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- Samantha Leese: Air travel needs to get its groove back
- 3D travel portal offers a virtual trip to Everest
- 10 most ridiculous Australian place names
- 2011 safest year for air travel since 1945
- 11 Indian hotels to visit in 2012
- In-flight celebrity meltdowns, Newcastle fast facts, Christmas in Singapore
- 11 Indian hotels to visit in 2012
- Longjing Manor: Hangzhou’s most famous restaurant
| Samantha Leese: Air travel needs to get its groove back Posted: 13 Dec 2011 08:00 AM PST  A flight that will take me from Hong Kong to London in an hour cannot be invented soon enough. Richard Branson said that an hour's flight time from Los Angeles to London (and by deduction from London to Hong Kong) was "not completely out of the question," although it would probably take many years before his company could offer such a service. I love to go places, but I find the whole process of traveling by air so tedious and degrading that I just want to get it over with. It is no longer enjoyable to fly.      |
| 3D travel portal offers a virtual trip to Everest Posted: 13 Dec 2011 01:04 AM PST  Nope, it's not an easy level of "Counter-Strike," it's a 3D virtual walking tour of Durban Square in Patan, Nepal. Singaporean marketing company 3rd Planet has released its 3D downloadable travel portal with its first project -- "Journey to Everest" -- created in collaboration with Nepal Tourism board. It includes five 3D tours within Nepal. See a video tour here.    |
| 10 most ridiculous Australian place names Posted: 12 Dec 2011 10:11 PM PST  "I've been everywhere, man … I've been to Wollongong, Geelong, Kurrajong, Mullumbimby, Mittagong, Molong, Grong Grong, Goondiwindi … Cabramatta, Parramatta, Wangaratta, Coolangatta; what's it matter?" So goes the classic Aussie song, "I've Been Everywhere," written by Geoff Mack in 1959 and popularized by Lucky Starr in 1962. But have they been to Useless Inlet, Foul Bay and Bong Bong? These are not the kind of names that would automatically appeal to travelers, but exist they do. Here are Australia's 10 most ridiculous place names.    |
| 2011 safest year for air travel since 1945 Posted: 12 Dec 2011 08:33 PM PST  The first 11 months of 2011 was the safest period to travel by plane since 1945, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). "As of the end of November, global safety performance (for Western-built jets) is at the best level recorded, and is 49 percent better than the same time last year," said Gunther Matschnigg, senior vice president for safety, operations and infrastructure for IATA. This makes 2011 the safest year for air travel since the International Civil Aviation Organization began collecting data in 1945. IATA has calculated and published global airline safety records based on ICAO data since 2000.    |
| 11 Indian hotels to visit in 2012 Posted: 12 Dec 2011 08:00 PM PST  A decade into the new millennium India is on an hotel launching spree, according to data from STR Global, which tracks developments in the hotel industry. Some of India's most enticing new hotel properties have arrived on the scene since 2010. They are amazing properties such as a beautifully restored grand palace in Hyderabad, but also open up new places for the up-market traveler to experience -- such as Srinagar in Kashmir, with superb Himalayan views or a luxury jungle safari lodge in Madhya Pradesh. Here's your wish list of hotels to visit in 2012.    |
| In-flight celebrity meltdowns, Newcastle fast facts, Christmas in Singapore Posted: 12 Dec 2011 07:47 PM PST Newsletter Date: 13 December 2011    |
| 11 Indian hotels to visit in 2012 Posted: 12 Dec 2011 02:00 PM PST Article Link: Large Hero2 Image:  Rollover Headline: 11 Indian hotels to visit in 2012 Rollover Lead Text: These new hotels -- opened in Goa, Kerala, New Delhi, Kashmir, Rajasthan and Hyderabad -- make the wish list for 2012 Article Link Text: Full Article    |
| Longjing Manor: Hangzhou’s most famous restaurant Posted: 12 Dec 2011 01:57 PM PST  Set amid tea plantations, away from the crowds thronging West Lake, Longjing ("Dragon Well") Manor gained global acclaim following a review by famed British food writer Fuchsia Dunlop in "The New Yorker." Dunlop highlighted the restaurant's devotion to serving traceable food -- from farm to plate -- drawing comparisons to American restaurateur Alice Water's Chez Panisse. Longjing Manor proprietor Dai Jianjun (戴建军) became a somewhat unwitting personality in the burgeoning locavore dining movement.    |
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