Boutique and luxury hotels and experiences in South-East Asia and beyond
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Travel Chaos!
The headlines are screaming travel chaos! Tony thinks there could be more to it.
Spaced Out!
Apparently space travel is going to be a thing. Tony’s not convinced.
Bubblicious!
Travel is starting to open up in the rich world, but in Asia and the Pacific the good old days seem a long way off.
Oh My Giddy Stars
The Michelin Guide has released its 2021 Bangkok rankings. Most are restaurants that only offer degustation menus, and that just tires me out. So here are the Michelin-star restaurants in Bangkok that offer their customers a choice. Click here for more
Is Barcelona Ruined by Tourism?
In this post from sister site Love It There* – Barcelona, Tony explores the frequently expressed opinion that Barcelona has been ruined by an influx of tourists. Read more here
News
Capella Bangkok
Capella Hotels & Resorts extends its reach in Asia with the opening of Capella Bangkok. Click for more…
One&Only Desaru Coast
One&Only opens its one and only Asian resort in Malaysia. Read more…
Raffles in the Maldives
Raffles Hotels & Resorts recently announced its first Maldives property. Read more…
Subdued Songkran
If you were planning to head to Bangkok between April 11 and 14, 2019, to engage in what has become the world’s largest water fight, it may pay to think again. Read more
The Capitol Kempinski Hotel Singapore opens
A restoration of a historic neoclassical building dating back to the Jazz Age, and located amongst Singapore’s better-known colonial haunts, the Capitol Kempinski Hotel Singapore opened for business on October 1st, 2018. Read more…
High Life – Anantara Private Jet Experience
Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas, in partnership with MJets, has launched the Anantara Private Jet Experience; a personalized private jet experience linking Anantara properties in the Maldives, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Read more…
Stunning new video of Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
Ayres Rock Resort, operated by Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia, has released a stunning time-lapse video which was created to capture the essence of the living cultural landscapes of Uluru and Kata Tjuta, showing the changing colours of the desert as day turns to night. Read more…
Australian 2018 Bucket List
Tourism Australia nominates a bunch of bucket list experiences for 2018. Read more…
Bangkok sees a new Marriott
Marriott Hotels, has opened the new Bangkok Marriott Hotel The Surawongse. Owned by TCC Land Asset World, the hotel is situated on Surawong Road, close to the up and coming Chinatown district as well as the Silom shopping strip in the centre of town. read more…
Fave Fives
Maldives
The Maldives may well have been the place Frank Sinatra was thinking about when he sang “You hurry to a spot that’s just a dot on the map,” in The Tender Trap, but what a spot! Utterly beautiful natural scenery in full Technicolor, and no shortage of luxury resorts. Here are our fave five
Bangkok
Bangkok is one of the world’s great cities. It is a city of ancient temples and rooftop bars, of street food and some of Asia’s best restaurants, of flashy shopping centres and massive traffic jams. Exhilarating and exhausting in equal measure, in Bangkok what you really need is an oasis to escape to at the end of the day. These are our favourites
Koh Samui
Koh Samui. It’s our favourite Thai island destination. Samui is home to hundreds of hotels and resorts, but not all are created equal. Here are our five favourites – the ones we keep going back to because of that something special that makes us Love It There… Read more here
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