in the caribbean beaches of mexico, absolutely mexican style... Notice that the reception is a juice shop.

The Ice Hotel is made entirely of ice and snow - rebuilt every year at the beginning of winter at Jukkas by a team of snow builders, architects, designers and artists from all over the world.

EcoDomos - very sweet eco-hotels? Love the logo. a lot of amazing images on this site.

AquaDom at the Radisson SAS Hotel in Berlin is the world largest cylinder aquarium. It holds about 900,000 liters of sea water and some 2600 fishes. Amazing!

Ricardo Legorreta's La Purificadora, a new hotel in Puebla, 90 miles SE of Mexico City, once a water purification factory, now gorgeous hotel.

The Cool Hunter has rounded up some of the worlds most amazing pools

24th Cartier Polo World Cup on Snow will take place from 24 to 27 January 2008 up in St Moritz!

La Banane - Hotel de Charme - St Barthelemy, French West Indies, Guadeloupe - the grounds look luxuriously tropical, and the four poster beds are adorable!

Hotel Arctic in Greenland ~ stay in aluminum igloos!!! Need i say more?

Nordic Light Hotel in Stockholm Sweden - minimally elegant and simple - right in the center of the city