This invention relates to an improvement enabling improved handling of the article of luggage. Articles of luggage are disclosed incorporating a variety of manipulation means 20 by which a user may manoeuvre an article of luggage 2 from a first position to a second position, the manipulation means 20 being provided on or over a top or side panel of the article of luggage, the manipulation means being provided with at least two gripping regions, the gripping regions being disposed along different axes to one another.