On behalf of everyone at Airstream, may we wish you all the very best for Chistmas and the New Year... and of course Happy Streaming in 2009.

2009 will see the launch of the new Bambi 422.  A completely new model specifically designed for Europe that will be unveiled at the NEC, Birmingham 17-22 February.  More details will be released in our January edition.

The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California, has long been known to car enthusiasts for a commitment to showing the history of the automobile and its impact on American culture. Now the museum has an exhibit that demonstrates the history of recreational vehicles. "From Autocamps to Airstreams: The Early Road to Vacationland" covers the evolution of recreational vehicles during the pre-World War II years using video displays, maps, books and of course the vehicles themselves. Read more from Kaitlyn Voyce, Motorhome, December 2008.

The annual Kruse collector-car auction in Las Vegas this month will have the usual classics; a 1958 Mercedes 300 SL and a 1966 Austin Healey are among the headliners. But interspersed among these and other gems is a white, 2001 Airstream.

And just why, exactly, is this seven-year-old Airstream notable?  It's the former mobile quarters of Baywatch babe Pamela Anderson. And it was a gift to the starlet from none other than Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner.  View the lot.  Read more from Greg Migliori, Autoweek.

If you are heading for South Africa on holiday, then a new hotel opening December 2008, may provide the perfect accommodation. The Grand Daddy Hotel's big talking point is its 'penthouse' trailer park, where a collection of vintage Airstreams nestle beneath the backdrop of Table Mountain.