AN illuminated tower soars above the clear Black Sea and the mist-covered Caucasus mountains surrounding the port town of Batumi, Georgia. Its night lights flood the skyline, revealing a new building ...

It is one in the morning at the Peace Casino, and amid a fog of cigarette smoke, a Turkish businessman is laying $50 bets on the blackjack table, laughing with his Armenian neighbour and flirting with ...

Facing rain on the Black Sea in Georgia and crushing crowds on the Red Sea in Israel, the 52 Places Traveler decides to improvise. By Sebastian Modak transcript ‘I had heard things about Georgian ...

Tourism royalty convened in this year’s most talked about European destination for a spectacular three-day event to celebrate World Travel Awards 30th anniversary. All eyes were on Batumi, Georgia for ...

BATUMI -- If it weren't for the slightly subdued light, you could be in Dubai. Giant monoliths of glass and concrete rise up into the sky, eclipsing the sprawl of Georgia's second-largest city and ...

The glitzy Black Sea resort of Batumi is visible proof of Georgia's ambition to westernise and shake off its Soviet past. A golden Ferris wheel is built into the side of one modernist skyscraper.

Hoteliers on Georgia’s Black Sea Coast hope huge discounts can revive Batumi's decimated tourism industry. It’s safe to say there is something for every traveler’s budget in Batumi, the shiny city on ...