Like any sane human being, I prefer flying at night. Airplane dinner is better than airplane breakfast, the cabin is dimmed like a theater and so nobody can see the drool gobs pooling on your shirt. With a little luck, you might even be able to sleep and have one of those dreams that you’re...
I travel a lot. Unfortunately, this means I’m also jet-lagged a lot. You are too. So this week’s column is how to adjust yourself in the days after you touch down. Here we go:
If you’re landing early, don’t eat the in-flight meal. You’ll feel bloated and tired when...
For once, I don’t have any insider tips to share, or advance word as to which cool new hotel is opening its doors. I just spent 10 days in Myanmar, my first time in a country that is beginning to open up to tourism for a number of reasons that range from political to infrastructural. Unlike...
Hotel Wars
Grand Hyatt, Erawan Bangkok
Pullman Bangkok Hotel G
The Location
Right on the Sukhumvit BTS line (SO convenient), the hotel is surrounded by high-end shopping malls and named for the active little shrine nearby.
Newly opened last fall, this hotel is in the thick of the...
Going Green in Singapore
Opening this month in the Lion City is a hotel that makes the awesome “vertical garden” in our own Hotel Icon look like a potted plant. The Park Royal on Pickering was designed to appear as if it were plopped down right in the middle of a lush garden. The 367-...
New Year, New Hotel, New You
That adage might be trite, but it’s true that at the start of every annum folks get more serious about taking care of themselves. A brand-spankin’-new hotel in Koh Samui, one of Starwood’s high-end Luxury Collection properties called Vana Belle, is...
Just because you're on a detox holiday, it doesn't mean you need to feel deprived. Back in October, I checked out a wellness retreat that leaves guests feeling cared-for and calm.
A Retreat to Remember
We’re officially into the new year, and if you’re anything like me, you...
The Buzz in Bangkok
Bangkok's another popular choice for Christmas or New Year's getaways, so if you're looking for a place to while away the holiday hours with a cocktail (or six), then check out one of these three rooftop bars that have opened in the last year. The Speakeasy (www....
Advice From a Travel Guru
A few weeks ago, I got to sit down with Tony Wheeler, who founded the ubiquitous, quasi-biblical Lonely Planet series of guidebooks. He never expected the franchise (which BBC bought out last year) to be the juggernaut that it is today—it started when he and his wife...
Go Party in Penang
It seems virtually everyone I know has taken a long weekend trip to Penang in recent months. Besides the obvious reason to go—the food, duh—there’s also a desirable crop of quirky-cool, stylish boutique hotels in George Town, mostly located in refurbished...
