Cast your sights beyond Berlin. As Roger St, Pierre reveals, Germany’s other leading cities have lots to offer for business or pleasure

With political and financial crises brewing beneath its polished veneer, Geneva has decided it needs to reinvent itself. Fortunately, with the hotel industry already reacting, Sarah Johnstone finds there’s never been a better time to visit this international city

As the Olympic torch completes its long journey to Beijing in time for this summer’s Games, Nathan May follows in its path and reports from China, a country under the microscope

Roger St. Pierre finds the business heart at the centre of the hustle and bustle of Cairo

With a surge in popularity in recent times, Moscow is embodying the new Russia: brash, bold yet undeniably beautiful, Business Destinations’ Ben James provides a top ten guide to seek the best of the city

Want a new take on Venice? Take the canal’s eye view – just hire a boat for the week in the lagoon and cast off says Stephen Bleach

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