Business Traveller Asia-Pacific Edition

Welcome to our first issue of the new decade. For those of you who live in a country that offers days off for Chinese New Year, you may be planning your leisure travel for this period, or if you’ve just picked up this magazine in February you’re like

April is editor of TTG Luxury, the UK’s foremost B2B premium travel magazine. She has worked with brand owner TTG Media for 12 years, part of a 24-year career in travel publishing, and is regularly called on as an expert in luxury travel trends – inc

SITUATED in the historic yet fashionable Western District of Hong Kong Island, One-Eight-One Hotel & Serviced Residences boasts spectacular views of Victoria Harbour. Just steps away from the MTR’s HKU Station, airport bus and tram stops, the hotel o

How many flights do you typically take per year? I am usually on at least six to eight flights a month, so that’s about 70 or so flights a year. Mostly long haul. I film in Africa, South America, the Middle East and Asia, so I am always moving. Any

For more than 30 years I have been flying KLM to Asia. Especially on the flights back to Amsterdam, I always looked forward to having a Dutch newspaper. In combination with the KLM blue, it made me feel like I was on the way home. Suddenly, early thi

This 81-villa property opened in September close to Baa Atoll, classified as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, which means more opportunity to enjoy the incredibly rich marine life. Facilities include a six-room over-water spa and six restaurants and bars,

With more and more people adopting plant-based diets, I’m always surprised at how the airlines just don’t get it right. Air China (CA) managed to serve me the same identical hot dish four times in three flights (yes, twice on one flight). But as vege

Located about 9km north of Zagreb, Medvednica Nature Park is criss-crossed by a network of well-marked hiking trails, leading through meadows and woodlands. Begin at the Sljeme tunnel, then follow the most popular trail (number 18) to the Bliznec Inf

Accommodation options in the capital have improved hugely in recent years. The Iveria hotel, which once housed refugees, is now the impressive Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel, Tbilisi (radissonhotels.com), and offers great views from the upper floors (alth

AS BUSINESS TRAVELLER ASIA-PACIFIC enters its 14th year of association with the Chi Heng Foundation (CHF), we are proud that our efforts, and those of our many partners in the hotel and airline industries, are making a real difference to the lives of

Once again, Tripadvisor has been called out for publishing fake reviews on its site, this time by Which magazine. In its August 2019 issue, Which claimed that of 250,000 reviews posted of the top ten hotels in the ten most popular tourist destination

BACKGROUND Virgin Atlantic will receive four new A350-1000s this year, and eight more by 2021. These will replace its B747-400s and will initially be on the New York JFK route, with other destinations gradually being introduced, including Los Angeles

BACKGROUND The St Regis Macao, Cotai Central opened in December 2015. WHERE IS IT? In the heart of the Cotai district on the main drag, facing the Venetian hotel. Macau International Airport and the Taipa Ferry Terminal are both between five and ten

BACKGROUND The White Swan Hotel opened in 1983. Over the years, the property has hosted many heads of state, including Queen Elizabeth II and former US President George W. Bush. The hotel was closed for a three-year renovation before reopening to the

BACKGROUND In January 2018, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts announced that it was acquiring La Quinta’s hotel franchise and hotel management businesses for US$1.95 billion. During a layover in San Francisco I was booked to stay in La Quinta Inn & Suites by