September 2008

Fitness Focus: The top 50 hotel pools and gyms worldwide, and high-tech health gadgets reviewed. Plus a look at Dubai's continuing construction boom, eco-friendly car rentals, and destination features on Las Vegas and Durban

In this issue...

Tried & Tested

Flight check: London-Helsinki-Hong Kong

Finnair, business class — full story »

Flight check: London-Singapore

Qantas, premium economy — full story »

Hotel check: Crowne Plaza London- The City

London, UK — full story »

Hotel check: Holiday Inn Bloomsbury

London, UK — full story »

Hotel check: Grand Hotel Amrath

Amsterdam, The Netherlands — full story »

Special Reports

Top 50 city gyms & swimming pools worldwide

Ready for some Olympics-inspired exercise? Business Traveller picks the top fitness facilities from hotels around the world — full story »

London City: The next generation

From a tiny Docklands airport to a transatlantic hub – is there any stopping London City airport, asks Alex McWhirter — full story »

Green for go

Rising oil prices are reinforcing the attraction of low-consumption cars. Luckily, Alan Salter finds that eco-friendly no longer means small and slow… — full story »

Taking a leaf

Meetings are meant to be about blue-sky thinking, but in the city it can be hard to hear yourself think. Tom Otley goes deep into the forest to see the wood for the trees — full story »

Destinations

Madrid culture: classic to contemporary

From epic canvases to contemporary spaces, the Spanish capital is a paradise for art lovers, says Catherine Chetwynd — full story »

Brave new world

As the construction boom continues apace, Mark Caswell asks if there is any limit to Dubai’s relentless expansion — full story »

Viva Las Vegas

Can the bright lights of Sin City keep burning through the credit crunch? You can bet on it, says Tom Otley — full story »

Durban’s golden smile

This city may be South Africa’s leading MICE destination, but Chris Pritchard discovers it offers much, much more — full story »

Lifestyle

In the zone

Need to get fit? Mark Prigg trials the latest gadgets so you don’t have to break a sweat — full story »

Luxury showcase: Ettinger

In an age of mass production, demand is growing for the kind of quality that only comes with the personal touch. Ben Grafton finds a firm still doing it the old-fashioned way — full story »