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Travel Tips Fuel surcharges can camouflage the real cost of airline tickets, Michael Taylor discovers as he books a flight from Hong Kong to Bangkok to attend the Digital Innovation Asia Bloggers Match-up. When I search for an airline ticket to attend the Digital Innovation Asia Bloggers Match-up in Bangkok, Thailand, I do a flexible …
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Blogger Match-up Part Two Michael Taylor flies to Bangkok, Thailand, to participate in a blogger match-up organized by Digital Innovation Asia. He arrives well past midnight and heads straight for the Rembrandt Hotel. Travel bloggers and travel industry professionals from across the Asia Pacific have arrived in Bangkok, Thailand, for what organizers are calling the …
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Travel Blogger Match-up Part One Michael Taylor is about to embark on another adventure. This time he is headed to Bangkok, Thailand, where he will attend the first Travel Bloggers Match-up. Coming Monday night: the Digital Innovation Asia Awards. What do Tourism New Zealand, Tourism Malaysia, and Tourism Indonesia have in common? Their websites have …
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Hospitality Qufu in China's Shandong Province is the birthplace of Chinese philosopher Confucius. The Shangri-La Hotel Group will open a luxurious five star hotel in the fabled city on 1 August 2013. It will be the city's first international standard five star hotel. Shangri-La Hotel, Qufu, is situated within walking distance of three of the …
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Movers and Shakers More and more hotels and resorts are exhibiting art in their public spaces, and 137 Pillars House in Chiang Mai, Thailand, is no exception. The stylish resort will showcase the works of talented Thai artist Nat Posila. The exbibtion will run from 14 June through 31 July 2013. “This is part of …
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Travel Tips Time is running out to view the 16.5 meter tall Rubber Duck, which was created by Dutch Artist Florentijn Hofman. It will remain anchored in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour through 9 June 2013. If you are planning a trip to Hong Kong to see the inflatable installation, which has been dubbed “Spreading Joy …
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Exhibitions Tens of thousands of artists, art dealers, art critics, art lovers, curators, private collectors, and not a few curiosity seekers have descended on Hong Kong to attend Art Basel Hong Kong. And while this is no Hong Kong Book Fair - no skantily dressed young starlets posing for would-be paparazzi and no need to …
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Food and Beverage Think of Japanese tipples and two alcoholic beverages usually come to mind: sake and beer. But what about shochu? Not well known outside Japan, shochu has become the refreshment of choice for many Japanese connoisseurs. Ten years ago, in fact, domestic consumption of shochu – which has a history of about 500 …
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Source: accidentaltravelwriter.net via Accidental Travel Writer on Pinterest Part Five in a Series With the recent release of yet another movie version of the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, The Great Gatsby, interest in the book – and other great American novels – is high. This is the fifth in a series on The Great …
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Food and Beverage Wine maker David Serodes travels from France to China twice a year. Michael Taylor and Daniel Creffield, Editor of Asian Hotels and Catering Times, chat with him – and sample his wines – at the Mandarin Grill. As we chat and sample his wines, I ask David, Wine Maker and Oenologue at …
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