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This Forbes article has a list of several strange hotels.  Undersea, treehouse, theme-inspired, you can stay in one of them tonight.

When the Smith family decided to build an exclusive resort in the northwestern Connecticut hills, they wanted to create something different. Really different.

They wound up with Stonehenge in the bathroom, a beaver lodge in the bedroom and a 17,000-pound helicopter in the living room.

I think a better article would be where's the strangest place you've slept for free.  Fire escape?  Parking garage?  Toilet on the TGV?  The stories abound.

The Old Don Muang Airport has closed its doors for now and the new Suvarnabhumi Airport has opened.  Bangkok is the hub for SE Asia and the new airport is supposed to handle 76 flights per hour and 45m passengers per year.  

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thousands of departing and arriving passengers christened Bangkok's new international airport as it officially opened Thursday with all commercial airlines transferring operations to the sleek new hub.

Flights stopped landing at the old, overcrowded Don Muang airport on Wednesday night. The full transfer of passenger flights from Don Muang to the airy, expansive Suvarnabhumi Airport was completed at 3 a.m. Thursday, more than four decades after the project was originally conceived in 1960.

Don Muang was a pit - dark, humid, all the water condensing on the windows because it was so air conditioned.  But, I always thought it was efficient.  The new Suvarnabhumi will draw in lots of natural light, it will be airy and spacious, much unlike the older airport.  The new airport is trying to keep its title as the hub of SE Asia, but the Kuala Lumpur is challenging this with a new airport as well that will be able to handle more capacity.

Airbus, reeling from the latest delays in the A380 has scored a major coup by providing airplanes and supplort for Vietnam Airlines, the national carrier for Vietnam.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has signed a contract with Air France Industries to acquire fleet support for four A330 aircraft to be delivered from October 2006.

Major coup?  Well, considering the French colonization of fairly recent years,  I guess a lot of pr work went into spinning this in a positive light.

While you cannot bring your own gels and liquids onto the plane, you may now purchase such items once passing through security. Items bought in the airport stores will be allowed on planes.

WASHINGTON - The government is partially lifting its ban against carrying liquids and gels onto airliners, instituted after a plot to bomb jets flying into the United States was foiled, an administration official said Monday.

Homeland Security Department official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the announcement had not yet been made, said that most liquids and gels that air travelers purchase in secure areas of airports will now be allowed on planes.

Nice. My personal, favourite toothpaste is not allowed but the sure to be $10 tube from the airport store is? While a concession, my conspiracy theory says that TSA and the airport stores union have colloborated on this with a 70/30 split for overcharging passengers. Mobissimo of course will sleuth this out.

Dubai. Perhaps you've flown through on a connecting flight from the East to Europe or NYC. But now Dubai is much more than a ginormous duty free airport. An extremely wealthy nation, U.A.E. has dumped tons of money and infrastructure in making Dubai a destination.

DUBAI is a singular destination, not to mention a bit confusing. Road signs point to places that haven’t been built, and the “Old Town” is still under construction. The best ski slopes are indoors, and an underwater shopping mall is supposed to be that way.

Amid the over-the-top skyscrapers lining Sheikh Zayed Road and the hotels shaped like sailboats, it is easy to miss the splendor of the natural world of the Arabian Peninsula, wedged between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. But in the surrounding emirates and parts of neighboring Oman, there are adventure day trips you can take from Dubai either with a tour group or on your own. Here are a few ways to escape the glare of the city.

You've seen the barrage of ads promoting Dubai on CNN international, Emirates was a huge sponsor of the World Cup, Michael Jackson is known to frequent the area, so what is holding you back? Mobissimo searches Emirates Airways, and tickets from NYC to Dubai are around $800. You've already been to the Bahamas and Hawaii, Dubai may be the destination for which you are looking.

Perhaps you've already gone (if you're American, it's not impossible, but risky) and have experienced Cuba first hand. There is much to do as it is a snapshot of a time long ago, well, the late 50s when Castro seized power. If you want to go, there are ways to do it and things to see, the 8 wonders of Cuba.

For the first time in many years, travel to Cuba suddenly seems like a possibility in the future of ordinary Americans. As well it should be, in our honest opinion — other nationalities have had free access to travel in Cuba for years, and Americans can visit other dictatorships without penalty. Adventure Beat editor Christian Kallen went to Cuba in 2002 on a then-legal exchange program; he compiles this list of the eight best things that tomorrow's traveler might expect to find while visiting our Caribbean neighbor.

While Mobissimo is an American company and we do not and cannot promote travel to Cuba while the ridiculous embargo and sanctions exist, we do search flight to Cancun, Vancouver, and the Bahamas - the most common departure points for all places Cuba.

Chinese. 2 Billion of them. Now imagine a casino full of them. That's what Steve Wynn envisions in his latest casino incarnation, but this time on the China mainland.

MACAU - Thousands of gamblers crowded into American billionaire Stephen Wynn's new $1.2 billion casino resort on Wednesday in Macau — the Chinese territory that may soon unseat the Las Vegas Strip as the world's gambling capital.

Fireworks showered the Wynn Macau with sparks just before its midnight opening. A huge sign lit up with red lights, while speakers blared Frank Sinatra's "Luck be a Lady" outside the 600-room complex that hopes to lure China's swelling population of gamblers.

Though still communist, China somehow still manages to bewilder its definition by allowing this monstrosity on its shores. Wynn, the main driver behind corporatizing casinos will now take this overseas in a big for worldwide gambling domination. Enjoy!