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Taste of Traveledit
Mail Today – Print | Delhi
Hong Kong, with its famous dim sum, Sao Paulo with Brazilian barbecue and Tokyo, whose restaurants New York and Paris combined, top the list. Top 10 cities globally endorsed for food by travellers are Hong Kong, Sao Paulo in Brazil, Tokyo in Japan, Athens in Greece, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, Melbourne in Australia, Bangkok in Thailand, Granada in Spain, Las Vegas, and Buenos Aires in Argentina.
Britain slips down rankings of safest countries to visitedit
The Asian Age – Online
British news sites and newspapers on Wednesday lamented the slide of the island in the world ranking of safest places to visit.
The World Economic Forum ranked 136 countries in its biennial tourism report with one section focusing on safety and security. In it the UK has gone from the 63rd position to 78th.
The list ranks Finland as No. 1, the safest country in the world for holidaymakers, followed by the UAE, Iceland, Oman, Hong Kong, Singapore, Norway, Switzerland, Rwanda and Qatar. Colombia has been named the least safe country in the world.
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Lanson Place Hotel Hong Kong: Boutique Luxury In Causeway Bayedit
Forbes – Online
The first thing you notice when you enter the 194-room Lanson Place, an ode to La Belle Époque in Hong Kong’s central district of Causeway Bay, is a vibrant green feature wall. As you look around, though, such viridescence becomes less and less out of place. An equally emerald occasional chair sits opposite the wall, just below an elegantly-framed landscape depiction of a teensy butterfly and two bulbous Granny Smiths, on palette with the chair and the wall. This level of intricate coordination is not rare at Lanson Place; no detail is too insignificant to slip past its watchful eye for design.