Giraffe Spotted in Millennium Hotel Lobby: OK, so it wasn’t a real four-legged giraffe, but it did make some heads snap when I strode into the chic new Millennium Boston with my wheeled International Traveler 21-inch Shiny Giraffe trotting along behind me.

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UNESCO named Switzerland’s Lavaux region, on the sunny north shore of Lake Geneva, a World Heritage Site for its cultural landscape of vineyards and farms.

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The bellman swept back the gold drapes with a flourish to let the late afternoon sunlight flood my room – and to reveal a post-card view across Lake Lugano to the mountains on the opposite shore.

I’m staying at Tenuta Pilastru, an agritourism inn high above Arzenchena, about 15 minutes from the Costa Smeralda, but light years away in style and class.

Kristkindlmarkts -- Christmas markets fill villages throughout Europe's Alpine region with twinkling lights, tantalizing aromas, crafts and holiday music.

December winds nip at noses and fingers as vendors and shopper wrap their hands around warm cups of spicy Gluhwein at Munich's many Christmas Markets.

Deliciously comfortable beds and a wrap-around balcony with an eye-to-eye view of the rising moon and the Chrysler Building – how can New York get any better than this?

Iberia Airlines begins the Business Plus experience on the ground, at a chic, stylish and ever-so-welcoming lounge in Boston.