TAIPEI, Taiwan — All the tea in China isn’t necessarily drunk in China. Nor is all the high tea consumed in England. This spring, hotels from Bangkok to Tokyo are reaching for new heights with new high tea specials that drink in great views, exalt chocolate, invoke gay Paree and look stunning in lacquer. “As high-falutin’...
HUE, Vietnam — Things are brightening at night in the old imperial capital of Vietnam at Hue, and will stay that way all summer long. Pivoting off the authorities’ decision to open and illuminate the Imperial City from 7-10 pm daily, starting April 22, La Residence Hue Hotel & Spa is launching HueGlow, a new...
HANOI, Vietnam (March 20, 2017) — While Bali and Thailand steal the lion’s share of attention when it comes to spa destinations in Southeast Asia, Vietnam is readying a major roar as five of the country’s top hotels, resorts and cruises launch ‘Spa-tacular Vietnam.’ The new package features 10 nights and 10 spa treatments in...
HANOI, Vietnam — If King Kong were not a figment of some moviemaker’s imagination, there’s a very good chance he’d have climbed up out of the wilds of Vietnam, where producers of Kong: Skull Island filmed much of the soon-to-debut movie. That’s why Exotic Voyages is leading a discovery tour of otherworldly settings in actual...
INLE LAKE, Myanmar — Unlike such icons as floating vegetable gardens, stilted wooden homes and Intha fishermen who propel their boats with a one-legged rowing style, Myanmar’s Inle Lake region isn’t famous for winemaking. Yet. To give travellers a taste of Myanmar’s budding wine industry, Sanctum Inle Resort has launched its ‘Wheel and Wine: Cycling...
ANGUILLA — A 14-year-old women’s tour operation is shepherding its groups onto the grounds of private resorts in Sri Lanka and Thailand next month for a series of surf and yoga retreats that run through the end of year. The wellness retreat organizer, SwellWomen, has in the past booked accommodation for its small groups in...
BINTAN ISLAND, Indonesia – The Sanchaya doesn’t necessarily expect to be the same setting for any couple’s proposal, wedding, honeymoon and renewal of vows, but a host of new packages coming out this year invites just such a possibility. The new packages leverage a storybook setting on Lagoi Bay, replete with powder white sands, aquamarine...
TOKYO – New England has its fall foliage, Holland its tulips and Provence its lavender, but none can compare to the cherry blossoms that open every spring along Tokyo’s avenues and waterways. Blossoming Tokyo, launched to coincide with spring in Japan, introduces guests to the beauty of sakura (cherry blossoms). During peak bloom, guests will...
HANOI, Vietnam – Following the country’s curves from North to South, the new ‘Quintessentially Vietnam’ package from Exotic Voyages features the country’s finest hotels and cruises in five dynamic destinations: Hanoi, Halong Bay, Hue, Ninh Thuan, and Ho Chi Minh City, at a savings of 25% when compared to booking direct. “If you’re only going...
HANOI, Vietnam — At the same time the founder of the New-York Tribune, Horace Greeley, urged Americans to ‘Go West, Young Man,’ people the world over were waking up to the wisdom of the East, and charting courses for spiritual refuges across Asia. Today, an Asia-based tour operator has connected the dots on the wellsprings...
