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Which new Bali green resorts stand out from the crowd?

Bali resorts review - new green sustainable escapes: Bambu Indah (left) and no-walls Buahan (right)

Bambu Indah, near Ubud (left), is a copper-bamboo fantasy while Buahan, a Banyan Tree Escape (right) offers a no-walls "naked experience". How do these compare with other luxe Bali stays/ photos: Vijay Verghese

VOLCANO WATCH

Few Bali flights back 9 July

Check Bali flights as Flores volcano erupts again.

PROFILE

Interview with Dr Iwan Dietschi, Senior VP Hospitality MGM China

'How Dietschi ups loyalty at MGM

FAMILY FUN

Pattaya for families or even work

Think watersports and island hops with meetings.

ADVENTURE

Survival guide to Papua New Guinea and PNG dives and Port Moresby hotels review

Papua New Guinea survival guide

Problem with paid awards — editor's rant

Chiang Rai fun guide - dawn over Mae Salong, a former opium drug lord's stronghold

Sunrise over Doi Mae Salong, the wild frontier town a short drive from Chiang Rai that once achieved notoriety as an opium drug lord's stronghold. Now, instead of poppy fields, the hills are carpeted with coffee plantations and tea estates worked by Akha hill tribe women.

ESCAPES

Chiang Rai is a quieter more pristine rough and ready version of Chiang Mai

Sabah jungle retreat, no-holds-barred Sandakan guide, Manila, big Samui resorts review, a Hanoi grab-bag, Vietnam beach resorts, top Penang spas, cool Bali resorts review. And Bali fun guide.

AIRLINES

How to fly for a song on a private jet

Fear of Flying cures, widest seats in economy, the widest business class seats to Asia, Small Asian airlines open up remote regions. Plus Private Jet deals. And the B-737 MAX-8

TOP CITIES

New Singapore lifestyle hotels

Hong Kong business hotels , a review of new Singapore eco-hotels, tips for fun in Macau, HK shopping guide, new Bangkok hotels review, wow Tokyo, top Seoul business hotels. KL shopping.

EDITOR'S RANT

Why do folk buy awards and not earn them?

Author - Vijay Verghese Every year we ask readers to sift through class and crass to tell us their favourite travel brands. But with the torrent of cheap clickbait offers how do you tell the difference between a one night stand and a relationship? Why hoteliers run when they hear, "Award".

Taipei fun guide to night markets and more, Ning Xia food stalls and crowds

Taipei's Ning Xia Night Market starts hopping at dusk and by 7pm there may be standing room only as office workers and tourists throng the tiny 'lane' in between the food stalls that take over the street/ photos: Vijay Verghese

CHINA REGION