Hamburg  - Dresses, blouses, skirts and pants in bright orange, pink and yellow - the colours of summer 2008 - have been hanging in boutiques and department stores since early this year.

Hamburg - Some hikers need only a space on the floor where they can spread out their sleeping bag in the evening.

But there are other types of hikers who belong in a different class, and it's one that has grown over the past few years. These hikers value luxury and don't want to spend the night in a youth hostel or small private room.

Professor Heinz-Dieter Quack of the European Tourism Institute in Trier, Luxembourg, separates hikers into the "old" and the "new."

Stuttgart  - Lounging on the beach is one way to spend the summer holidays. Too boring?

Sydney  - The new working class heroes in Australia are people like George Bilbie, a 100-year-old solicitor who works two days a week and has no plans for full retirement.

Premium home decorative firm Dolphin Mart has plans to expand its ‘d'mart Exclusif’ brand by opening around 19 outlets by the end of current financial year.