The luxury travel market is bouncing back after a couple of difficult seasons, but today's well-heeled travellers are spurning the excess of the boom years in favour of authentic experiences. "2009 has been a challenging year for the luxury travel industry but we are seeing a recovery in 2010," Nick Perry, chairman of the magazine Ultratravel, told a forum ...

Wall Street shares surged to their highest levels of 2009 Thursday as investors cheered upbeat housing data and a strong day for corporate earnings as signs that the economic slide may be ending. The Dow Jones Industrial Average vaulted above 9,000 for the first time since early January, gaining 188.03 points (2.12 percent) to close at 9 ...