The World famous Paris-Dakar rally makes its debut in South America and for the first time in 30 years it will not race in Africa. Instead competitors will traverse 9,000 kilometres across Argentina and Chile which play host the Dakar Rally from January 3rd 2009 to January 18th.

Latin America is hot! As the summer holiday season approaches, a recent report by Expedia has short listed a number of tourist hot spots in emerging destinations for this coming summer season. While the old favourites of Paris, London and Paris remain popular with American travellers, it seems that we are entering a new era for tourism in South America, a positive sign for overseas investors into this region.

If you like doing laps in your local pool, hold onto your goggles: the creators of the world’s largest swimming pool are on a mission to spread their technology across the world.