With nearly 100,000 flights taking off every day, it's no surprise that almost every passenger has a horror story about a rude seatmate or frightening turbulence.

London is marking 40 years since the summer punk was born with a series of events, gigs and exhibits.

Hawker centres abound but the Maxwell Centre, one of the biggest, is a good place to start your cheap-eats journey.

Run by expat New Zealanders Robert and Susan Wyllie, Rito's products are paraben-free, and all made in Rarotonga.

Grace Ramirez - chef, TV personality and author- shares her Mendoza highlights.

Montreal puts the sizzle on its status as a cycling and cultural beehive with a bike festival from May 29 to June 5.

A vast roll call of exotic critters entertain Nicholas Jones in the world's biggest wetland

Australians travelling to Ireland have been warned of "tensions" ahead of the country's state celebrations for the centenary of the Easter Rising.

The market is one of many scattered across South Korea's capital - a city humming with activity and life - and a drawcard for locals and tourists.

Pyongyang may be one of the few major cities left on Earth where you can't find a Starbucks.

A Fraser Island day trip is part of the package. Book by April 14.

Surrounded by 35 sharks in an underwater chamber, three couples have experienced a unique way to spend a romantic evening in Paris.

A visit to the island of Molokai offers a window on a unique and tragic chapter of Hawaiian history.

Head of the Avalon Waterways river cruising company, Patrick Clark, says the sector is riding a wave with Kiwi travellers.

Car makers have come up with an idea for a sumptuous holiday that also helps manufacturers sell their cars

The twenty-five-year-old left her role working in finance to find a more fulfilling life.

South America Giant tortoises, grunts, or blue-footed boobys - Lydia Jenkin doesn't quite know which Galapagos curiosity to look at first

At a whopping $1.45 million a ticket, Iceland's Secret Solstice Festival has got to be the most expensive party ever.

WATCH: A new attraction in Canada's Rockies sends daredevils on a thrilling rollercoaster ride down the side of a mountain.

There are swathes of blackened trunks and spindly ghosts of trees, killed when the sap boiled from the heat of bushfires.

Here are some of the most idyllic spots to set up an offshore business or shell company - however ethical that may be.

A new skyscraper will surpass the Burj Khalifa, currently the world's tallest building.

A surge in tourism to Cuba after relations improved with the US could be about to see the country run out of beer.

As commercial space travel becomes more of a reality, there are still some serious health risks to consider before opting to go into orbit.

Tourists from all over the world are flocking to a tiny French seaside town where nothing is left to the imagination.

Some of New England's most stunning foliage is within striking distance of America's most popular living museums.

I found that rarest of things: A hat big enough to fit my massive skull.

Stop! This is the empire of the dead, reads a sign greeting visitors at the entrance to the two-kilometre long tunnels filled with bones, writes Patrick Fort.

Visitors to the Pacific island of Rarotonga - the largest of the Cook Islands and the land of the long, white beach - never want to leave.