Talking Travel: Ritz-Carlton Hits the Links, Beijing Air Traffic Decreases
Ritz-Carlton is hitting the links for the first time in China. The Ritz-Carlton, Mission Hills, will open…
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Items of Import: What I’m Bringing Back to the US
When my family and I first came to Beijing in 2003, we would leave on…
Talking Travel: London Heathrow, Romania, Why Yanqi Lake, and Other Beijing Travel News
Looks like more and more people want to fly to Beijing. Or away from it.…
Talking Travel: Conde Nast Traveler Readers Name Beijing to ‘Unfriendliest’ City List
So when Conde Nast Traveler, the rather prominent global travel publication, released its list of…
Talking Travel: Hawaiian Airlines Companion Fares; AirAsia Up, American Down
Some general news from the Talking Travel desk this edition, much of it relating to…
Terra Forma: Karst Hills, Silver Caves and River Cruises Down in Yangshuo
Yangshuo is dusty, hot and humid this time of year. It’s also teeming with…
Guangzhou: Bargains and Buns in the Canton Capital
The Talking Travel Desk is out traveling, so for this edition, Jessica Rapp takes you…
Talking Travel: Cathedral Fire, Superlatives, Racist Travel, and Other Stuff
We begin this week on a very sad note. Your Talking Travel correspondent is a…
Talking Travel: Take the Train, Cathay Pacific Named World’s Best Airline, and How Airplane Classes Should Be Structured
To begin, the image below is from the cartoon The Oatmeal. He, like Richard Branson,…
Talking Travel: W Hotel Beijing to Open September 30; Telecom Airport VIP Lounges to Close
Things have been pretty busy here at the Talking Travel desk since our previous edition.…