Kanoo World Traveller April 2011 issue April

78 Pages·2011·27.83 MB·English

by  Hot Media Publication

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Kanoo World Traveller APRIL 2011
C ONTENTS
Travel biTes feaTures
05 AgendA 65 thirty-second concierge 30 lord howe
All the latest need-to-know travel news. City slickers will love Hong Kong’s Upper House. Peter Hughes finds the most splendid solitude in Oz.
14 Ask the expert 66 city guide: AmsterdAm 38 sri lAnkA
Where to head with little ones in tow. Laura Binder pedals her way through the capital. Island-life never looked better, finds Lyndsey Steven.
16 drive time 68 city guide: vAncouver 42 chinA
Take the most enchanting of trips through Oman. Sarah Harrington explores Canada’s coastal city. Grab a glimpse of tradition in the fast-moving country
20 picture this 71 competition 50 mAdeirA
Magical snapshots of the USA and Philippines. Win a luxury stay at Kempinski Mall of the Emirates. Sea, tea and tropical gardens in Portugal.
25 essentiAl selection 72 suite dreAms 58 new york
Dine with the world’s most spectacular views... Close your eyes and sail the Caribbean Sea. Why a city-stay makes for a film-worthy experience.
53 44 28 34 66 69
On the cover: Managing Director: Victoria Hazell-Thatcher Features Editor: Laura Binder Junior designer: Adam Sneade
A rice farmer Publishing Director: John Thatcher [email protected] Production manager: Haneef Abdul
at work in
rural China. Advertisement Director: Chris Capstick [phone] Sales Manager: Cat Steele
[email protected] Designer: Matthew McBriar [email protected]
[phone] [email protected] [phone] Jan-June 2010
22,620 BPA
Consumer Audit
Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission from HOT Media Publishing is strictly prohibited. All prices mentioned are
correct at time of press but may change. HOT Media Publishing does not accept liability for omissions or errors in Kanoo World Traveller. Produced by: HOT Media Publishing FZ LLC
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Kanoo World Traveller APRIL 2011
C ONTENTS
Travel biTes feaTures
05 AgendA 65 thirty-second concierge 30 lord howe
All the latest need-to-know travel news. City slickers will love Hong Kong’s Upper House. Peter Hughes finds the most splendid solitude in Oz.
14 Ask the expert 66 city guide: AmsterdAm 38 sri lAnkA
Where to head with little ones in tow. Laura Binder pedals her way through the capital. Island-life never looked better, finds Lyndsey Steven.
16 drive time 68 city guide: vAncouver 42 chinA
Take the most enchanting of trips through Oman. Sarah Harrington explores Canada’s coastal city. Grab a glimpse of tradition in the fast-moving country
20 picture this 71 competition 50 mAdeirA
Magical snapshots of the USA and Philippines. Win a luxury stay at Kempinski Mall of the Emirates. Sea, tea and tropical gardens in Portugal.
25 essentiAl selection 72 suite dreAms 58 new york
Dine with the world’s most spectacular views... Close your eyes and sail the Caribbean Sea. Why a city-stay makes for a film-worthy experience.
53 44 28 34 66 69
On the cover: Managing Director: Victoria Hazell-Thatcher Features Editor: Laura Binder Junior designer: Adam Sneade
A rice farmer Publishing Director: John Thatcher [email protected] Production manager: Haneef Abdul
at work in
rural China. Advertisement Director: Chris Capstick [phone] Sales Manager: Cat Steele
[email protected] Designer: Matthew McBriar [email protected]
[phone] [email protected] [phone] Jan-June 2010
22,620 BPA
Consumer Audit
Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission from HOT Media Publishing is strictly prohibited. All prices mentioned are
correct at time of press but may change. HOT Media Publishing does not accept liability for omissions or errors in Kanoo World Traveller. Produced by: HOT Media Publishing FZ LLC
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At Ibn Battuta Gate Hotel, stay for 4 nights and pay for just 3. This five
star hotel is located adjacent to the Ibn Battuta Shopping Mall and Dubai
Metro and offers the following free benefits:
AGENDA
• Kids under the age of 12 stay and eat for free
• Complimentary Kids Club
• Access to Diablo Nightclub (door policy applies)
Ibn Battuta Gate Hotel Be informed, be inspired, be there
Call toll free from: the UAE 800 4934, Bahrain 8000 1991, KSA 800 124
Operated by Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts
2929, Kuwait 2 225 3228* and Qatar 800 2001 and quote ‘Book Dubai
P.O. Box 211508, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
and enjoy free nights’. Terms and conditions apply. Valid until 15th May Phone [phone]
2011. Calls from Kuwait charged at local rate*. [email protected]
www.moevenpick-hotels.com
Stay 4 nights and pay for 3
london calling
CorinThia hoTel london
If you’re yet to book your annual escape to London, you may want to be among the first guests to sample the finery of the city’s newest
luxury abode: Corinthia Hotel London. The stunning result of a reconstructed Victorian-era building, it opens this month on Whitehall Place
and houses the biggest suite in town – the immaculate Royal Suite. Another unique draw is a Harrods-inspired concept store which you’ll find
in the main lobby, so don’t forget to pack your credit card. www.corinthia.com/London
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AGENDA
Be informed, be inspired, be there
london calling
CorinThia hoTel london
If you’re yet to book your annual escape to London, you may want to be among the first guests to sample the finery of the city’s newest
luxury abode: Corinthia Hotel London. The stunning result of a reconstructed Victorian-era building, it opens this month on Whitehall Place
and houses the biggest suite in town – the immaculate Royal Suite. Another unique draw is a Harrods-inspired concept store which you’ll find
in the main lobby, so don’t forget to pack your credit card. www.corinthia.com/London
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agenda | news
slim shadies
Back to
Designed to pay tribute to world of motor
the beach
racing, these Persol Roadster Edition glasses
are just the ticket if you want to make like a
The sister property of Le Touessrok
movie star on your travels. www.persol.com
opens on site where Le Coco Beach
once stood.
Spanning 59 acres of land in the beautiful Belle
Mare Peninsula on the east coast of the island, Long
Beach is the latest luxury resort to open in Mauritius.
So what makes this one different from the countless
others that dot the island? Well, for a start, all of a dine view
Star gazing
the rooms here boast views over the crystal-clear
If you think you’ve done it all dining wise, book a
lagoon and ocean beyond (take a dip in the lagoon
If you like to go where the in-crowd go, you’ll soon
table at The Cube, a small, transparent er, cube,
and you’ll see rare species of coral teaming with
be making a beeline for New York’s Crosby Street
which will pop up (quite literally) atop Brussels’
multi-hued fish). But you’ll also find some unique
Parc du Cinquantenaire on April 1. It will remain Hotel (above) which has recently hosted more
culinary twists within the resort’s seven restaurants.
perched there for three months before moving on celebrity names than your average gossip column:
www.sunresortshotel.com
to another European landmark. Jude Law, Carey Mulligan and Meg Ryan to name
www.electrolux.be/cube but three. www.firmdale.com
ONE-MINUTE MASTERCLASS: RUSSIAN I’d like a bowl of Borsch,
please Подайте мне, пожалуйста, тарелку борща Can I have some
more sour cream? Добавьте, пожалуйста, чуть больше сметаны. Which
way is the ballet? Как пройти в театр оперы и балета?
Kingdom, come Base qatar
Threesy does it
If you’ve ever pondered
a visit to the Kingdom of Marriott International will
Cambodia, you now have the simultaneously open three new
perfect reason to act: Sofitel hotels in Doha over the course
Phnom Penh Phokeethra, of the next three months,
the capital’s first five-star offering would-be guests a
hotel to open in more than choice of 500 rooms. They’ll be
a decade. The $50 million spread amongst the luxurious
property packs in eight stylings of The Renaissance, the
restaurants and over 30 business-focused Coutyard by
suites, the pick of which is Marriott and, for long-staying
the overtly decadent Opera guests, The Marriott Executive
Suite, from which yoiu have Apartments Doha City Center.
a grand view of the Mekong. www.marriott.com
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