Our Tweets for Friday, January 20, 2012

• Weekend Plans in Singapore: CNY at Marina Bay – Scene Asia – WSJ on.wsj.com/wtqX0h
• Where to Watch Chinese New Year Fireworks in Shanghai – Scene Asia – WSJ on.wsj.com/wBgNAB
• Q&A with Soo Chan, owner and architect of @AlilaHotels Villas Soori @LuxTravelBiblebit.ly/zfmk2d
• RT @tangenghui: #FriFotos : Exotic – train from Mae Klong, Thailand, passing through the heart of their wet market flic.kr/p/a4kwPa
• RT @FSBali: The view from @FSBali villa at Sayan can’t get more #exotic than this #FriFotospic.twitter.com/cpEL3ZQc
• RT @FSMauritius: See truly #exotic photos of #Mauritius from the air facebook.com/media/set/?set… #FriFotos
• #FF greetings to some of our travel favs: @JustTravelous@HungryMaz@insidetravellab@travelettes@EuroTravelogue@gran_tourismo
• So beautiful RT @1step2theleft: Lush and #Exotic Rice Terraces in Bali bit.ly/sLhTcw#FriFotos
• Nice! RT @Ichweisswo: So cool! Love this! vimeo.com/35316964our Instagram pics as a video!
• The TRAVEL4VITALITY daily is out! bit.ly/mRWjfk ▸ Top stories today via @501places@fotopediamag
• Wir träumen an diesem Wochenende davon, auf Mauritius zu sein. Wer kommt mit? fb.me/1r0USgZ2V
• What’s Hot for 2012 | Luxury Holidays | Scott Dunn – goo.gl/ECMRE
• The 45 Places to Go in 2012 – NYTimes.com – goo.gl/QwSMZ
• RT @bawatours: NIYAMA Maldives, das neue Per AQUUM Resort auf den Malediven eröffnet am 29.2. wir sind gespannt.
• +1 RT @DestinAsian: Just got news that InterContinental Bali @IC_Baliis offering free WiFi to all in the resort. Wish all hotels offer that
• RT @reisenEXCLUSIV: Ein Nacht im #FourSeasons#Marrakesch – ein Traum aus 1001 Nacht! tiny.cc/c7xuv
• Very cool ad: Skateboarders on the streets of Tokyo at night vimeo.com/32287345

What we are reading

some of the best travel  stories we read over the last few days

• ABC News: Restaurants uploading menus on iPads for diners
• The New York Times: 41 places to go in 2011 and 10 restaurants worth a plane ride and 36 hours in Bali
• The Telegraph previews 2011’s best new hotels
• The Independent with its preview
• Melanie Nayer with her list of Top 10 Luxury Hotels to visit in 2011
• Hotel Chatter with the Master List of Worldwide Hotel Openings in 2011
• The always insightful Purple Passport reviews the Opposite House in Beijing and the Anantara Spa at the Commune by the Great Wall
• Sassy Hong Kong with a report on a weekend at the Grand Hyatt Macau
• Cathy Yan in the Wall Street Journal with an excellent 4-part series on the future of Lan Kwai Fong
• Die Welt mit einem Ausblick auf das Reisejahr 2011 und einer Liste neuer Hotels
• The Kiwi Collection blog reviews the Peninsula Tokyo
• CNNGo: Shanghai hotels after the Expo
• Hotel Design blog: URBN Hotel Shanghai
• Just Luxe: Amangalla and Amanwella
• Luxury Travel Advisor: Anantara Golden Triangle
• Mail Online reports on the tourist destination Montenegro
• WSJ Scene Asia: Asia’s best penthouse suites

What we are reading

catching up, some of the most interesting stories we came across over the last, well, 2 months

• Karla Cripps of CNNGo visits the Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi
• The Australian: Aman New Delhi turns one
• CNNGo features six hotel  restaurants with incredible views, including Anantara Seminyak, Amansara and the Datai
• Speaking of the Datai, here is a report over at Sassy Hong Kong
• HK Magazine with an excellent list of the best alfresco bars in Hong Kong
• Huffington Post: Melanie Nayer inside the World’s tallest hotel
• The Independent: 24-hour room service: Alila Diwa, Goa
• A nice collection of first impressions from Hong Kong
• The Hotel Design blog with some gorgeous pictures of Les Suites Orient Bund Shanghai
• CNNGo’s Best Eats awards for 2010 for Hong Kong, Tokyo, Shanghai, Bangkok, Singapore and Mumbai
• The Guardian explores an important question: Why is outdoor gear so ugly?
• USA Today: How can you tell which TripAdvisor reviews to trust?
• National Geographic Traveler: The Tap Dance of Tipping
• CNNGo: 24 hours at Changi airport

 

 

What we are reading

some of the most interesting travel articles we came across over the last few days:

• Hotel Design features one of our own photos of the Balé in Nusa Dua
• LUXEtasy checks out some of Shanghai’s new restaurants and bars
• Yohanes Budiyanto offers his take on the Landmark Mandarin Oriental with a lot of great pictures
• The Frog + Princess Blog on the top luxury resorts in Langkawi and the best rooftops in the world
• Sassy Hong Kong tries a staycation at the Hyatt Sha Tin
• Hoihnuhauzel’s blog reports on Amanbagh
• Market Manila has lunch at Amansara
• The Luxist on the Puli Shanghai
• The Luxury Travel Bible reports on the Nam Hai in Vietnam
• Yoga with elephants at Anantara Golden Triangle
• 10 unforgettable hotel bathtubs over at CNNGo

What we are reading

our weekly list of some of the most interesting travel stories from around the web:

• DestinAsian magazine with the Luxe List 2010, including Amanfayun, Hullett House, Peninsula Shanghai, Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Upper House Hong Kong, Amantaka and many more
• CNNGo’s Best Eats awards for 2010: Hong Kong
• If you happen to have 55 million yen lying around, you could rent the whole Mandarin Oriental Tokyo for one night
• The Diary of the Purple Passport reviews the Commune by the Great Wall
• There is an Aman coming to Perth
• Mr & Mrs Smith checks out the Upper House Hong Kong
• Sassy Hong Kong reviews the Uma Paro, Bhutan
• The Frog+Princess blog on a weekend in Hong Kong
• The Luxury Hub on Alila Villas Soori in Bali
• Market Manila: Snapshots of Amanpulo
• Hoosta Magazine reviews the Fuchun Resort near Hangzhou
• The New York Times: 36 hours in Rome

Places to see: Nanjing Road Shanghai

Nanjing road is the main shopping street of Shanghai.

Places to see: Jing’An Temple Shanghai

Jing’An Temple is a Buddhist temple on West Nanjing Road in the Jing’an District of Shanghai.