What is WorldGuide
Your gateway to a sophisticated lifestyle
WorldGuide is your all-in-one internet gateway to the world of well-being, offering high-quality information on diverse topics, an international networking community, worldwide privileges for Premium and Club Members, and numerous, useful internet tools. Our concept is derived from the pressing need of a privileged clientele for exclusive and carefully selected information. To date, this kind of content – if at all available – has been difficult and time-consuming to obtain.
The WorldGuide Community
Meet and Greet the World
The WorldGuide Community offers you the opportunity to network among like-minded peers across the globe. Register free of charge and create your profile today. In addition to giving you access to other members, your account allows full use of our web tools. Save your preferred destinations or establishments in one easy list using the My Favourite function, or set up your own recommended list using User Guides. Add your voice by rating and commenting on WorldGuide’s content. Join in on discussions in our expert Forums and contribute your personal recommendations in our Yellow Pages. All these functions are at your disposal after you register.
Places
Explore the best locations the world has to offer
From hidden treasures to well-known destinations, WorldGuide spans the globe and points you in the right direction. Our Places section covers choice vacation spots in over 130 countries, with 900 locations just one click away. Using the interactive map, click or select your country of choice, and immediately see our recommended cities, towns or regions in the area. Navigate to your desired location and you’ll see all the hot-spots displayed on the map. Our recommendations include luxury-class hotels, fine dining, trendy bars, hip shopping addresses, local events, cutting-edge galleries, world-famous museums and award-winning spas. Particularly worthwhile destinations also include extensive articles outlining local history, culture and all you need to know to make your next trip a smashing success.
WorldGuide Forums
Tap in to stimulating discussions
The Forums at WorldGuide offer you a chance to start or join intelligent conversations with other members. We currently offer forums in three areas. In our section on People, users discuss business etiquette, cross-cultural relations, family and health issues as well as sports. The Products forums specifically deal with technology and luxury items, like jewellery and high fashion. Finally, the forums on Pleasures focus on diverse topics such as travelling, fine art, food & wine, music and wellness. Start your own topic thread or browse the current discussion online today.
Yellow Pages
Personal Recommendations on a Global Scale
The WorldGuide Yellow Pages allows users to mark the map with their favourite places. Anything and everything can be listed for browsing by WorldGuide Community members. The sky is the limit – from your trusted financial advisor and restaurant of choice to your regular car service and that trendy boutique around the corner. Or hit the road and play travel correspondent by listing the must-see places from your last holiday!
User Guides
Your own guide for public or personal use
Want to save a list of all the must-see places for your next trip? Or perhaps you’d like to keep track on articles related to a particular subject? User Guides at WorldGuide allow you to do it. This easy-to-use tool enables members to easily save articles and destination details, with the ability to make comments and notes on stored entries. Keep your list private and organise pertinent information in one place. Or give your list a catchy name and make it public, sharing it with other members across the globe. The choice is yours.
Events
A resource for worldwide events
From famous, annual affairs to lesser-known, hard-to-find occasions, WorldGuide is your one-stop gateway to all the special happenings across the globe. Organised by location, category and date, our exhaustive catalogue includes the important information you need to discover local events. Use the basic or advanced search function to browse or hunt for an event to compliment your travel plans.
Products & Services Guide
Your Inside Look at Cutting-Edge Products & Services
Developed in partnership with our sponsors, WorldGuide’s Product & Services Guide offers insider information for the demanding consumer. From real estate to high-tech gadgetry, we bring you the best of what our sponsors currently offer. Stay up on the latest and greatest in products and discover new ways to invest wisely and make smart purchases.
WorldGuide Privileges
Worldwide benefits await you
WorldGuide Privileges is our special programme for users subscribing at the Premium and Club level. Members receive the WorldGuide Privileges Card, which allows immediate access to over EUR 10,000 in worldwide benefits. From discounts and VIP treatment, complimentary upgrades and special services, WorldGuide Privileges is the programme of choice for experiences travellers. Our ever-growing group of Benefits Partners includes luxury hotels, trendy restaurants, exciting events, fine art galleries and a host of other providers.
Family & Society
Maximising Physical Security
As a member of a high-net-worth group, you want to preserve your privacy and security without the inconvenience of heavy surveillance. What measures can someone like you take to decrease the risk? Experts agree that there is no single checklist that can improve security, but there are steps you can take that make the target less clearly defined for hostile parties. WorldGuide spoke to various experts, compiling a list of thirty practical tips for home and abroad.
Fashion & Accessories
Tailor-Made Shirts
Ordering custom-made shirts isn’t as easy as it sounds. Several considerations must be taken into account by the buyer since every tailor might not. Fabrics, buttons, styles and colours – find out what to beware of in the tailor-made process and browse our list of noteworthy shirt-makers around the world.
Alternative Healing
Massage
Even thousands of years ago mankind knew the healing effects of massage. The oldest known work on physiotherapeutic treatment is attributed to the legendary first emperor of China, Shi Huang-di, who ruled around 2,600 BC. About 2,000 years later in Europe, ancient Greek healer Hippocrates, one of the fathers of Western medicine, studied the effect of massage on the human body. He trusted in the power of massage as a method to promote healing and longevity and suggested that all physicians integrate massage into their healing practices.
Alternative Healing
Chinese Medicine: Eastern Healing
Preventing disease, promoting harmony in the body before disharmony can develop, and seeing the individual in his or her entirety – these are the goals of Traditional Chinese Medicine, or TCM. Like other traditional healing arts, it is a holistic health science. TCM is based on ideas that are deeply rooted in Chinese culture and thought: Principles such as yin and yang or qi (chi) play an important role not only in the area of medicine, but also in the daily lives of many Chinese people. In the Tao Te Ching, the founder of Taoism, Lao Tzu, wrote: “The sage would not control the world. He is in harmony with the world.”
WorldGuide
Discover the world with us
Comprehensive articles and valuable tips about the finer things in life – read, rate and comment on top destinations, luxury hotels, health and beauty topics, product news and art advice. This is what WorldGuide is all about. Be part of an international, vital community. You will benefit from in-depth and independent information; plus you will be able to interact with peers sharing your interests. All this and much more awaits you at WorldGuide. Join now free of charge as a WorldGuide Member.
Sports | Golf
Golf Hotels in the UK & Ireland
“Golf is a game whose aim it is to hit a very small ball into an even smaller hole with weapons singularly ill-designed for the purpose.” Or so thought Sir Winston Churchill. The undisputed home of golf is Scotland. Ireland is also a much-favoured destination drawing players to its greener-than-green courses and charming castle hotels. Our line-up of exclusive golf resorts in the UK and Ireland will help you plan your getaway, as well as providing insider tips on required handicaps, geographical diversity, course quality and hotel excellence.
Business Etiquette
Working with Americans
In a global economy that is both increasingly interdependent and driven by the need for rapid success, making the effort to understand the way business is run and how people in other countries tick, especially one as large and economically powerful as the United States, has never paid off more than it does today. The concept of the ‘American dream’, a phrase known around the world, lies behind the way that many Americans look at their careers.
Japanese Art
Floating Worlds and Other Rarities
Collectors of Japanese art tend to focus on one type of object – one may collect folding screens or netsuke, the miniature carvings used as belt toggles on kimonos, another may develop a fascination for ukiyo-e woodcuts and paintings, while still another may pursue an obsession with sword fittings and armaments or objects related to the tea ceremony. Often these specific interests are a gateway to a broader fascination with the unique qualities of Japanese culture and history.
Island Escapes
Finding the Right Caribbean Island
White sand beaches, calm surf, perfect winds, underwater havens of virgin coral and jewel-toned fish: anyone planning a vacation in the Caribbean will read these same descriptions applied to dozens of distinct destinations. In fact the illusion of homogeneity within this tropical region is what makes vacation planning so difficult. Will it be Turks and Caicos, Barbados or Bonaire? Does it even matter? It does. While it is true that almost all of the islands boast gorgeous beaches and perennially pleasant weather, some are more suited for certain activities than others. Whether you are an avid sailor or a dedicated beach bum, a passionate naturalist or a die-hard golfer, WorldGuide’s Caribbean Island Advisor will help you sort out the destination that’s right for you.
Prevention
Solutions to Motion Sickness
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When travelling on land, in the air or on water, motion sickness hits us when we least expect it, and usually at the most inopportune times. In-flight movies become nightmares; shuffle board games or strolls on the ship’s deck are out of the question; and that long train or car ride seems unbearable. WorldGuide reports on the work Dr Reinhart Jarisch, whose groundbreaking findings link seasickness with a physiological intolerance to a certain histamine-blocking enzyme. Read more to learn the facts and discover strategies for avoiding that ever-present feeling of nausea that might just ruin your next trip.
Fine Timepieces
Leading Watchmakers
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The world of timepiece design and manufacturig is often baffling. With controversies, conflicts and competing schools of thought, the watchmaking community of the 21st century is anything but static – a far cry from the stereotypical images of doddering, bespeckled old men bowed before a magnifying class as they adjust intricately minute cogs and wheels. WorldGuide has cut through the industry-specific jargon to give you a glimpse at the top watchmakers currently shaping time as we know it.
Family & Society
How to Give Well
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Human beings are a naturally generous species. Social research shows that even when there is no opportunity to accrue social favor many humans still choose to behave generously. Perhaps they do so because it feels good: psychologists have shown that the same pleasure centers of the brain are activated by an act of giving as are by making love.
Sports Equipment
IonX Functional Sports Clothing
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Just in time for the 2007 Rugby World Cup Canterbury of New Zealand introduced a new kind of functional sportswear equipping four of the qualifying rugby teams with the garment. Produced by Kentucky Technical Textiles and licensed to the New Zealand company the base layer is sold under the trademark IonX. The way in which the garment is said to...
Wellness & Spas
Luxury Eco-Cosmetics
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The trend is clear: The cosmetics industry is turning more and more to organic products. The international market has seen new companies pop up overnight – predominantly small- and medium-sized firms offering almost the same variety of products as conventional manufacturers. Ranging from lotions, oils and anti-aging solutions to decorative cosmetics, many of today’s first-class products belong to the high-end luxury segment.
Tales from the Road
Búzios, Brazil
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Back in the 1600s, fishermen of Armação dos Búzios, a quaint little village 170 km (105 miles) north of Rio de Janeiro, were whale hunting specialists. They built houses along a narrow strip of beach, now called Praia da Armação, that provided secure anchorage for their fishing vessels. From there they caught the whales that would provide the oil to light the town and discarded the waste from the giants on Ossos (Bones), the neighbouring beach. It remained a fairly simple village until three centuries later when Brigitte Bardot "discovered" it while vacationing with her Brazilian boyfriend in the ‘60s.
Thoughts & Visions
Alma Carmel: Skin Care Pioneer
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Alma Carmel, creator of the organic line of beauty products, Bio Verité, discusses her philosophy, inspiration and the secret behind her products with WorldGuide.
Tales from the Road
Brazilian Gold Rush Boomtowns
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Famous for its gemstones, the state of Minas Gerais (General Mines) has a distinctly different personality than other regions of Brazil. Try this scenic road trip through colonial era Brazil, 450 kilometres (280 miles) northeast of the São Paulo capital (200 kilometres (124 miles) south of Belo Horizonte), which offers excellent opportunities for gemstone, jewellery and unique artisan purchases.
Thoughts & Visions
The Tsar Of Russian Designers
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Backstage after a fashion show in Milan: the lights dim on the catwalk, photographers race out to the next fashion show and models frantically undress amidst the commendatory hubbub. I spot Mario Boselli, president of the Italian Chamber of Fashion, who is personally congratulating Valentin Yudashkin, the tsar of Russian designers...
Thoughts & Visions
The New BMW Museum
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WorldGuide speaks with Dr. Ralf Rodepeter, Director of the new BMW Museum in Munich, Germany. Shortly after the Museum's re-opening in June 2008, our interview delves into the history and original concepts behind the original structure. Rodepeter explains the link between old and new, discussing many of the innovative exhibitions on display and the educational programmes currently offered. Auto aficionadios and technophiles alike will enjoy this insider view of BMW's crown jewel.
Family & Society
Online Networks: Be Social & Safe
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Facebook, MySpace, Bebo and Xing are a part of a new phenomenon: online networking. But what is a networking website? How do they work, and which one is best for you? WorldGuide’s comprehensive guide to online networking answers these questions and many more. Learn about the different types of networks available, the benefits to you or your business, and how to make the most of them without worrying about data security.
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