World's highest SUSPENDED hotel suite opens in Abu Dhabi - and just one night costs £16,000

Housed in a skybridge and joining two towers, this is the highest suspended presidential suite in the world. The lavish Abu Dhabi hotel room is a dizzying 656ft off the ground – and the price tag of £16,000 per night will no doubt make guests just as light-headed. Connecting the city’s Nation Towers, the two-storey suite inside The St Regis Abu Dhabi opened in March, and has been in high demand ever since. High life: The St Regis Abu Dhabi room joins the Nations Towers, making it the highest suspended hote suite in the world Head for heights: The Abu Dhabi presidential suite, which opened in March is 656ft off the ground - and costs £16,000 per night High-end hotel: Inside the presidential suite boasts...

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From Tunisia to the US, Star Wars anniversary infographic reveals travel guide to film locations

Star Wars fans - this is the only travel guide you will ever need, according to its designers. Launched to celebrate the anniversary of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope first making its debut in cinemas in 1977, the infographic explains where the movies were filmed. The graphic breaks down the scene from individual Star Wars films, revealing the location it was shot in, pinpointing locations on a map for those who want to follow in Hans Solo's footsteps. From the Island of Djerba in Tunisia, to Buttercup Valley in Arizona, and Mount Etna in Sicily, the guide showcases 14 different locations. The infographic, compiled by Lucasfilm, adds: 'Let's face it; since most of us were kids, we've wanted to visit the Star Wars galaxy. 'Although we haven't yet achieved hyperspace travel,...

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Jay Z opens swanky 40/40 Club at world's busiest airport - exclusive to passengers

Jay Z has opened his 40/40 Club at the world's busiest airport – perfect for passengers with time to kill. The rapper, who is married to Beyonce, launched his elite bar’s third location, which is only open to ticketed flyers at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Georgia. The sports bar is in the US airport's Concourse D concessions area, and will be a scaled-down version of his two other clubs. New club: Jay Z - pictured with Beyonce - is opening a new branch of his sports bar at Atlanta airport Jay Z performing on stage at the DirecTV Super Saturday Night party at the 40/40 Club in February New bar: The 40/40 Club that opened at Atlanta airport yesterday 40/40 restaurant and lounges also are located in Manhattan...

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From Southampton to New York on the majestic Queen Mary 2 as she celebrates her tenth anniversary voyage

Union Jacks aren’t usually handed out to passengers when the Queen Mary 2 sets sail from Southampton to New York — but they are this evening. What’s more, the Duke of Edinburgh dropped by earlier in the day to wish her and all who sail in her well. Then, at 10 pm, with fireworks to port and the QM2’s sister ships, Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth to starboard, we wave our flags with gusto as the world’s longest, tallest, widest and most expensive ocean liner ever built embarks on its tenth anniversary voyage. Grand scale: The QM2 is 1,132 foot long making it the world's longest passenger ship Epic proportions: On this voyage, there are 2,600 passengers and 1,200 staff on board the QM2 Blaring out through the tannoy is Baroque composer Jeremiah Clarke’s Prince...

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Champagne dinners, 360-degree views, post-safari massages and lions roaming below: Could these be the world's most glamorous (yet terrifying) tree houses?

They're a far cry from the rudimentary tree houses we played in as children, in which imagination played a major role. A trio of strikingly beautiful tree houses on the Lion Sands Game Reserve, in the heart of South Africa's safari land, offer brave guests the chance to sleep under the stars, with wild animals lurking below. Once dropped off guests are given insect repellent, torches and a two-way radio and left to their own devices while lions, hyenas hunt prey down below. The Chalkley treehouse was built sixty years ago, originally as a photographer's platform. Since then it has been kitted out with a double bed, basin, hot water bottles and dressing gowns. Life on the nearby Sabie River comes alive at sunrise and dawn and you might spot a herd of elephants less than 200 feet...

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Cornwall, LA glamour and tasting lamb's tongue: Checking In with Nadia Sawalha

The TV presenter and budding chef talks tasty holidays, her love of Cornwall and the importance of removing your moustache even when abroad... IN WHICH COUNTRY DO YOU FEEL MOST AT HOME? South London but my spiritual home is Cornwall. Where I spent my childhood summer holidays. Now we stay in Sennen Cove. Sennen beach is just the most beautiful one I've ever visited. WHO IS YOUR IDEAL TRAVEL COMPANION? My husband Mark. We love the same places - Cornwall, Barcelona and New York. YOUR MOST MEMORABLE TRAVEL DESTINATION? Los Angeles. We hired a house in the Hollywood Hills, which was once owned by Orson Welles. I loved the food, the people, the energy, everything about it. THE THREE BEST THINGS TO DO THERE? The Universal Studios Tour. The ArcLight cinema on Sunset Boulevard where...

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Ben Fogle on working up an appetite for the Azores... and sampling volcanic hot pot

I have been obsessed with islands since I was a child. My young imagination was sparked by books such as Treasure Island, Lord Of The Flies and other works of fiction whose plots are inextricably linked with exotic blobs of land surrounded by oceans. This obsession has continued into adulthood. Indeed, I have an island to thank for my career as a broadcaster. My experience in the BBC reality show Castaway 2000 - when I was marooned with 35 others on the isle of Taransay in the Outer Hebrides - led to the television presenting roles that catapulted me to fame. Since then I have visited islands as remote as St Helena in the South Atlantic and the Pitcairns in the South Pacific. Spring time: Ben relaxes in the warm water at Terra Nostra Park So after marrying into a family...

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Australia's hippest hop spot: Cuisine, calm and the chicest retreat on Kangaroo Island

There's nothing like running on a beach. And if that beach is on South Australia's Kangaroo Island, with its pristine sands and turquoise waters, then it's a truly wonderful sensation. I must admit I've never really been much of a runner. But after a glorious month-long tour of Australia and having piled on the inevitable pounds, I found myself on one of the most beautiful stretches of sand on Earth being put through my paces by a former chef at famous London restaurant The Ivy. Jump to it: Sian meets one of the locals (sort of) at the Southern Ocean Lodge Sue Pearson is something of a legend on Kangaroo Island. She arrived in this wilderness more than ten years ago and now runs 'the best fish and chip shop in the world', according to one local newspaper. She also runs...

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Beach BBQs, ocean sunsets and a trip to Stingray City: Antigua and Peter Island make a big impression on Rory Bremner

Even with the plethora of medium and long-haul destinations available to today’s discerning travellers, there’s still something special about the Caribbean - that collection of islands cast like a string of pearls into the sea between the Americas. The islands offer many contrasts: from the exclusive, super-rich haunts of St Barth’s and Mustique to those playboy tax-havens and cruise-ship magnets St Thomas and St Maarten; from the smoky, sultry, Latin American passion of Cuba and Puerto Rico to the yacht-friendly breezes of the Grenadines or the steel-drum, calypso exuberance of the cricketing West Indies. Palm-fringed beaches? Ocean sunsets? Rum punch and Pina Coladas? Get in. Jewel in the Caribbean's crown: Rory Bremner takes in the view of the beach at Peter Island Our...

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Photos: Kelly Rowland and fiance spend Valentine in Lagos

Kelly Rowland and her fiance/manager Tim Witherspoon (pictured behind her) arrived Lagos yesterday evening for Dare art Alade's Love Like A Movie concert which will take place tomorrow. Continue to see more photos...&nb...

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