Affluent Arabs used to head to hospitals in the US when they needed treatment. But now, post-Iraq, they are increasingly choosing Germany’s private clinics. With the average foreign patient spending an estimated €80,000 a…
Tourism is Brazil’s fourth biggest earner, generating €8.5bn and sustaining 1.1m jobs. Last year, Rio de Janeiro received more than two million international and five million domestic visitors, an increase of 120 per cent…
Find some locals to design a modern art gallery, find lots more locals to frequent it and suddenly find yourself with an international success: welcome to Goma.
Cannes’ annual MIPIM property market is a chance for countries and cities to show off their grand design visions. And, despite the economic crisis, it remains a fascinating milieu where mayors, speculators and architects…
International visitors will be spoilt for choice when they return to Hong Kong, from the host of new hotels to stay in to the roster of fresh restaurants to sample.
The friendly faced White Hat Volunteers at Canada’s Calgary International Airport help holiday makers, businessfolk and refugees alike travel from A to B.
On Bali, Ronald Akili and Jason Gunawan’s Potato Head brand is everywhere. Now they are chipping away at the international scene, growing from their beach-club roots with a global crop of hotels and restaurants that are…
Monocle attends the fourth annual Dallas Art Fair in the Texan city that is gaining kudos as a major cultural hub in the US. Local collectors, museums and arts spaces have turned it from a lone ranger into an international…
In this edition we consider the systems and logistical threads that allow us to make those all-important connections, whether they are at the airport, at the railway station or in the art gallery.
Zozotown has over two million visitors to its virtual boulevard of shops, populated by the best international fashion brands. Monocle visits the firm’s HQ to witness the future of e-commerce.
Set to revolutionise Toronto’s transport network, new air- rail connection UP Express is made to be business-traveller friendly. And with an aesthetic influenced by the Canadian landscape and some sharp uniforms, it looks…
There’s a new breakthrough star on screen: Malaysia’s film and TV industry, with its stunning settings, burgeoning infrastracture and international tax breaks is beginning to make a global impact.
Consumers are increasingly looking beyond their native borders for low-cost, quality healthcare – and if there’s a safari thrown into the package, all the better. Monocle looks at the global hotspots attracting patients…