Nearly half of the travelers staying at Amari Residences Bangkok are either accompanying family or friends seeking treatments at nearby Bangkok Hospital - or former patients at the hospital needing a place to recuperate.
Guest Blogger: Top 10 Restaurants in Paris by Amy Fabulous
Visiting Paris? What follows is a list of the restaurants that you must try when visiting the City of Light. And don't worry about the price. The list is not limited to fancy or expensive restaurants. Among these food and beverage outlets are hole-in-the-wall eateries that are easy on the wallet but impressive to the …
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Guest Blogger: the Senior Hummingbird Goes to Las Vegas
Suellen Zima travels from her beloved abode in Laguna Woods, California, to Las Vegas, Nevada, where she spends the holidays with her adopted Chinese family. Suellen marvels at the man made wonders of Sin City. She experiences the mundane lives of the families that reside there. And she realizes that while Macau, the tiny Portuguese …
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Bangkok Hospital: Getting Results from My Medical Checkup
Within minutes of completing his battery of tests at Bangkok Hospital, Michael Taylor goes for a private consultation with a physician, who discusses his results with him. The doctor pulls up a computer screen and gives him a printed report, which has been neatly bound in a binder. The doctor then goes through the report, …
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Shanghai Hotels: Waldorf Astoria Opens 252 Room Annex
Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the city's legendary Bund opens on 18 December 2010. It is the tower annex of the hotel, which was launched in a heritage building in September. The two wings of the hotel are connected by a courtyard. The Waldorf Astoria Club has 20 suites in a heritage building on the waterfront. …
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Does Traveling Make You Fat?
Early morning airline flights are such a drag! Michael Taylor hates them so much that he has frequently considered spending the night before departure at an airport hotel so that he could sleep in longer. A company in the United States has put together park, sleep, fly packages that make this an affordable alternative. Many People Put on Weight …
Waldorf Astoria: Shanghai Club Reopens as Five Star Hotel
The former Shanghai Club has been fully restored and will henceforth be known as the Waldorf Astoria Club, the first of two buildings that will comprise the Waldorf Astoria Shanghai. The Waldorf Astoria on the Bund in Shanghai is the first hotel in Asia under Hilton Worldwide’s luxury hotel label, modeled after the legendary Waldorf-Astoria …
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Waldorf Astoria: the Long Bar in Shanghai Gets a New Lease of Life
When Richard Nixon visited the Great Wall during his historic visit to China in 1972, he famously commented, “This is a great wall!” You cannot help but wonder what he would have said if he been shown the Long Bar in the Shanghai Club on the Bund in Shanghai. I'm not sure what exactly became …
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VIPs Flock to Playboy Club Grand Opening in Macau
The Playboy Club Sands Macao celebrated its grand opening on Saturday 20 November 2010, throwing open its doors to VIPs and high rollers from Hong Kong and around the region. Jessica Hsuan, Michael Wong, Bonnie Gokson, Terrance Yin, Lisa S, Patricia Cheong, Scott Flanders, CEO, Playboy Enterprises, Inc., and Edward Tracy, President and Chief Operating …
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Macau ’s Top 10 Restaurants
Macau has always had great Chinese restaurants, and eateries serving Portuguese and Macanese fare. In recent years, however, has been the arrival of fine dining.