DE CEMBER 2019 C ONTENTS
REGULARS
10 U PFR O N T Travel industry news worldwide
16 INB O X Your letters, and posts from our online forum
36 F OUR HOUR S IN... NEW YORK Strolling the Big Apple’s waterfront Seaport District
F EATURES
38 THE SU IT E LIF E Hotels around the Asia-Pacific region are upping their game with their luxury suite offerings
44 P HOE NI X RI S ING Beijing’s giant new Daxing Airport is a masterpiece of design and passenger processing eff iciency
48 GR OW TH SPU R T Our roundup of some of the most exciting new hotels in Shanghai, China’s commercial capital
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57 OP INION Derek Picot; Richard Tams
THE REPORT
60 T RIED & TE ST E D F LIGHT KLM B777-200 business class
62 T RIED & TE ST E D H OT E L S Pan Pacific Hanoi; Somerset Grand Hanoi; Royal Plaza on Scotts Singapore; The Sherwood Taipei
66 SMART TR AVE LLE R Nuts on planes
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HERITAGE REBORN Hong Kong’s heritage buildings are getting a new lease on life
DE C EMB E R 20 19
B OHE MIA N RHA P SODY Three buzzing neighbourhoods swap grit for glamour in Paris
54 C HA RIT Y AU C T ION The second round of our charity auction, which kicked off last month
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BRIGHT OUT LOOK A 2018 velvet revolution and an increase in foreign investment provide cause for optimism in Armenia
ISTOCK
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