BANGKOK — The ingredients of a culinary dream team are coming together in Bangkok, where the two-year-old Sofitel Bangkok Sukhumvit made long-time epicurean Marshall Orton its director of food and beverage. Orton, who has worked in the restaurant industry for more than 30 years and joins a crew that already includes Michel Bourdin-trained Executive Chef...
HO CHI MINH CITY – The Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi, The Nam Hai in Hoi An and the Park Hyatt Saigon have been ranked among the top hotels and resorts in Asia by readers of USA's Travel + Leisure magazine. The properties were the only three in Vietnam to win placement this year on Travel...
TOKYO, Japan – One of the world’s most renowned and refined culinary traditions is the focus of a new, food-centric experience, Savouring Tokyo, debuting in the Japanese capital this summer. Following UNESCO’s inscription of washoku on its roster of Intangible Cultural Heritage assets last December, Palace Hotel Tokyo is serving up a three-night experience that...
TAIPEI, Taiwan – The Grand Hyatt Taipei completed work on the first phase of a landmark renovation this month, unveiling 853 new rooms and suites in a design that pays homage to Eastern and Western cultural influences. After a re-imagination of space that stripped the hotel to its concrete bones, the hotel redeveloped 14 categories...
TOKYO, Japan – As a sequel to its recently launched Palatial Pursuits initiatives in the arts, Palace Hotel Tokyo is paving new roads into the city’s dynamic business scene with Cultivating Tokyo. The new experience available to business travellers, as well as leisure travellers, shifts gears on the usual array of amenities by re-forging the...
LUANG PRABANG, Laos – A summer sojourn in the one-time residence of Lao royalty and a close encounter with the country’s gentle elephants are the cornerstones of the latest holiday deal out of Luang Prabang. Villa Maly Boutique Hotel, a 33-room enclave anchored on the former home of Prince Khamtan Ounkham and Princess Khampieng, is...
LUANG PRABANG, Laos – On a misty morning in mid-October, Luang Prabang’s daily procession of barefoot, saffron-clad monks will cross paths with a troupe of trainer-sporting, neon-clad runners who will hit the scenic streets of the UNESCO Heritage Town to raise money for a new children’s hospital. The second half-marathon ever to take place in...
SINGAPORE – Following two years of arbitration proceedings in Florida after the forceful takeover of The Setai Miami by its owner, Lehman Brothers, in the pre-dawn hours of March 31, 2012, the ICC International Court of Arbitration ruled yesterday that all previous allegations of mismanagement were baseless and have awarded damages to GHM for improper...
HANOI, Vietnam – Openasia recently appointed Doan Bao to the role of sales and marketing manager for the Emeraude Classic Cruises in Halong Bay, one of Vietnam’s most distinctive heritage cruises. Doan Bao got his start in the tourism industry in 2004 working as a tour guide and product manager for leading travel and tour...
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam – The Caravelle Hotel gains an experienced pair of hands this month with the arrival of Carl V. Sladen as director of sales and marketing for the historic hotel in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. Sladen comes to the sunny southern metropolis fresh off his most recent post at the...
