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The culturally diverse countries of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam are joining forces in a campaign to promote tourism in Southeast Asia. The campaign will start with a contest to populate a website with user-generated articles, images, text, and videos. This will be supplemented by professional content from …
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Shangri-La has been ranked tops in China in the luxury hotel brands category for the sixth year running by Hurun Report magazine, a monthly publication that reaches the households of 90,000 high net worth individuals and their advisers in mainland China. Because the Hyatt Regency and Grand Hyatt are considered to be two separate brands …
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The on-going global financial crisis has had a sweeping impact throughout the world, and few industries have been harder his than aviation. There was a marked drop in demand for air travel last year, forcing many airlines to reevaluate their short to mid-term fleet requirements. According to Zagat's 2009 Airline Survey, one-third of the frequent …
Tourist arrivals in the Asia Pacific were up slightly for the month of October against the same month one year earlier. Still, for the first 10 months of the year, figures were down 4%. “October marks the third straight month of above the line gains for international visitor arrivals to the Asia Pacific region,” says …
Michelon's guide to the best restaurants in Hong Kong and Macau is controversial among local foodies.
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and the Eight Wonders of the Modern World - an introduction.