Asia
A new dimension to Sri Lanka’s luxury hospitality
A new collection of exclusive, highly personalised pavilions are to open in Sri Lanka. Serene Pavilions Ltd will launch 12 highly styled, luxurious pavilions positioned on the West coast offering a new dimension to luxury hospitality on the island.
A chic new hotel for fast living urban travellers
Showcasing cutting-edge contemporary design styled for “today’s fast-living urban travellers,” chic new lifestyle hotel The Mira Hong Kong celebrates its Grand Opening this month.
Swissôtel to open first property in India
For the first time, the international hotel chain Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts is to open a Swissôtel in India.
New luxury hotel prepares to open in Hong Kong
The Upper House, Hong Kong, has joined Preferred Hotels & Resorts, a collection of more than 700 of the world’s most desirable destinations.
New airport boost for Filipino property hotspot
The Philippine island of Boracay is to benefit from a new international airport, further boosting its tourist industry success and property investment appeal.
Philippines tourism defies downturn
Philippines tourism continues to buck the worldwide economic downturn with tourist arrivals increasing by 16.5 per cent for the first six months of this year compared to last year, according to a Department of Tourism (DoT) survey.
Tourists hitting a hole in one in the Philippines
After a record year in 2008 for the Philippines, reaching 3.14 million tourists, you wouldn't be on your own in thinking that this must be a pre-economic-crisis trend like so many other nations in and beyond south-east Asia.
Insiders info into the next “hot” destinations
Backpackers are always the first to discover the new “it” destinations that the rest of us will be visiting in several years time. They were sailing Croatia in the 90s, the first in when China opened their doors and tucking into sushi before the rest of us knew raw fish was a delicacy.
Diving delights at Iru Fushi Beach & Spa Resort, Maldives
The Maldives offers some of the best diving in the world and there is now a new atoll to pull on the fins and explore. Surrounding the soon-to-open Iru Fushi Beach & Spa Resort on the pristine Noonu Atoll are thirty dive sites with an abundance of marine life ranging from magnificent manta rays and rare humpback turtles to regal reef sharks and a rich variety of colourful corals.
Safari lovers should look out of Africa
Reef and Rainforest Tours, the operator specialising in upmarket wildlife viewing holidays, suggests that travellers in search of premier safari experiences should look beyond Africa.
Maharashtra for adrenaline junkies
Maharashtra is famous for Bollywood, art and culture, awe-inspiring UNESCO World Heritage sites, cave complexes, and breathtaking landscape. However, the area now also offers plenty to tempt thrill-seekers, and is aiming to become the new destination in India for adrenaline junkies.
Korea offers transit tours at Seoul's Incheon Airport
Transit passengers through Seoul are now being offered a range of half day sightseeing tours around the city.
Ride the rooftop of the world by train in Tibet
Are you an intrepid traveller? Then why not be one of the first to journey by train along the world’s highest and most spectacular railway line - the first to link Tibet with the rest of China on an inspiring adventure across the Himalayan plains and souring mountains to Lhasa. The 21-day trip of a lifetime with Travelsphere costs from £2,699 and travels from Xining, the provincial capital of Qinghai to remote Tibet.