Friday, July 13, 2012

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Appy Traveler: Best new apps for travelers

Posted: 13 Jul 2012 05:32 AM PDT

by CNNGo staff

We've run various articles about apps in the past. See a few here:

50 ultimate travel apps ... so far 10 best travel apps for your new iPad 10 best U.S. city travel apps

But with new ones coming out all the time, we thought it would be good to have a single reference point for the best travel apps in the market.

And here it is: CNNGo's Appy Traveler.

Bookmark this article and check back in occasionally to see what new great apps we love, and think you should try.

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The world's best airline for 2012 is ...

Posted: 13 Jul 2012 12:15 AM PDT

by Hiufu Wong

Qatar Airways has flown away with the title of World's Best Airline for the second consecutive year.

It took the Airline of the Year prize in Skytrax's annual World Airline Awards, announced at the Farnborough International Airshow in England.

South Korea's Asiana Airlines and Singapore Airlines followed in second and third place.

Air New Zealand and Qantas Airways fell out of the top 10 -- spots they won last year -- while ANA All Nippon Airways and Malaysia Airlines made their top 10 debuts.

The top 10 was dominated by airlines from Asia and the Middle East.

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22 stunningly photogenic destinations in Korea

Posted: 12 Jul 2012 08:50 PM PDT

by Max Kim

Korea travel guide A new encyclopedia of Korean travel. Korea Tourism Organization's new English-language travel guide "Korea" -- launched in March -- is a whopper.

Authored by Robert Koehler, the editor-in-chief of monthly travel magazine SEOUL, the books clocks in at 752 pages and looks and weighs more like a brick.

While the book doesn't necessarily make for the most exciting read (we would have loved some quirky/crazy personal stories featuring these destinations as settings), the 1,000-plus photographs are amazing, and the book is certainly crammed with historical and practical information. 

The costs and times of transportation are particularly useful, as are the accommodation recommendations per region.

We picked a selection of our favorite photos and destinations from the guide.  

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Sneak peek into Vivienne Tam's personal suite

Posted: 12 Jul 2012 03:50 PM PDT

by Hiufu Wong

Designer Suite by Vivienne Tam, where fashionistas imagine they are at a sleepover party at the designer's place.

If you ever wanted to know what it's like to live like a celebrity designer, Hong Kong's Hotel ICON can now provide that experience.

At least in a little way.

The hotel has transplanted items from Vivienne Tam's home in New York City into its new Designer Suite.

The new suite, launched last month, is a collaboration between Tam, an alumnus of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and Hotel ICON, owned by PolyU as a teaching and research hotel.

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World’s 7 fiercest food fights

Posted: 12 Jul 2012 11:10 AM PDT

by Kamilia Lahrichi

Nothing sparks more heated debate than the subject of food. 

You don't need to be a bad chef to know that -- just read the comments on this list of the world's 50 most delicious foods, or food critic Jason Sheehan's thoughts on why people take their food so seriously. 

But sometimes these arguments spread beyond the safety of an Internet comments box. 

In every continent in every era, countries have crossed swords over the origin of traditional dishes.

Feuds over food sovereignty even devolved into diplomatic rifts. Threats have been made. Political alliances have been broken.

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Generation T: Travel redefines Chinese women

Posted: 12 Jul 2012 09:30 AM PDT

by Tracy You

Stephanie Feng's (冯佳艺) first job as a passenger photographer took her aboard the 90,000-ton cruise liner Serenade of the Seas. It's not a normal job for a journalism graduate but Feng reckons her six months' working around the eastern Caribbean was a life-defining experience.

"I watched 'Where the hell is Matt?' in 2008 and my friends were joking that we could make a 'Where the hell is Stephanie?' video, and that's what got me into applying for the position," explains the 28-year-old graduate of Newcastle University in England, who was born to a traditional Shanghainese family.

"The trip completely changed the angle I viewed the world with. I became more curious about the unknown and I came to realize that traveling is the most important hobby in my life."

She Loves Traveling co-founders Joyce Yang (left) and Stephanie Feng (right) visited Hamburg in 2010.

Generation 'Travel'

Feng, who has traveled to Germany, Thailand and 17 other countries, is typical of "Generation T" -- 20- and 30-something Chinese women whose life values are shifting away from their mothers' and grandmothers' (who may well have never ventured beyond the confines of their home town) thanks to the opportunities of outbound travel.

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