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India's first Playboy Club reveals new bunny outfits
Economy brand Ibis opens first Saudi Arabian hotel
Postcards from the apocalypse: 7 end-of-the-world destinations
10 road-ready gifts for travelers
United States the 'best tourism brand'
Europe’s 8 best Christmas markets

India's first Playboy Club reveals new bunny outfits

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 09:10 PM PST

Hugh Hefner chooses long black drapes of chiffon over skin

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All six hired bunnies at the first Playboy Club in India are foreign women. In deference to a flurry of controversy surrounding the upcoming Playboy Club launch in India, a new customized design for the Indian bunny uniform has been revealed.

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Economy brand Ibis opens first Saudi Arabian hotel

Posted: 19 Dec 2012 11:20 PM PST

It is possible to go cheap in the Arab kingdom, thanks to plans by Accor's Ibis brand

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Ibis Riyadh opened early December 2012. Travelers who want to marvel at the Middle East's lavish luxury hotels without forking out their life savings to stay there now have another option -- stay at nearby budget hotels.

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Postcards from the apocalypse: 7 end-of-the-world destinations

Posted: 19 Dec 2012 02:02 PM PST

The imminent end of the Mayan calendar is just one of many dark events that are becoming popular with tourists

Joanne Lane

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People love a good ending. Particularly, it seems, when what's ending is the world.

Mexico is preparing its Mayan heartland for flocks of tourists come December 21, with the end of the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar convincing some people that D-Day Earth is nigh.

Mexico isn't the first place to receive a tourism boost as a result of an apocalyptic prediction.

Interest in disaster sites is growing across the world, attracting travelers who want to go beyond the Taj Mahal and Sistine Chapel, to explore places that have provided alternative chapters in history.

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10 road-ready gifts for travelers

Posted: 19 Dec 2012 10:02 AM PST

Every traveler needs cool stuff. Everyone else needs December gift ideas. Behold, our 10-step solution to both problems

Mary Kavanagh and Laura Morrison, for CNN Travel

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The season of joyful tidings is more often a season of panic shopping.

Relax.

These 10 gifts for travelers will make their trips easier. More important, they'll make you look thoughtful and highly organized.

It really is a fantasy season.

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United States the 'best tourism brand'

Posted: 19 Dec 2012 01:44 AM PST

But Spain and Thailand do it better when it comes to online searches

Laura Morrison

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The United States has retained its place at the top of a list ranking countries on their "brand power."

Bloom Consulting's Country Branding Ranking for 2012 placed the United States with the highest tourism ranking, ahead of Spain, France and China. The company also compiled a trade ranking, which the United States also topped.

The higher a country's branding ranking, the more successful it is in attracting foreign direct investment or tourism, the group says.

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Europe’s 8 best Christmas markets

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 01:14 AM PST

What's Christmas without mulled wine, gingerbread stands and one last chance to get that festive shopping done, al fresco style?

Simon Hooper

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For something intended to bring pleasure to loved ones and keep the economy of the entire Western world afloat, Christmas shopping in the Internet age can be a peculiarly joyless and atomized activity.

Online shopping is all very well for sociopaths and agoraphobes, but here are eight destinations to put the glühwein and gluttony back into your seasonal splurge.

Just lay off the gingerbread if you like your teeth.

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