Guests staying at the iconic, sail-shaped luxury hotel the Burj Al Arab in Dubai are being given 24-carat gold-plated iPads which will serve as their personal virtual concierge for the duration of their stay.
Guten Tag, velkommen an der Qingdao. A welcome in German to this large east coast port city in Shandong province may seem unusual, but a century ago it would have been fairly common. FULL STORY
After months of delays, developers for a Marvel Comics theme park in Dubai have announced that the indoor entertainment center that was originally scheduled to open in June will open in December. FULL STORY More In Middle East
Passers-by in Tokyo's busy Akasaka district have started to notice something odd about a 40-floor hotel -- it has shrunk to about half its original height. FULL STORY More In The Far East
