The Mediterranean is the ultimate holiday spot for culture creatures - remnants of ancient civilisations abound, buzzing urban hotspots offer modern architectural delights, and historic cities provide glimpses into the history of eons-old peoples. Taking a luxury Med cruise is a great way to experience the region’s remarkable history and culture. Most cruise ship itineraries will include hotspots like Rome, Venice and Barcelona but there are plenty of other less-visited places that offer heaps to keep culture fans happy. Here are three of our favourites:

Road trips are one of the most iconic ways to holiday. The freedom to travel wherever you want and the romance of the open road combine to entice hundreds of thousands of people into their cars every year and head off in search of the most beautiful scenery, the best food and the most enthralling attractions.

DAVS Agency, one of the leading Russian agencies specializing on business and individual travel, and Amadeus Commercial Organization in Russia have announced the extension of their partnership agreement for 3 years.

HotelSwaps, a new innovative hotel staff retention and incentive programme, has launched today at http://www.hotelswaps.com Hotel.Swaps is a worldwide membership network which allows hotel owners and managers to exchange their unused hotel rooms with other hotel members around the world for staff reward, incentive and training purposes. Hotels will deposit room nights during periods of their choice in exchange for points. These points can be transferred to high-performing employees who can in turn exchange these for free hotel stays at other member hotels.

The Grand Park Hotel Bad Hofgastein has reinvigorated its offering ahead of the 2013 season. Here Breaking Travel news looks at the latest developments.

Just The Flight’s new redesign is part of a broader web strategy focused on delivering unrivaled user experience in the flight industry after the gloom caused by the Google Panda algorithm