Drive-through dining, Vietnam style
by Bruce ForemanThe United States may have invented the drive-through restaurant back in the 1930s, but nowhere is it as diversified as Vietnam. Businesses have adapted their sales tactics to appeal to...
View ArticleRainbow hospitality: 12 top LGBT-friendly hotels in Taiwan
by CNNGoNetizens have voted for their favorite LGBT-friendly hotels in Taiwan. The online poll was held by Taiwan website Yam.com over 16 days in October. It coincided with the city's 10th annual Gay...
View ArticleAir New Zealand's genius 'Hobbit' safety video
by Hiufu WongJumping on the pre-release "Hobbit" hypewagon, Air New Zealand (ANZ) has produced another hilarious in-flight safety demonstration video. Branding itself “Airline of the Middle-Earth,” the...
View ArticleJapan's biggest day out -- our insider guide to Tokyo Skytree
by Gail NakadaWith very little information currently available in English on all Tokyo Skytree has to offer, we've come up with the ultimate guide to exactly where, when and how visitors can get the...
View ArticleNewly released: The cutest panda photo ever
by CNNGo staffHere is your cuteness ration for the rest of the year. The Chengdu Panda Base in China yesterday released a photograph (above) of seven panda cubs born in the Sichuan-based breeding...
View ArticleHong Kong to get harborside observation wheel
by Zoe LiHong Kong's waterfront gets OTT with killer skyscrapers, laser show and now a giant wheel. Hong Kong may well get its own observation wheel next year. The government Lands Department has...
View ArticleInsider Guide: Best of Melbourne
by Kane DanielMelbourne is an unlikely city.Consider the conditions: a population of a little more than 4 million in the southernmost major city in mainland Australia, itself one of the southernmost...
View ArticleHow to bargain: The ultimate guide to scoring deals in the markets of Asia
by Tina Hsiao and Jules KayThere are plenty of good bargains to be had in the markets of Asia. But the most important thing to keep in mind when psyching yourself up for a bout of haggling is that you...
View ArticleRichard Quest: Do your research!
In the second of three key tips for hosting, CNN's international business correspondent, Richard Quest, tells us why research cannot be undervalued.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4feOATpjo9cread more
View ArticleDreamliner makes U.S. debut
After years of manufacturing delays and cost overruns, the state-of-the-art Boeing 787 Dreamliner made its North American debut on Sunday, toting more than 200 eager United Airlines passengers from...
View ArticleTourists die on Great Wall, freak snowstorm hits Beijing
by CNNGo staffAt least two tourists have died while flights and road travel were disrupted in Beijing this past weekend after a freak snowstorm hit the Chinese capital and surrounding areas.The deaths...
View ArticleNovice's guide to the Melbourne Cup
by Bruce HolmesFirst run in 1861, Australia’s $6 million Melbourne Cup is "the race that stops a nation.” The capacity crowd of 110,000 would be enough to make a racing novice tremble.But it is...
View Article8 best foodie towns in China
by Fiona ReillyAlthough travelers can try dishes from around China and the globe in renowned food cities Beijing and Shanghai, it is outside these major metropolises where a world of exciting Chinese...
View ArticleNo nude bunnies: Playboy Club to open in Goa
Though its magazines are banned in the country, Playboy will open its first Playboy Club in India, in the beach side city of Goa.But the iconic bunnies won't be as revealing as they are in other...
View ArticleBuild it and they will come? Korea's whopping US$275 billion tourism city plan
by Frances ChaLocal news outlets call the scale “astronomical.” Some question its economic feasibility.Either way it is one hell of an ambitious tourism venture.Called 8City, to be built on the islands...
View ArticleiReport: Eagle hunters in Mongolia
iReporter Craig Smith was to Mongolia in October to witness the annual Golden Eagle Festival in Oglii County, western Mongolia. He submitted his iReport for "Travel photo of the day" assignment.He...
View ArticleUnderrated Uzbekistan: Tashkent and beyond
by Tara Milutis. Photos by Florian WitulskiWhen I first told my friends that my boyfriend and I were going to Uzbekistan for a holiday, the reactions were less than encouraging.“I hear they boil people...
View ArticleNorth Korea's ghostly 'hotel of doom' could open next year
by CNNGo staffThe North Koreans started erecting the 330-meter Ryugyong Hotel, the tallest hotel at the time, in 1987.Almost three decades later, the ambitious project is finally looking to open for...
View ArticleHistory's lessons to the fore on the most memorable Anzac tours
by Bruce HolmesBuglers from Ypres, Belgium, sound "The Last Post" at the town's Menin Gate.As Australians, and much of the Western world, pause for Remembrance Day (Nov 11) this weekend, it’s an...
View ArticleThe loneliness of the solo ocean racer
by Jini ReddyIt’s one thing to spend a few hours at sea, quite another to spend weeks alone offshore, cut off from family and friends.But that’s what lies ahead for the 20 competitors setting off on...
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