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Minor Hotels, a leading global hotel owner and operator, has announced Avani Singapore Hotel, a 200-key lifestyle hotel set to open in Q2 2027. The opening will mark Minor Hotels’ debut in Singapore, bringing the Avani brand to 24 Peck Seah Street in the Tanjong Pagar district. The project will expand Minor Hotels’ presence in Southeast Asia, adding a central Singapore address to Avani’s growing portfolio of city hotels and resorts

The number of tourists visiting Central Asia is rising sharply, as more countries make it easier for tourists to visit. In 2025 the region was the fastest growing tourism area in the world, with 26.4% increase in visitors compared to the year before. As tourism booms in certain areas, there are other parts of Central Asia which receive very few visitors and there are corners of the region where authentic experiences and wild landscapes can be experienced, away from the crowds of tourists.

This Christmas, The Elf on the Shelf Scout Elf returns to Beaches Resorts for its fourth consecutive year, bringing the beloved Christmas tradition back to sunny shores. The family-friendly, all-inclusive Beaches Resorts invites guests to bring their family Scout Elf along for a Caribbean holiday filled with themed celebrations, movie nights, festive activities and more, from 27th November to 25th December 2026.

Heritage Le Telfair Golf & Wellness Resort has been recognised as the ‘Indian Ocean’s Best Golf Hotel’ at the 2026 World Golf Awards, reaffirming its position among the best in luxury hospitality. This coveted accolade highlights an exceptional year of global recognition for Heritage Resorts & Golf, further solidifying its standing as a world top 25 golf resort.

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This festive season, Avani Hotels & Resorts is giving the person who usually makes Christmas happen a well-deserved break. With The Host Is on Holiday, the brand brings together five festive escapes across Thailand, the Maldives, Spain and Laos, inviting the family organiser to swap planning and preparations for a holiday of their own. For the one who remembers everyone’s dietary requirements, keeps the celebrations running and rarely makes it into the family photograph, it is finally time to sit back, join the fun and enjoy every moment, from the first toast to the last course.

The Tennessee Department of Tourist Development (TDTD) launched mountain biking routes through its Bike Tennessee program today, adding a new phase to the state’s existing road and gravel cycling routes. Developed in collaboration with the Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association (SORBA), the expansion features 11 mountain biking hubs with 76 trails across Tennessee.

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Hot lemon and ginger cola is a uniquely Hong Kong drink. A few slices of ginger are heated in cola until boiling, then the mixture is poured into a glass and topped with a few fresh lemon slices. While some older-style restaurants or traditional Hong Kong-style cha chaan teng cafes still serve it, it is usually an off-menu item, known only to older Hongkongers. The drink is widely believed to help cure colds and flu. But does it really? The TCM perspective Ginger is a warming rhizome and a...

When Angela Yuen first tried on a Max Mara coat, her instinct was to take it apart. “I found it magical how perfectly it carried any woman’s silhouette,” says the Hong Kong artist, “which made me wonder about the secrets hidden within its paper pattern.” That curiosity became Interwoven Shadows, the installation marking the opening of Max Mara’s new boutique at K11 Musea on the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront. On view outside the store until the end of December, it centres on a translucent acrylic...

Precisely 100 years ago, history was made in Geneva, Switzerland – twice. Lovers of equestrian excellence were treated to the first ever edition of the Concours Hippique International de Genève, better known as CHI Geneva, a highlight of the annual show-jumping calendar to this day. For lovers of fine horology, meanwhile, 1926 brought a development of equal magnitude: the birth, in Rolex’s ateliers, of the Oyster: the legendary waterproof, screw-down case that came to define modern...