Dubai has a reputation for excess, but it’s worth digging deeper. We’ll visit an artificial ski slope, a popular beach bar, a charming French Arabian boutique hotel, a fine Lebanese restaurant, and a traditional style market.

Hong Kong is simply too cool for words. Awesome design, incredible shopping, fabulous food, a happening nightlife, and of course those extraordinary views.

Modern Shanghai is emerging as one of the coolest cities in the world. Visit an experimental art collective, discover political chic souvenirs, take in the dazzling architecture and trendy nightspots, and go green at Asia’s first carbon neutral hotel.

Many of Beijing’s contemporary offerings still maintain traditional ties. We’ll visit a traditional courtyard house turned spa, a nightclub designed like rice paddy fields, a renovated factory now an acclaimed restaurant, a Bauhaus style art gallery complex, and more.

Discover Seoul’s hidden gems. Revitalize your Chi at a Buddhist temple, check out leading-edge design at our featured restaurant and hotel, and spend an afternoon in a brand new museum celebrating Korea’s famous son, the video artist Nam June Paik.

Welcome to City by City Asia. First stop, the energetic, always fascinating Tokyo. Here we’ll visit a chic retro hotel, a design boutique, a hideaway subterranean restaurant, a stylish café and bar, and the largest fish market in the world.

Keadeen Hotel is a luxury 4 Star Hotel located in Newbridge Co. Kildare, just 30 minutes drive from Dublin - see http://www.keadeenhotel.ie/

At the heart of breathtaking mountains and desert scenery on the shores of the Dead Sea (the lowest point on earth), lies the Tsell-Harim Beach and Resort Hotel. The Israel Hotel Association (IHA) is the umbrella organization for Israel's hotels and also represents them. It acts to promote, develop and expand tourism in Israel and to offer assistance in raising the hotels' levels of professionalism. http://www.israelhotels.org.il/

The Israel Hotel Association (IHA) is the umbrella organization for Israel's hotels and also represents them. It acts to promote, develop and expand tourism in Israel and to offer assistance in raising the hotels' levels of professionalism. http://www.israelhotels.org.il/

The Israel Hotel Association (IHA) is the umbrella organization for Israel's hotels and also represents them. It acts to promote, develop and expand tourism in Israel and to offer assistance in raising the hotels' levels of professionalism. http://www.israelhotels.org.il/