Singapore Gifts Show (SGS) is Singapore’s dedicated gifts trade event showcasing top gifts, premiums, lifestyle products and services from around the region and beyond. Attended by ready local and international trade buyers and corporate visitors, SGS b
Blessed with reliable snow and cold temperatures in winter, Canadians know how to celebrate the cold season. One of the best ways to make the most of snow and ice is Ottawa’s Winterlude festival, three weeks filled with events and favourite winter activ
With wineries dating from the 17th century, the Boland region is the heart of the thriving South African wine industry. Surrounded by vine-clad slopes growing a variety of the world’s very best Shiraz, Riesling, Gewürztraminer and Chardonnay grapes, ri
Expediency rather than novelty inspired the St Moritz Polo Club to hold the first Polo World Cup on Snow in 1985. The Club lacked a suitable polo field, but frozen St Moritz Lake proved an ideal surface on which to stage the tournament. Set against the dr
Limbs intertwined like a Rodin sculpture balance in the air before separating and falling away. The Cirque de Demain (Circus of Tomorrow) has been held in Paris since 1977, a championship which showcases young circus performers and highlights new approach
Dubbed Oman’s biggest cultural and historical event, the Muscat Festival is the sultanate’s exhibition of local culture, art, consumer goods and services. The festival has a special flavour – a mixture of old and new, history and progression – fro
Children of all ages lament bitterly that the Nuremberg International Toy Fair, known to locals as the Spielwarrenmesse Nürnberg, is not open to the public. Only trade visitors and press can glimpse the one million toys and games on display at the city's
Indian literature is as vast and varied as the land itself – from the 3,500-year old Sanskrit Vedas to Vikram Seth’s best-seller A Suitable Boy, at 1,349 pages the longest one-volume novel in English. The two-week Kolkata Book Fair reflects this abund
Schladming | Events | Adventure, Winter sports
The Schladming Night Race
Local hero Benjamin Raich thought he must be dreaming when he won the Schladming Night Race despite a seemingly critical first-run error. The young ski ace’s unexpected victo
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New Delhi | Events | Anniversaries
Republic Day
“India is an abstraction.... It is no more a united nation than the Equator”, claimed Churchill. The world’s most populous democracy is determined to prove him wrong with a host
The desert heats up in February for the Dubai Desert Classic, where PGA greats compete at the prestigious Emirates Golf Club for US$2.4 million in prize money. The winner will walk away with a cheque for US$400,000 – the highest prize for a winner of a