March 2008

Working out - Hotels go the distance to keep travellers fit. Inside: Abu Dhabi, Chiangmai, Kuala Lumpur, Macau on a plate, Beijing's airport expands, Winning airline wines

In this issue...

Tried & Tested

Hotel check: Marina Mandarin Singapore

Singapore — full story »

Hotel check: Jumeirah Essex House New York

New York, US — full story »

Restaurant check: Les Amis Singapore

Singapore — full story »

Spa check: Angsana Spa at the Garden Hotel Guangzhou

Guangzhou, China — full story »

Travels

The CEO of Jas Hennessy & Co, the firm established in 1765 and synonymous with cognac – chatted with Gigi Onag during a specially organised trip to Lijiang, China to celebrate the centenary of Kilian Hennessy — full story »

Great Reads

Tell Me A Story: Forty Years Newspapering In Hongkong & China

Before journalist Kevin Sinclair finally “wrote 30” a few days before last Christmas, he amassed a body of work that was a testimony to the colourful, if not boisterous life he led covering events in the former British colony — full story »

Special Reports

Beijing's "Mr Big" Airport

Beijing Capital International Terminal 3 is surpassing the critics' expectations with its extremely high standards, reports Paul Mooney — full story »

London's Hotel Calling

The capital's hotel scene just keeps on updating and renewing itself, finds Tom Otley — full story »

Cellars In The Sky

The official results of Business Traveller's annual airline wine awards have been announced. Felicity Cousins reports — full story »

Destinations

Kuala Lumpur Takes Centre Stage

Broadway musicals, the world-class Grand Prix and a lively cultural calendar - Kuala Lumpur has been using such activities to attract people looking for something new on a return visit to Asia. Julian Tan reports — full story »

Abu Dhabi's Culture Club

Abu Dhabi has thus far taken a cautious approach to tourism, but all that is changing as it embarks on an ambitious programme to make the city a centre of cultural excellence. Iain Akerman reports on the art of investment — full story »

Chiangmai And Its Pride Of Place

Chiangmai quietly stays in character even as a tourism level revival shakes things up, discovers Margie T Logarta — full story »

Shatin

Kenneth Yap wanders out to Hongkong's New Territories hoping to find some good luck, bet on a winner and learn about ancient China — full story »

Lifestyle

No Excuse Not To Exercise With Hotel Gyms

There's always an opportunity to keep healthy and trim when travelling. Kenneth Yap and the BTAP team point to hotels with top-form facilities — full story »