
Russian oligarchs foot most of 2014 Sochi Olympics
The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. The nicknames used by locals and an army of ...
Berlin to introduce tax on tourist hotel stays
Berlin's city government has decided to put a 5 percent tax on tourist hotel stays from this summer, part of efforts to shore up the German capital's ...

5 free things in Romania's capital, Bucharest
It was founded by a shepherd, according to local legend, and was later nicknamed the Paris of the East. But Bucharest's idyllic roots and elegant ...

AP Essay: My Cyprus, changed forever
Nicosia, Cyprus, 1973: Riding with my parents and two elder siblings in a taxi, the kind of large Mercedes favored in the Middle East. The driver ...
Finnish hotel seeks professional guest for 35 days
Fed up with the neighbors? Pipes burst in the kitchen? Or, you just want to get away from it all for a while? Hotel Finn in the heart of Helsinki ...

1-room hotel with a view opens in Prague TV tower
It's a room with a view. A tall television tower in the Czech capital of Prague that has been called one of the world's ugliest buildings has a new ...

Pope's house ready, but he's staying in hotel
The renovations on the papal apartment are finished, but Pope Francis has decided to stay put in the Vatican hotel for the time being. The Vatican ...

More tests needed in LA hotel water tank death
More testing must be done to determine the cause of death of a 21-year-old Canadian tourist whose body was founded wedged in a water tank atop a ...

Sochi a point of national pride for Putin's Russia
One year before Russia hosts its first Winter Olympics, this Black Sea resort is a vast construction site sprawling for nearly 40 kilometers (25 ...

Turkey seeks person who contacted missing American
Turkish police on Wednesday were trying to trace a person who apparently corresponded with a New York City woman through social networking sites ...

Zorb ride in Russian mountains proves deadly
It was supposed to be a thrilling ride down a ski slope inside a giant inflatable ball that is to be one of the symbols of next year's Winter ...
Only 1 Spanish Parador hotel to close instead of 7
Only one of Spain's luxury Parador hotels will close, instead of seven, as earlier planned, following negotiations between the parent company and ...

Spain's luxury Parador hotels hit by 2-day strike
Employees at Spain's luxury Parador hotels, which are set in some of the country's most picturesque castles, monasteries and palaces, began a two-day ...