From the bright lights of Moscow to the European grace of St Petersburg, Ekaterinburg’s history and Kaliningrad’s burgeoning economy, Russian cities are interesting places to do business. By Sue Dobson

Austria’s stunning capital city and well-known ski resorts make it easy to overlook her many other charms. Catherine Quinn sums up key attractions for the business traveller

Easter Island, located deep in the Pacific Ocean, is one of the most isolated and magical places in the world. Steven Rowland comes face to face with the famous Moai statues and contemplates the bigger picture

Lots of everything, jam-packed into a tiny country – that’s the Netherlands, explains Roger St. Pierre

The teeming, never-sleeping metropolis of Sao Paulo has been the wealthiest city in Brazil for a long time. Now, as David Neville Williams discovers, it has finally achieved its dream of becoming the New York of the southern hemisphere

Know as Europe’s hottest city, both for its location on a geothermal ridge and its pulsating night life, Iceland’s capital is in the midst of an economic renaissance and a business trip there provides the perfect excuse to sample some clean living. David Neville Williams enjoys a fjord fiesta

Roger St. Pierre introduces ‘The World’s Happiest Nation’

Shanghai, meaning above and sea, is an inordinately fitting name for the city that’s overtaken Rotterdam as the world’s busiest port. Situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta, Shanghai is already China’s largest city. But developments there are about to shift into overdrive

It may be just a three-hour flight from the UK, but Iceland can seem like another world with its apocalyptic scenery, midnight sunshine and platters of pot-roasted puffin, as Jennifer Bradly uncovers

Rome, one of the greatest sightseeing cities in the world, offers a bewildering array of attractions cloaked in a rich tapestry of history and culture

Ian Sclater looks at the economic benefits of Benelux and finds out that three’s good company

The poet Lord Byron once referred to Seville as a city famed for its oranges and women; today’s visitors might add tapas, flamenco, sub-tropical climate and world-renowned festivals to this list. Lucia Cockcroft shows us why this is a city ripe for discovery