The biggest sports and cultural festival in the world takes place in Cologne from July 31 to August 7, 2010. Some 10,000 participants from more than 70 countries will converge for the Gay Games VIII Cologne 2010 and celebrate the principles of participation, inclusion and personal best.

Let’s revisit our conversation about China and its travelers from a couple of weeks ago. I was amazed to find out that the most populated country and one of the fastest growing economies still books a bulk of its travel in person. Do you remember those times when we had to take a check book and go to a travel agent in order to book a flight? Now, even the most complicated itineraries can be booked online. Chinese travelers, however, are just starting to enter the era of buying travel online.