Good news for those of you looking for an unexpected late-Spring getaway — the folks over at Dubai-based low-cost airline FlyDubai are about to launch service between Dubai and Kabul! Indeed, beginning on May 17, FlyDubai will offer five-times weekly service between to two cities — which will likely be filled with the military, NGO [...]
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TREND ALERT: France's New Hamster Hotel
The folks over in France are so naughty! First they invent kissing, then they perfect the affair and now they’ve taken a simple hotel stay and revved it up to new — and absurdly kinky — levels with the debut of the world’s first hamster hotel. Yes, a hamster hotel. Le Villa Hamster! Before we [...]
DICOVERED IN AFRICA (3): Jeweler Laurence Graff's Delaire Estate Winery
Barely a week ago we were basking in the glory of South Africa’s wine country near Cape Town sipping Chenin Blanc and working on our tan. Now back in NYC, we can only reminisce with self-envy. Helping in those recollections are thoughts of Delaire Graff Estate, the winery owned by British diamond king Laurence Graff. [...]
TREND ALERT: Beer Spas
Forgive the cheesey graphics above — but we just had to write about the latest relaxation trend coming out of Europe, beer spas. The movement to meld bathing with brewskies began a few years back with the debut of spas such as the Chodovar Beer Wellness Land in the Czech Republic. Now a new beer [...]
NEW FOR WINTER: Weather-Based Ski-Lift Prices
A potent combination of global warming and the global economic slowdown have taken their toll on the ski industry — which is why resorts are acting now to lure skiers during the upcoming winter months. One of the most interesting tactics is being tried out in Oregon, where the plush Mt. Bachelor resort (above) in [...]
ON DISPLAY IN LOS ANGELES: LA in Wien/Wien in LA
Here at Transracial we’re all about east-meets-west — which is why if we were heading out West this weekend, we’d be sure to check out the new Austrian-inpsired exhibition launching Friday at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc). Simply titled LA in Wien/Wien in LA, the six-week show explores the aesthetic relationship and history [...]
WORLD'S LONGEST GOLF COURSE: 850-Miles Along the Australian Coast
We at Transracial don’t really do golf — but if we did we’d be doing it at Australia’s very soon-to-debut Nullarbor Links. Now just about finished, this world’s longest golf course is a literally breath-taking 850 miles — and 171 yards — long. That’s for a complete 18 holes — par 72 (whatever that means)! [...]
NOW IN THE USA: Community Service for Free Hotel Rooms (Except in NYC!)
A few weeks back we reported that the swank Soneva Fushi and Soneva Gili resorts were offering free stays at their resorts in the Maldives for travelers who volunteer to work in nearby island communities. Well, now the global trend is going local and coming to the USA thanks to the folks over at Sage [...]
DAILY TRAVEL GOODNESS: With Cocaine in the Air, Madrid Sees Europe's Biggest Hotel Price Plunge
Here at Transracial we’ve long thought Madrid as Spain’s true must-visit metropolis. Beach-bums might swoon over Barcelona, but for us the Catalan capital simply feels…well…amateur. Now comes word that Madrid has emerged as Europe’s bargain destination of the summer. Indeed, thanks to the global economic slow-down, hotel prices in Madrid have fallen the most in [...]
ASIAN EXCESS: Presidential Package at Hong Kong's Landmark Mandarin Oriental Hotel
There is an odd sort of value proposition in the new Presidential Suite Package at Hong Kong’s Landmark Mandarin Oriental Hotel. Released this week, it works like this: Stay in their splendid Presidential Suite at roughly $6,200 per night — and each night allows you a shopping spree at either Alfred Dunhil (for dudes) or [...]