Cathay Pacific Airways will launch a four-times-weekly service to Manchester in the UK from 8 December 2014 (subject to government approval). Located in north-west England, Manchester is a regional transport and business hub that is renowned for its architecture, culture, industrial heritage and sports clubs. Manchester International Airport is ranked third in the UK, […]
Trek the Great Wall of China and raise funds for the cancer charity or hospice of your choice The challenge entails five days of trekking along ancient and remote sections of the Great Wall of China. The terrain is challenging but the panoramic views are stunning. At the end of the challenge there is the […]
This heartwarming, inspiring letter from son to mother is about one Canadian man’s journey finding his place in Taiwan. The author, Darryl Sterk (“Big Wheel”), is a faculty member at National Taiwan University and established Chinese-English translator. He was also the topic of a TV show that was filmed in Taiwan for Big Love Television. […]
By Sally Mei Ng On a recent business trip to South East Asia, I decided to visit an old university friend in Hong Kong as she was always encouraging me to go to her home city. I had been thinking of going for quite a while previously, and this was the perfect opportunity to […]
The first time I truly studied the cityscape of Shenzhen, China, after my husband Ned and I moved there to work, I saw the Eiffel Tower. There it stood among the megacity’s endless rows of high-rises, its dark, majestic curves silhouetted in stark relief against the smoggy sky. I wondered if we were in the […]
The Emirates Aviation Experience, which cost in excess of £4 million, will take visitors on an interactive journey into the world of flight. In a UK first, it includes four commercial flight simulators under one roof including two A380s and two 777 aircraft. Further attractions include a 3D hologram of the internal mechanisms of an aircraft, an […]
Jason Kwok photography – The ‘Welcome to Hong Kong, Yellow Duck’ event in May, Hong Kong The famous Giant Yellow Duck is underway for its tour to Beijing this September after the visit of Hong Kong, China and Pittsburgh in the USA. Earlier in May, local residents and also thousands of tourists from around the […]
The World Tourism Organisation recently revealed that China is the fastest-growing tourism source market in the world, with Chinese travellers increasing from 10 million in 2000 to 83 million in 2012. Expenditure by Chinese tourists abroad has also increased almost eightfold. Due to this increasing demand, London Hilton on Park Lane has been implementing initiatives such as […]
The world’s largest greenhouses and its best mountain biking routes, a first edition of Shakespeare’s sonnets and Europe’s first international dark sky reserve all help make up VisitEngland’s “101 things to do”, revealed to mark St George’s Day on 23 April 2013. Coasteering at Mullion Cove, Cornwall The Eden Project, Dalby Forest, John Rylands Library and Exmoor […]