No checkout needed: Amazon opens full size cashier-less grocery store in Seattle

Amazon opens its first CASHIERLESS supermarket in Seattle where customers can pick up groceries and simply walk out of the store without checking out or opening their wallets This is a larger scale version of its Amazon Go branded convenience stores Any item a customer touches gets added to their basket as they walk around … Read more

Sexy sequins and plenty of skin are all on show as Rio’s famous carnival opens

Sexy sequins and plenty of skin are all on show as Rio’s famous carnival opens with its traditional spectacular samba dancing The city’s 13 top samba schools were competing for the title of carnival champions and pulled out all the stops Thousands flocked to see the elaborate parades and dancers’ spectacular costumes in the city’s … Read more

Guernsey mansion where Victor Hugo penned Les Miserable opens after a stunning £3.8million revamp 

Beautiful Guernsey mansion where Victor Hugo penned Les Misérables re-opens after a stunning £3.8million revamp Author and artist Victor Hugo lived at Hauteville House in Guernsey for 15 years during his exile from France It is now a museum but has been closed for the Past 18 months to undergo an extensive £3.8m restoration  Furniture … Read more

Disneyland Paris reveals what its Frozen-themed land will look like when it opens

An ice palace, a snow-capped mountain and a magnificent lake: Disneyland Paris reveals what its new Frozen-themed land will look like The new themed area will be in an extension of the Walt Disney Studios Park It is due to open in 2023 and Disney says it will be a ‘fully immersive land’  There will also … Read more

Hand sanitisers as London Fashion Week opens amid coronavirus disruption

By: Reuters | London | Updated: February 15, 2020 4:16:27 pm Luxury labels like Gucci-owner Kering have already warned that coronavirus will mean smaller crowds at the month-long catwalk season. (Representational image) Hand sanitisers were set to become the new must-have accessory as London Fashion Week opened on Friday, in what was expected to be … Read more

Amazon’s opens huge Manchester tech centre

Amazon’s opens huge Manchester tech centre which it claims will eventually employ 600 people By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:08 GMT, 15 January 2020 | Updated: 22:08 GMT, 15 January 2020 Amazon has opened a new corporate base in Manchester as it continues to ramp up its presence in the North. The … Read more

Fairburn opens US-style fund to give some of his £82m bonus to charity

Former Persimmon boss Jeff Fairburn sets up US-style fund to give some of his £82m bonus to charity By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:03 GMT, 15 January 2020 | Updated: 22:03 GMT, 15 January 2020 Former Persimmon boss Jeff Fairburn will give some of his £82m bonus to charity, it has emerged … Read more

The grand castle that doubles as Windsor in The Crown opens its doors to Airbnb guests

For the first time, Belvoir Castle – the stunning Windsor Castle double in Netflix drama The Crown – is making one of its sumptuous suites available to book on Airbnb. To celebrate the turn of the decade, the castle, which normally has 14 bedrooms for hire, will open the doors of its King’s Suite, seen in … Read more

Food by Jason Atherton and personalised pillowcases: Hilton’s The Biltmore Mayfair opens in London

Hilton’s most luxurious European hotel has flung open its doors – and here we take a peek inside. The Biltmore Mayfair will undoubtedly be a huge hit with the well-heeled. It’s in London’s Grosvenor Square, the former home of the American Embassy and one of the UK capital’s most exclusive postcodes, Michelin-star restaurateur Jason Atherton … Read more

New era for Butlin’s as its Bognor Regis resort’s new £40million swimming pool opens

New era for Butlin’s as its Bognor Regis resort’s new £40million swimming pool opens for business, boasting a 24ft-tall helter skelter, a wave machine and beach huts The pool, called Splash, has been filled with over 600,000 litres of water and has space for 1,000 guests  Stand out feature is the world’s first helter-skelter water … Read more