(#wanderlusttips #anamandaradalatresort) For the upcoming fall, Ana Mandara Dalat Resort & Spa offers guests a romantic retreat with the beloved to be immersed in a tranquil and vibrant ambiance of Dalat Highland.
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You will enjoy a break from your busy lifestyle & discover the fresh air, romantic of highland autumn with your beloved ones at the classy and cosy Ana Mandara Villas Dalat Resort & Spa with “Autumn Romantic” special package including the following wonderful benefits as: two nights stay at Villa Room included daily breakfast for two persons, complimentary 30 minutes Foot Massage for two at Lacochinchine Spa, complimentary use of outdoor heated swimming pool, walking trails, gym and other amenities; warm welcome with personal butler service and complimentary WIFI in room and throughout resort. Additionally, resort will offer discount 40% on Body & Facial Spa treatment (apply from 9:00 am to 15:00 pm every day). All of these benefits can be had at VND2,536,625 Nett/ Night/2 Adults.
Promotion valid from September 5 to September 30, 2016. Apply for new bookings with minimum 2 nights stay at the resort, surcharge VND420,000 per room per night for upgrading to next category and Apply for a guest book online through Resort Website: anamandara-resort.com.
(#wanderlusttips #Therereriesaigon) The sophisticated savours from the best selection of food introduced by The Reverie Saigon in this September will satisfy all discerning palates.
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The Royal Pavilion (Level 4) and R&J Italian Lounge & Restaurants(Level B1)
This September, in honor of Marco Polo’s 762nd birthday and following the success of last year’s celebration, The Royal Pavilion and R&J Italian Lounge & Restaurant of The Reverie Saigon is once again introducing two specialty set dinners recognizing the legacy of the famous Venetian traveler who traded throughout Asia and Europe.
An enduring tale of Marco Polo is that the famed traveler brought pasta back to Europe after travelling through Asia and China. During his expeditions, Marco Polo feasted at the tables of emperors including the famed Kublai Khan of Mongolia. Each dinner introducing him to the wondrous spices, ingredients, and recipes of Asia.
Celebrating this blend of culinary culture, two of the prestigious restaurants found within The Reverie Saigon at the Times Square Building are proud to host specialty set dinners. Available through September, the Marco Polo set dinners feature a blend of ingredients and recipes to create one-of- a-kind gastronomic journeys through Asia and Europe.
R&J Italian Lounge & Restaurant will host a set dinner featuring contemporary Italian favorites crafted with Chinese ingredients, just VND988,000++ per person. While The Royal Pavilion will take on a creative blend of Italian and Cantonese ingredients in a variety of recipes from both regions. The Royal Pavilion set dinner is available for VND1,688,000++ per person.
Café Cardinal (Level 6)
Through September, Café Cardinal is presenting selection of choice foie gras recipes in traditional style. From delightful hors d’oeuvres of foie gras cromesquis to the favorite pan-seared foie gras with caramelized onion cream, experience a refined selection of imported foie gras. The specialty a la carte menu presents dishes starting from VND288,000++.
On weekends, experience a refined Sunday Brunch with authentic French and regional delicacies served alongside one glass of sparkling wine and your choice of coffee or tea. Available every Sunday from 11:30am – 2:30pm, the weekly Sunday Brunch is a delightful accent to any weekend.
One of Southeast Asia’s most distinctive, all-day dining venues, Café Cardinal delivers stunning views of Saigon from level 6 of The Reverie Saigon and features decidedly French cuisine, with deliberate detours into complementary Western and Asian cuisines.
The Reverie Saigon
Add: Times Square Building, 22-36 Nguyen Hue Blvd. & 57-69F Dong Khoi St. Dist.1, HCMC
(#wanderlusttips #Eastingrandsaigon) The classy and cosy venue of Eastin Grand Saigon awaits guests with special promotion package for the up-coming month.
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The City break package is available from now till December 30, 2016 offering guests unlimited weekend relaxation with family to unwind the work stress and boost your energy for a new week ahead.
The rate is at VND1,750,000++/room/ night including international breakfast buffet for two persons, free deluxe room upgrade,
One child of 16 years or under sharing their parents’ room will receive a complimentary extra bed and breakfast. Other extra Child breakfast will be charged 50%, free access to gym and swimming pool on level 3.
Guests can enjoy 10% discount on Food & beverage (excluding alcohol) consumption.
The package is applicable for stay on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Mid-Autume festival gift is another programe which features a wide range of fullmoon season’s mooncakes. What could be better than enjoy the delicious mooncake from Eastin Grand Saigon and have a cup of tea with family and loved ones under the moonlight. The unique premium mooncake boxes are definitely luxury and meaningful gifts to loved ones or business partners. This year Eastin Grand Saigon offers six traditional delicious flavors for you to choose: Assorted Nuts, White Lotus Seed, Red Bean, Green Tea, Chestnut, Taro.
The price is from VND450,000+ to VND 2,880,000+ per box.
Eastin Grand Hotel Saigon
Add: 253 Nguyen Van Troi Street, PhuNhuan District, HCMC.
(#wanderlusttips #Lemeridiensaigon) A seri of promotions have been launched at the classy and cosy Le Meridien Saigon Hotel aiming to give the guest the best authentic experience of food and drinks to enjoy the last colourful days of summer.
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Latest Recipe
The Executive Chef – Frédéric Meynard of Le Méridien Saigon proudly introduces another memorable dining experience to sophisticated diners of Latest Recipe where you can explore a new perspective dinner buffet “The best of France” and indulge yourself to a luxurious French food in chic and stylish ambiance of the restaurant.
The mouth-watering food selection ranges from the fatty pan-fried foie gras in apple sauce, the meaty mini Charolaise Beef Rossini, to the delicate “Fine de claire oyster in champagne sabayon”. To balance the taste after all, guest shall try the wonderfully elegant dessert “poached pear in red wine” with ice cream or sipping a cup of hot tea Ronnenfelt over a slide of tasty “apple tarte tatin”.
The price is at VND1,200,000++ per person (including free flow of beers, wine, soft drinks, tea and coffee), serving from Friday to Saturday in September and October, 18:00 – 22:00.
Explore Spa
To celebrate the spa’s opening, the special “underwater’ package has been offered to the guest allowing your minds and body embark on a irresistable journey to the ocean of comfort and relaxation.
The treatment showcases first taste philosophy to waken your senses, which is followed by the exfoliating marine body scrub to get energy back and the relaxing full body massage with water-imitation movements to pampering you in the overall sense of relaxation.
All spa programmes include full access to the stylish relaxation lounge, beautiful sauna and Jacuzzi rooms where thousands mosaic tiles murmur an underwater story.
Price is only VND1,176,000++ for 95 minutes session, 30% discount on normal rate inclusive. The package is available in September, October and November.
Art Cacao
Located to the side of Latitude 10, Art Cacao features an extensive showcase displaying signature éclair, artisan chocolate, homemade pastries and savoury snacks. It is nothing better to pump up your energy, and to be more effective at work than grabbing a brilliant Art Cacao take-away Combo which boasts three options at once: mixed salad or tasty sandwich, a coffee or soft-drink and one of delicious treats, including homemade chocolate, danishes, pastries or sliced cake. The combo is served at VND300,000++/ each.
From 15 September, Greater Toronto Airways will offer new daily flights from Toronto’s Billy Bishop Airport to the Niagara District Airport in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
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The airline’s website advertises flight time as a 15-minute journey. However, David Nissan, vice-president of operations at Greater Toronto Airways, claims the journey can be completed in 12 minutes.
Currently, those wishing to visit Niagara from Toronto, whether for business or to marvel at the magnificent falls, have two options: an hour-long drive (without traffic) or a 90-minute ViaRail train trip.
“We’re trying to provide a more-convenient service for people,” Nissan tells Canadian news source, The Star. “If you look at the commute versus the flight time, there’s a massive difference.”
Flights taking off this year can already be booked on the Greater Toronto Airways website. A one-way ticket costs CAD85 (USD66), while a round-trip goes for $159. The 8-seater planes will depart twice daily from each airport, Monday to Friday throughout the year. Flights will leave from Toronto at 7 am and 4.30 pm, and from Niagara District at 8.30 am and 6.00 pm.
The best part of it no security lines. Random security checks will be carried out on board to keep travel times short, although the airline suggests that travellers arrive at the terminal 30 minutes prior to take off. Greater Toronto Airways, which specialises in private scenic flights in the Toronto and Niagara Regions, has big plans to expand its reach. According to their website, the airline expects to soon introduce similar flights between Toronto and Montreal, and between Toronto and Collingwood.
(#wanderlusttips #OlympicsRio) Don’t let the Olympics fever burn you away with snarling traffic, packed public transport and suffocating urban vibe. Here are four escapes would be suggested for few hours away from the Olympics city.
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Parque Nacional da Serra dos Orgãos
One of Brazil’s best national parks for a bit of walk in the woods, the mountainous peaks that characterise Parque Nacional da Serra dos Orgãos are pretty spectacular by Brazilian standards. Pedra do Sino (2263m), Pedra do Açu (2230m) and Agulha do Diablo (2020m) are some of Brazil’s highest, so it’s no surprise that the park attracts a wealth of mountain and rock climbers in addition to hikers. As luck would have it, the best season for the park is May to October, when it’s at its driest. Teresópolis, the gateway to the park, is reached on a two-hour bus ride from Rio de Janeiro.
Petrópolis
The former summer mountain retreat for Portuguese royalty is one of Brazil’s most agreeable towns, a cool and refreshing highland getaway surrounded by Atlantic rainforest and chock-full of colonial splendour. Whether you are sliding around the perfectly-polished floors of the 19th century royal palace turned Museu Imperial in house-issued felt slippers, or kicking back with a Bohemia beer on draft at the brewery of the same name, there is a good time for everyone here.
Petrópolis is also home to the summer house of Brazilian aviation pioneer Santos Dumont, who was posthumously thrust into the world spotlight during the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics in Rio, when Brazil controversially made its claims known to the world that Dumont was first-in-flight and/or the inventor of the airplane. Decide for yourself at Casa do Santos Dumont.
Ilha Grande
Brazil’s “Big Island” is large indeed, clocking in at 193-sq-km, most of which is protected as a state park which safeguards one of the country’s most pristinely preserved swaths of Atlantic rainforest. With over 150kms of hiking trails and uncrowded beaches, Ilha Grande is a perfect spot to escape the chaos of the Olympics.
A highlight of any visit here is setting foot on the postcard-perfect, sun-toasted sands of Lopes Mendes, one of Brazil’s storybook beaches. Facing the open Atlantic and only reached via a 6.1km trek through the rainforest from the island’s main settlement, Vila do Abraão, a day-trip here rewards travellers with that ever-elusive sense of discovery that has become all too rare in today’s hyper-connected travel world. Ilha Grande is most easily reached by private transfer from Rio de Janeiro, which takes about four-and-a-half hours to door to sand.
Búzios In just under three hours from Rio, sunseekers can set foot in one of Brazil’s most glorious beach resorts, Búzios, which was little more than a lackadaisical fishing village until Hollywood starlet Brigitte Bardot put it on the world map as the place in Brazil for sand-soaked hedonism. Boasting 17 bafflingly beautiful beaches, each one more so than the last, Búzios is an upscale resort peninsula offering little more than what nearly everyone on holidays seeks: Beautiful beaches, beautiful people, gourmet food and stiff drinks. Better save this one for after the Olympics or you may find those Closing Ceremony tickets just went to waste after you couldn’t tear yourself away from all this fun in the sun.
(#wanderlusttips #britishairways) Instead of getting a sandwich or a similar meal shortly before landing, British Airways customers have been left fuming after the carrier has replaced it on some flights with snacks such as mini chocolate bars.
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Passengers on certain medium- and long-haul routes, including London-New York, no longer get a sandwich or a similar meal shortly before landing – meaning they may be forced to bring their own food on board to stave off hunger later in the flight.
It’s one of a number of noticeable cutbacks implemented by the Heathrow-based airline this summer in attempt to trim costs.
Travellers in all classes will still get a main meal earlier in flights, but the second meal was axed by penny-pinching airline bosses, the Sun reported.
A passenger who paid £500 to travel from Heathrow to New York’s JFK Airport called the cutback an “insult”after paying so much to fly in premium economy (World Traveller Plus) on the seven-hour flight.
The traveller, who was not identified by the newspaper, said: “It was a joke. I paid £500 (nearly USD650) for a World Traveller Plus seat and the breakfast was ok but to then get just a fun-size chocolate bar six hours later is outrageous.
“The cabin attendant who served me was clearly embarrassed and when I asked for another she said she wasn’t supposed to but handed another one over as she could see I was hungry.”
“It’s actually quite embarrassing for us and quite rightly passengers are outraged,” stated a flight attendant.
A British Airways spokesman told MailOnline Travel the changes apply to economy class on flights under eight-and-a-half hours and premium economy on flights under seven hours.
On those flights, flight attendants will pass through with baskets full of snacks, the spokesman said.
He added: “We offer customers on all of our transatlantic flights a three-course meal, bar service and snacks and on our longer transatlantic flights, including to the west coast, customers are offered an extra meal during the flight.
“We regularly review our catering to ensure we are investing where it matters most to our customers.”
The changes were reported by the UK-based travel blog Head for Points in June.
It claimed there would be changes to in-flight meals in every cabin – from first class all the way down to economy.
Amuse bouche was to be removed from the meal service in first class, while business class (Club World) would see a move away from expensive fresh items to even more ambient items, such as chocolate bars, the blog reported.
The blog also said newspapers will no longer be offered to passengers at the airport gate on short-haul flights to London starting from 1 September.
In May, British Airways faced a passenger backlash after it was reported that the airline was considering charging for meals on short-haul flights.
Retro PanAm video shows extravagant airline food of the past.
(#wanderlusttips) Hard Rock Hotel San Diego has launched a “You Will Survive” package designed to aid people through their break-up blues. Aimed at helping the newly jilted heal, the package includes wine, ice cream and new professional photos for your dating profile.
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After VIP check-in for one-night in a guestroom or suite, from which, the guest will be treated in their room to wine and ice cream along with a curated playlist “featuring the most empowering break-up songs throughout history”.
The deal comes with a discount to get a makeover, which is followed by a personal photo shoot so guests can update their dating profiles and “ensure potential suitors swipe right”.
If that’s not enough, the heartbroken guest will be encouraged to get back out there with a bottle of premium liquor and VIP seating at the hotel’s rooftop pool lounge – for a price of USD549. The break-up package is available until Valentine’s Day, 2017 – just in case there’s a need for some last-minute holiday plans.
Lovesick travellers could also try to get over their ex by visiting LA’s new museum of broken relationships, or heading out on a trip around the world.
(#wanderlusttips #novotelnhatrang) Novotel Nha Trang acknowledges its valued guests by a series of promotion packages which have been launched from August.
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“Café meets soufflé” is the package in Le Bar by Novotel Nha Trang offering a classy perfect couple at only VND55,000 while enjoy the Nha Trang beach vibes.
Nha Trang beach is a beautiful place to escape together, with soft, golden sand between your toes beside the warm blue of the Nha Trang waters. It is excited for all couples to know that Novotel offers a Honeymoon package granting guest a romantic escape at one of the best ocean views on Vietnam’s coast. Free room upgrades, round trip airport transfer, dinners and wines at your private ocean view balcony, free body massage (applicable for 3 night package) are just part of the fabulous deals on offer. Free sauna and steam bath at the In Balance Spa are included. The package is valid for stay period from now until 20 December 2016.
Swedish massage at VND510,000nett for 60 minutes of levitation at the sublime In Balance Spa by Novotel Nha Trang is the best way to refresh and unwind from the life stress and hustle.
(#wanderlusttips #MercurebanahillsFrenchvillage) On 5 th August, partnering with the Sealed Air Group, Mercure Bana Hills French Village launched the Soap For Hope program, aiming to reduce waste and improve the lives of impoverished families.
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This event promoted how discarded soap can be recycled and how recycled products can raise money for charity. Soap For Hope at Mercure attracted hundreds of travelers who were visiting Bana Hills, with many of those actively helping in the process to recycle soap.
The Mercure Bana Hills French Village has also inaugurated the country’s first environmentally-friendly café dedicated to Accorhotels’ Planet 21 program. The interior is decorate with recycled objects and scrap that would traditionally be thrown away. As well, the cafe showcases the wonderful eco-fashion clothes designed by the hotel’s housekeeping team. Using out-dated room amenities, such as old sheets, towels and even shampoo bottles, the team produces wearables with the aim to raise environmental awareness. Refreshing and healthy wellness juices made from seasonal organic fruits are on offer and the entire food and beverage menu was designed to deliver one of Planet 21 commitments, that is, of promoting healthy eating and drinking.
As part of the ongoing commitment to health and well-being, the hotel was delighted to sponsor a key sport event in the region – The Danang International Marathon 2016. Held on 6 th August, the hotel took part as a nutrition sponsor and distributed 2,000 organic bananas to the athletes. The hotel also gave away various accommodation prizes for the lucky draw. 15 staff participated in the competition, running in the different heats of 5, 10 and 21 kilometers.
