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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

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29/8/2012 Bhutan's Drukair to Make Singapore its "Gateway to the World".
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/298-Drukair.shtml

29/8/2012 Tiger Airways Launches Promotion; Fares From Sin$8.
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/298-TigerAirways.shtml

29/8/2012 Etihad Airways to Codeshare with China Eastern.
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/298-EtihadAirways.shtml

29/8/2012 Air Astana Launches Almaty - Hong Kong Flights.
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/298-AirAstana.shtml

29/8/2012 PAL Places Major Airbus Order.
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/298-PhilippineAirlines.shtml

29/8/2012 AirAsia Records Strong H1 2012 Growth.
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/298-AirAsia.shtml

29/8/2012 Lake Crackenback Resort to Host 2013 National Cross Triathlon
Championship.
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/298-AustraliaTriathlon.shtml

29/8/2012 Le Grande Pecatu Bali Appoints New DOSM.
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/298-LeGrande.shtml

29/8/2012 Media Hotel Jakarta Appoints New Director of Marketing
Communications.
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/298-MediaHotel.shtml

29/8/2012 American Airlines to Codeshare with Air Tahiti Nui.
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/298-AmericanAirlines.shtml

29/8/2012 Laguna Phuket Celebrates 25 Years; Unveils Development Plans.
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/298-LagunaPhuket.shtml

29/8/2012 Routes' International Tourism Director to Speak at IATO
Convention in Mumbai.
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/298-IATO.shtml

29/8/2012 Swissôtel Appoints New Director Brand Marketing.
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/298-Swissotel.shtml

29/8/2012 IHG Breaks Ground on Holiday Inn Express in Rio Branco.
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/298-HotelinRioBranco.shtml

28/8/2012 HD Video Interview About What Can You Expect @ World Gourmet
Festival 2012.
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/288-WorldGourmetFestival.shtml

28/8/2012 Travelport Trials Drive Me Service.
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World to tourists: 'Stop stealing everything!'
Eating on Victoria Harbour: Hong Kong's most buoyant dinner
Europe's most valuable monuments
Kawagoe: The 'most Japanese' destination of all

World to tourists: 'Stop stealing everything!'

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 09:58 PM PDT

by CNNGo staff

Travel guides and websites are filled with advice for tourists on how not to get ripped off when visiting the world's great attractions.

But maybe it's the attractions that need tips on not getting pilfered by tourists.

From pieces of the Great Wall to live penguins, travelers looking for unique souvenirs will stuff almost anything they can into their luggage.

The latest uproar over theft of a public attraction comes from Boracay Island in the Philippines, where the magnificent white beach sands are suffering "blatant extraction" at the hands of the kinds of tourists that give the rest of us a bad name.

Responding to the threat to its most valuable natural resource, local officials passed an ordinance last week that greatly toughens the existing law for being caught carting off sand or pebbles from the Philippines' top tourist destination.

Eating on Victoria Harbour: Hong Kong's most buoyant dinner

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 03:00 PM PDT

by Zoe Li

I'm on a boat in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour with a spread of crab, clam and noodles in front of me giving off maddening smells.

It's quiet. There are other diners on other boats around us, but they are far enough that we can only hear murmurs.

The temperature tonight is mild and there is a harbor breeze. The boat rocks gently like a baby's cradle.

I can't remember the last time a restaurant in Hong Kong made me feel so physically relaxed.

We're at Shun Kee, a floating restaurant made up of wooden boats in Causeway Bay's typhoon shelter, a protective area for vessels during a storm.

Europe's most valuable monuments

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 01:00 PM PDT

by Raemin Zhang

The Eiffel Tower: the most visited paid-for tourist attraction in the world.

If you thought people traveled to Paris for the romance and the café culture, you may need to think again.

A new study has found that the Eiffel Tower is Europe's most valuable monument, worth US$544 billion to the French economy, nearly a fifth of the country's gross domestic product.

That's substantially more than Rome's Colosseum (US$114 billion) in second place, and more than the other six European monuments included in the study combined. They included the Sagrada Familia Cathedral in Barcelona and the Tower of London.

The study, conducted by Italy's Monza and Brianza Chamber of Commerce, found the monetary value of monuments according to their "image, branding and aesthetic qualities," combining the results of 10 other studies and statistical analyses.

Kawagoe: The 'most Japanese' destination of all

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 12:00 PM PDT

by Mike Nakada

Tight streets lined with gabled buildings and tiled roofs -- it's an image many visitors, particularly those of an older, pre-Pokémon vintage, hope to find when they come to Japan for the first time.

Sadly, with most Japanese cities having the architectural appeal of a pile of gray cardboard boxes, it's an image they never truly find.

The truth, however, really is out there.

It lies not in Kyoto, Nara or any of the other celebrated "historic" towns, but in a little city right on the doorstep of Tokyo.

Kawagoe City in Saitama Prefecture has preserved an area of streets lined on both sides with buildings that look like they've been taken straight from a samurai period drama.

Monday, August 27, 2012

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Tuesday, 28 August 2012. News from last night Asia time and today.

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28/8/2012 World Gourmet Festival 2012 - What Can You Expect?
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/288-WorldGourmetFestival.shtml

28/8/2012 Travelport Trials Drive Me Service.
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/288-Travelport.shtml

28/8/2012 Ritz-Carlton Opens in Vienna.
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/288-RitzCarlton.shtml

28/8/2012 airberlin Appoints Stella Warmuth as Area Manager ME, AP &
Africa.
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/288-airberlin.shtml

28/8/2012 Boeing Projects High Demand for Aviation Personnel in Asia
Pacific.
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/288-BoeingAsia.shtml

28/8/2012 Hong Kong Visitor Arrivals in July 2012.
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/288-HongKongVisitorArrivals.shtml

28/8/2012 Marriott Opens 383-room Renaissance Shanghai Caohejing Hotel.
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/288-RenaissanceShanghai.shtml

28/8/2012 Ahn Luh Signs Hotel on Xunliao Bay near Shenzhen, China.
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/288-AhnLuh.shtml

28/8/2012 Alitalia to Launch Abu Dhabi Flights.
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/288-Alitalia.shtml

28/8/2012 Corporate and Leisure Hotel Rates Increase Again in July.
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/288-HotelRates.shtml

28/8/2012 Etihad Airways to Increase Flights to Casablanca.
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/288-EtihadAirways.shtml

28/8/2012 Air China to Offer Through Check-In for Beijing-Sweden Flights.
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/288-AirChina.shtml

28/8/2012 AHS Appoints Napan Khumbute as Business Development Manager.
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/288-AbsoluteHotelServices.shtml

28/8/2012 Impact Cuts Electric Consumption to Save 13 Million Baht.
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/288-Impact.shtml

27/8/2012 Interview with GM of Four Seasons Chiang Mai + FS Tented Camp
Golden Triangle.
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/278-FourSeasonsChiangMai.shtml

27/8/2012 Aston Opens favehotel in Yogyakarta.
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/278-favehotel.shtml

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Flights delayed, warnings issued as Typhoon Bolaven approaches Korea
Second lives: Alternative communities you can join
‘NoodleBot’ taking over restaurant kitchens in China
Moving mountains. Altitude training without leaving Sydney
Micro livestock: The fried bugs keeping Thailand's tourists nourished

Flights delayed, warnings issued as Typhoon Bolaven approaches Korea

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 09:19 PM PDT

by CNNGo staff

Korea is bracing for its worst storm in 10 years.

Typhoon Bolaven, named after a highland region in Laos, will be the most dangerous typhoon to hit Korea since Rusa in 2002, according to reports. The latter caused 246 deaths and approximately US$4.49 billion in damages.

The Korea Meteorological Administration announced that the typhoon is growing at an alarming rate as it approaches Korea from Okinawa.

Bolaven's maximum wind speed is predicted to be 53 meters per second. A wind speed of 44 meters per second "can move not just people but big rocks," according to a KMA official.

The typhoon will hit Jeju Island on Monday afternoon and make its way to Korea's west coast before moving on to North Korea.

Second lives: Alternative communities you can join

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 03:40 PM PDT

by Hiufu Wong

If Thom York had figured out how to build an intentional community like the following people, Radiohead may not have written "Creep," with lyrics such as "I don't belong here."

For some, regular society holds no draw, so these alternative communities, some created decades ago, provide a perfect solution.

The best part is they welcome newcomers too.

Arcosanti, Arizona, United States: Frugal architects' community

Arcosanti-Bell Factory The Lars homestead from "Star Wars"? Nope, just Arcosanti's Bell Factory.

What: An outlandish town built in the 1970s by architect Paolo Soleri and his Cosanti Foundation in the middle of the Arizona desert.

‘NoodleBot’ taking over restaurant kitchens in China

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 03:30 PM PDT

by CNNGo staff

Latest food fashion in China's noodle restaurants: replace the sweaty, grumpy chef with a harder-working, never-complaining "NoodleBot." That is, a robot programmed to slice noodles.

These iron noodle chefs have made headlines on China's Internet recently for their quirky looks and awesome productivity -- a "NoodleBot" can slice 150 pieces of noodles per minute, which makes them about three times more efficient than a human chef.

Chef Cui: The original 'noodle-bot'

"NoodleBot" -- which sells for around RMB 14,800 (US$2,330) -- was invented by Cui Runquan (崔润全), a 36-year-old farmer-turned-restaurateur from Hebei Province in central China.

I invented this because I want to free all sliced-noodle chefs from hard labor.

-- Cui Runquan, inventor of "noodle-bot" Chef Cui

Moving mountains. Altitude training without leaving Sydney

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 03:00 PM PDT

by Ian Lloyd Neubauer

In the 1990 sci-fi thriller "Total Recall," Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a construction worker living in the future and eager to visit Mars.

But instead of going to the Red Planet, he pays to have fake memories of a trip at Mars implanted in his brain.

While Martian tourism is still the stuff of fantasies, virtual travel just came one step closer with the opening of Sydney Altitude Training (SAT).

Set in the well-heeled north-shore suburb of Mossman, the small gym simulates the atmospheric conditions of high-altitude destinations.

The concept behind SAT is that it allows adventure travelers -- trekkers, runners, rowers and skiers -- to pre-acclimatize their bodies and minds to the rigors they're likely to encounter on the high road.

Micro livestock: The fried bugs keeping Thailand's tourists nourished

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 09:50 AM PDT

by Richard S. Ehrlich

A British tourist opens her mouth, delicately grabs a fried grasshopper by the head, hesitantly tongues the insect's spindly hind legs, and bites the bug.

"Ooooooooooooooh," says 55-year-old Beverly Burnett, her face creasing with laughter, amazement, triumph and glee.

The fried grasshopper, also known as a locust, tastes "like crispy chicken," she says.

"I ate a grasshopper, silk worm and coconut worm."

Salivating at the sight of other bugs, Burnett asks the vendor, "What else is good? They are all good? What are these? Beetles? Crickets? Oh, let me try crickets. One of each."

Sunday, August 26, 2012

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Monday, 27 August 2012. News from over the weekend and today Asia time.

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27/8/2012 Interview with GM of Four Seasons Chiang Mai/Four Seasons Tented
Camp Golden Triangle (HD video).
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/278-FourSeasonsChiangMai.shtml

27/8/2012 Aston Opens favehotel in Yogyakarta.
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/278-favehotel.shtml

27/8/2012 Regent Hotels & Resorts Introduces Complimentary Internet.
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/278-RegentHotels.shtml

27/8/2012 Beyond Resort Krabi Appoints Claude Baltes as General Manager.
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/278-BeyondResorts.shtml

27/8/2012 Grand Dorsett Chengdu to Open Soon in September.
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/278-GrandDorsett.shtml

27/8/2012 Air Astana Launches Direct Astana - Beijing Flights.
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/278-AirAstana.shtml

27/8/2012 Travelport Renews Partnership with Digital Travel.
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/278-Travelport.shtml

27/8/2012 United Airlines Unveils its First Boeing 787 Dreamliner
International Routes.
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/278-UnitedAirlines.shtml

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Insider Guide: Best of Moscow

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 09:10 AM PDT

by Joy Neumeyer

Moscow suggests that age-old cliche, "a city of contrasts:" onion domes and concrete, avant-garde and bureaucracy, Vogue-thin beauties and sour cream-smothered beets -- not to mention a populace as given to partying as it is to quoting Pushkin.

For visitors, the heavier side of the Russian capital has often outweighed the light, but in the past few years the best of Moscow has gained a serious spring in its step.

Now, disused factories host cafés and art galleries. Concrete-heavy parks sport free Wi-Fi and table tennis. Chefs whip heavy pelmeni and borscht into airy new concoctions. English-language signs guide visitors through ancient streets.

While this city of 11.5 million residents modernizes (some estimates place the population as high as 17 million), remnants of the Soviet past remain just below the surface.

Behemoths such as Stalin's Gothic Baroque skyscrapers have triumphed against the course of history. But treasured spots like bliny cafés, a proletarian palace, and other landmarks struggle to survive.