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- World's best airports announced -- Asia dominates
- iReport: After dark at the Sapporo Snow Festival
- Bangkok travel warnings follow Valentine's Day blasts
- Movie theaters: 10 of the world's best
- Braving Shanghai's snake hot pot restaurant
| World's best airports announced -- Asia dominates Posted: 14 Feb 2012 10:36 PM PST by CNNGo staff Korea's Incheon International Airport has maintained its streak with a seventh consecutive win in the annual Airport Service Quality Awards from Airports Council International (ACI). Incheon Airport took the title of "Best Airport Worldwide" of 2011 by ACI on Tuesday, February 14, 2012, for the seventh year in a row. Singapore's Changi Airport came in second and Beijing Capital International Airport took third in a top five that was filled entirely by Asian airports. Full results are below. "For Incheon International Airport to dominate in this category for seven consecutive years is testament to the degree to which customer service is intrinsically linked to their business strategy," said Angela Gittens, the World Director of Airports Council International (ACI). ACI -- a non-profit organization based in Montreal -- consists of 580 members operating 1,650 airports in 179 countries and territories, and is the only global trade representative of airports. read more     |
| iReport: After dark at the Sapporo Snow Festival Posted: 14 Feb 2012 09:35 PM PST by Allan Cook In a CNNGo iReport assignment at the end of January, we asked readers to share their images of their favorite Asian nighttime travel destinations, as well as the reasons they picked them. Alan Cook, living in Funabashi, near Tokyo, sent us his photos along with a word or two on what made him pull out his camera at one of Japan's most popular after-dark festivals last week.
iReporter Cook has lived in Japan for 10 years and he finally made it to the annual Snow Festival in Sapporo, Hokkaido, this year on the 63rd running of the winter fiesta, which concluded at the weekend.
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| Bangkok travel warnings follow Valentine's Day blasts Posted: 14 Feb 2012 06:34 PM PST by CNNGo staff Due to a series of bombings in Bangkok on Tuesday, the United States and United Kingdom are among several countries urging citizens to be cautious when visiting the Thai capital. In a statement posted on its website, the U.S. Embassy said: "This message alerts U.S. citizens in Thailand that a series of explosions occurred in the vicinity of Sukhumvit Soi 71 in Bangkok on the afternoon of February 14. "As a reminder we encourage U.S. citizens to maintain a heightened awareness when in public. Be alert for unattended packages/bags in public and report any suspicious behavior to the nearest law enforcement personnel." Government officials have charged two Iranians and say they are still on the hunt for two other people, one man and one woman, in connection with the blasts in Bangkok, which wounded at least five people. The first bomb went off in a rental house, believed to be leased by three foreigners, according to Thai Police Major General Pisit Pisutthisak. read more    |
| Movie theaters: 10 of the world's best Posted: 14 Feb 2012 02:00 PM PST by Hoishan Chan The best movie theaters always make the movie better. You could be watching the third re-run of your own birth, but if you're snuggled into a soft seat with buttery popcorn in your lap and a sound system that feels like its channeled directly into your temporal lobe, somehow you'll come out feeling like you had a good time. For the global jet-setting movie junkie, these are some movie theaters that take a good experience and make it great. Also on CNNGo: 15 city hotel rooms with amazing views 1. Cine Thisio, Athens, Greece
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| Braving Shanghai's snake hot pot restaurant Posted: 14 Feb 2012 01:57 PM PST by John Coughlan, Sean Hanratty From nose to tail, Chinese cuisine has long featured dishes that use all parts of all types of creatures. The southern province of Guangdong is especially known for its peculiar food culture. Extreme cases are monkey brains and a recent report of braised koala. In Shanghai, a visit to hot pot restaurant Jin Long She (金龙蛇) confirms that China's most sophisticated city is no slouch when it comes to adventurous eating. Snake hot pot in ShanghaiJin Long She's draw is snake hot pot. In some parts of China, consumption of the slithering reptile is thought to increase male virility. And while female diners at Jin Long She (literally, Gold Dragon Snake) are welcome, they should be advised that dining here means being subjected to shameless though lighthearted sexual innuendo. read more    |
There's no escaping the mouse, even in Japan's frozen north.
Taiwan's National Palace Museum somehow looks even better in ice.
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