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The Starwood chain of hotels has opened the new five star Westin Sohna-Gurgaon, Resort & Spa, located 45 min from the booming growth area of Gurgaon and 65 km from international airport in New Delhi.
Considering its location and amenities, it’s an ideal place for business and leisure travelers alike. Young travelers are welcome to try […]
So you’re leaving a country you most likely will not visit again in the near future. SO, what do you do with the odd bill or coins you have left over? Here are top 5 ways to make use of those leftover foreign money.
A lot of airlines also collect them and donate them to charity, […]
You call yourself a true-blue rugby fanatic? Well, you aren’t if you’re not gonna be there to join the rest of the crowd at the Hong Kong Sevens 2008. Being there, screaming and cheering for your team, right in the midst of all the maddening excitement, just won’t compare to watching the games unfold in […]
You’ve got to see this collection of images from this year’s Harbin Ice and Snow Festival, a breathtaking exhibition of snow and ice sculptures in Harbin, China.
Absolutely breathtaking works of art!
Tags: Asia, asia-destination, asia-hotels, asia-travel, asian-festivals, China, china-festivals, harbin, hotels, ice-sculptures, travel, winter-destinations
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This scoop is for our readers from LA, San Francisco, or New York: Cathay Pacific is offering very tempting airfares to Asia:
Cathay Pacific announced a “Deal of the Month” for January 2008 that includes a nonstop flight to Bangkok, Beijing, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Shanghai, Singapore, or Taipei for $748 round-trip from either LA, San Francisco, […]
There is a nicely-written review at NY times of the humongous Venetian Macao, which opened about half a year ago. It seems that while the property and the suites are truly awesome in terms of its size, there’s a lot left to be desired. Read for yourself.
If I were to go in Macau, I’d make […]
As you all know, I’ll be off next week for a 2-week holiday, and while it shouldn’t be a problem to get internet connection in the Philippines, this will be the first family holiday we’ll be having in Asia since 2003, and I’m really hoping to make the best out of it. I promise I’ll […]
Hong Kong International Airport topped the 2007 World Airport Survey conducted by Skytrax, while Seoul Incheon and Singapore Changi airports share the second spot.
I bet that with the opening of its newly opened multimillion dollar Terminal 3, Changi airport may snatch that top spot in the next round!
Tags: airports, Asia, asia-airports, asia-destination, asia-hotels, asia-travel, Changi-airport, […]
For the last three years, Thailand-based budget airline NokAir has only been servicing domestic routes. Now, they’re flying further out, to Hanoi, Vietnam, operating 2 flights a week to and from the new Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok.
Check out the Bangkok-Hanoi promo fares currently going as low as 3 THB!
Or, if you also need a place […]
I don’t know about you but it never fails to get me all giddy and excited after I’ve made the first concrete steps in planning a trip. Sure, just thinking about going somewhere, even surfing around the web for possibilities already gets me hyped up, but when I’ve actually made the first tangible step — […]
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