Kowloon Shangri La Hotel’s anniversary; But it’s always an occasion to be a guest! Barbara Kingstone June 20, 2016 Asia, China, Destinations, HongKong, Hotels A PHOTO BOOK TO TOP MANY OTHERS Here’s the scenario. It’s the 5 star@Kowloon’s Shangri-La Hotel, 35th anniversary. You’ve been asked to quickly come up with a great public relations idea...
Zhengzhou, Henan, attracts masses of tourists. Barbara Kingstone June 13, 2016 Asia, China, Feature Zhengzhou, Henan, attracts masses of tourists. The conference theme,”Sharing the Bond of Interaction between Cities”, for the International Mayor’s Forum on Tourism. Napoleon Bonaparte was...
La Residence D’angkor… a place where you’d like to hang your sunhat Barbara Kingstone May 20, 2016 Asia, Cambodia, Destinations, Feature, Hotels Consider yourself lucky if you haven’t been to La Residence d’Angkor in Siem Reap Cambodia. What awaits you is the heady pleasure of a well serviced, enchanting newish true Cambodian Khmer-styled hotel in...
All Aboard the Toy Train Barbara Kingstone April 3, 2016 Asia, Feature, India, India The author on the Toy Train Friendly seat companions Shilong, the start point of the Toy Train India changes people, I was once told by a friend from India. Even though I had...
The Eastern & Oriental Express is now checked off my ‘bucket list’. Been there, done that and what a great experience Barbara Kingstone April 2, 2016 Asia, Laos, Thailand If you have to board a plane just past midnight to arrive at your destination double digit hours later at a destination with a huge time difference, what better place to regain your stamina and equilibrium...
India is incredible. Barbara Kingstone February 12, 2016 Asia, India, Travel Tips India is incredible. I also work for INDIATOR.com and just returned from Delhi where the headquarters is located. INDIATOR has 50 office throughout the sub continent and is a an India-only...
“On the road to Mandalay, where the flyin’fishes play. An’the dawn comes up like thunder outer China ‘crost the bay!” From a trip in 2003 Barbara Kingstone December 18, 2015 Asia, China, Cruises, Feature, Myanmar “On the road to Mandalay, where the flyin’fishes play. An’the dawn comes up like thunder outer China ‘crost the bay!” So wrote poet Rudyard Kipling who spent only forty eight hours in Myanmar...
Mongolia: A Remarkable Land Locked Safari in the Sand Barbara Kingstone October 28, 2015 Asia, Feature, Mongolia, Safari, Travel Tips Even through my dazed , semi-conscious state, after various flights which took 30 hours to get to Chinggis Khaan airport (now New Ulaanbaatar International Airport), in Mongolia, when I looked down from the...
Karni Fort, to be treated like Maharani Barbara Kingstone September 3, 2015 Asia, Destinations, Hotels, India, Resorts After hairpin curves, a continuous cacophony of horns, narrowly hitting haphazardly roaming cows, seeing women carrying huge bundles of twigs on their heads, the roadside sameness of village stalls and...
Bal Samand Palace Barbara Kingstone September 3, 2015 Asia, Destinations, Hotels, India, Resorts Bal Samand Palace in Jodhpur, built in red sandstone, is a study of splendid Rajput architecture. From the modest entrance, it’s a surprise to walk a few metres and see a col-onnade that stretches beside...
