A new passenger plane designed especially for heavier-set travellers will be unveiled to the world this week.

Located in downtown Bangkok, Neverland cafe hosts a wide pen area where visitors can play with 29 dogs during the cafe's service hours.

Americans are looking at New Zealand in a new light and it's entirely politically motivated.

This hapless man learnt the hard way when he attempted to hand out snacks to local primates.

Across town in crumbling, working-class areas, there are few signs that the Rio de Janeiro Olympics open in just a month.

Jet-set couple seeks a housekeeper who will travel around the world (after they've proven their ironing skills)

The Italian island dubbed a "pink paradise" was sold by its wealthy Kiwi owner this year, but the battle for Budelli rages on.

Auckland sailor Paul Thompson can't always hear everything around him. That's where his cat comes in.

Five reasons to visit Samoa with a teenager by Helen van Berkel.

Camera-wielding tourists have been flocking to a rural English village for selfies - to the bemusement of locals.

If you're flying any time soon, you might want to pack the disinfectant wipes.

An exhibition in the Japanese capital is reinventing traditional aquariums of the Edo period

Tim Roxborogh stays at a former haunt of Somerset Maugham and James Michener.

Dutch airline KLM is set to launch the first ever service with draught beer on tap.

Visitors who dress immodestly will not be allowed to enter Cambodia's famed Angkor temple complex

This summer wannabe witches and wizards will be able to have breakfast in the Hogwarts Great Hall.

Rod Pascoe basks in tropical temperatures on a fabulous - and surprising - resort island off China's southern coastline.

The Spanish island of Magaluf is experiencing an outbreak of sexually transmitted infections spreading through the party destination.

Over 500 passengers were left stranded for seven hours after one woman's impromptu decision to change her relationship status.

Over one million tourists visited a township, favela or slum somewhere in the world in 2014.

Lima's huge shantytowns are not the standard fare of tourists, but for some, they're precisely why they come.

From Johann Sebastian Bach to the home of jazz, online guru Eli Orzessek finds your answers.

Rio is polluted, dangerous and often downright overwhelming. Alexis Carey recommends you don't miss it.

Pamplona is working hard to get ready for the festivities of its annual bull run - including covering the city with a product that stops people urinating in the streets

Brides and grooms anonymously reveal the disastrous and scandalous events that took place after they said 'I do'.

A woman was banned from flying Ryanair after her son spat at other passengers and she refused to restrain him.

A man who chanted "Allahu Akbar" and yelled "boom" on an flight has been jailed after admitting to his "foolish" behaviour.

An artist has turned his back to capture the views behind many of the world's most famous monuments.

With the Olympics only a month away, the spotlight is on Brazil as it prepares for half a million tourists from around the world to arrive.

A pair of proud parents at the Australian Reptile Park, on the NSW central coast, have welcomed the arrival of five fuzzy and very cute dingo pups.