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Where has all that hotel service - and butter - gone?

Disappearing service and other magic at post-Covid hotels

Further shocks await returning guests as hotels go DIY-But-Pay-More in the post-Covid restart featuring disappearing service, menus, general managers and other magic/ pic: Scene from Hotel Transylvania


HEALTH

Asian medical tourism

Medical tourism tips and Covid travel updates

COVID TRAVEL

Hong Kong allows foreign visitors back in May 2022

HK welcomes foreign visitors

OPINION

No flights to 'open' Yangon

Why Myanmar is open but the flights are missing

AIRSPACE

Ukraine war closes international airspace in tit-for-tat

War closes airspace for long routes

AIRLINES

We try the new Air India maharajah on the San Francisco-Delhi route

Frequent flyer perks get squeezed, widest seats in economy, the widest business class seats to Asia, Small Asian airlines open up the region. Plus the A380 vs B787. And the B-737 MAX-8

ESCAPES

Just lazing in lazy Langkawi

Wild Manila fun guide, big Samui resorts review, a grab-bag for Hanoi, a look at Vietnam beach resorts, more Penang spas and Bali resorts review. Hua Hin fun and Asian resort weddings

TOP CITIES

Fun Bangkok hotels reviewed

Hong Kong business hotels, a Bangkok business hotels review, tips for fun in Macau, Singapore shopping guide, the best of Tokyo hotels, and Seoul business hotels. Songdo guide

EDITOR'S RANT

Where has all the service gone?

Author - Vijay VergheseThe popular Pete Seeger song would be an apt protest anthem for hotels today. "When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?" As living-with-Covid policies kickstart travel hotels are moving to a get-less-but-pay-more format popularised by health spas.

CHINA / MEETINGS

Sanya romp for kids or just meets

Shanghai business hotels, the top Sanya fun guide and Xian, Shenzhen corporate meetings, family fun in Guilin, the best Beijing business hotels, and Guangzhou Canton Fair

SOUTH ASIA

Kathmandu fun guide for intrepid

Mumbai business hotels review, hot Gulmarg ski resorts, more on Bangalore business hotels, top tips in our Sri Lanka resorts review, Goa resorts review. A Kathmandu fun guide and Yangon.

ADVENTURE / SPORT

Sabah fun guide for families

Phnom Penh, a detailed Mergui islands guide, wickedly good Tioman dives, an insightful Sabah fun guide to jungle adventure plus Himalayan Nepal Treks around the Annapurna Circuit. Plus Bhutan fun guide, a Hokkaido fun guide. And Golf.

SPA ESCAPES

Taiwan spa hideaways

Taiwan spa resorts, and a Taipei fun guide with 22 must-do things. Plus our Taipei business hotels review.

ISLANDS

Best Palawan resorts review

Plus our Cebu resorts review for lovers, divers and an exotic Maldives resorts review for all tastes. Boracay is back.


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