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The Airbus A380 is due to make its first commercial flight debut in Europe in a few hours, when a flight from Singapore arrives at Heathrow. Right now, Singapore Air is the only carrier to use the superjumbo, although British Airways, Virgin, and other companies will all have their own versions of this massive aircraft soon. Singapore will now use the Airbus to make one flight daily from Heathrow to Singapore. (BBC and Bloomberg)

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open skies

What Will the Open Skies Agreement Bring?

On March 30th the EU-US Open Skies Agreement comes into full effect, completely changing the face of cross-Atlantic air travel. Previously, European Union carriers could only operate nonstops from their home country, but with the Open Skies Agreement, the international airline playing field finally gets a bit more level. (By 2010 EU countries may be able to own and operate U.S. airlines, but that's a whole other story.) More »

9:40 AM on Thu Mar 13 2008
By Alisa Gould-Simon
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Budget Travel rounds up the world's most "awesome" art hotels in its latest issue. Creatively minded hotels that made the cut include Amsterdam's The Winston, Singapore's The New Majestic, and Cape Town's Daddy Long Legs. [via]

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minsk

The Mini Malls of Minsk


The world forgot about Belarus after the March 2006 presidential election when the winners beat up the losers, literally. Now it seems the whole country is in a deep freeze until President-for-life Lukashenko next goes rollerblading and just maybe falls on his head. Russian rumors report that the leader is somewhat offended by his nation's axis-of-evil status and is taking strides to make Belarus more tourist-friendly. Politics aside, Minsk is admittedly a lovely little city of about 2 million Minskians (minions?). Within it lies the purest collective of Stalinist architecture on earth, and you can't help but feel impressed by the size and style of such imposing urban vistas. And so let us away to the Pyongyang of Europe! Come taste the current vibe in a city where Lee Harvey Oswald completed his junior year abroad. More »

2:00 PM on Wed Feb 27 2008
By Andrew Evans
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Latest by Saint Andrew: @Woloh: Ладно. more »

Speaking of hotel recycling (such as turning prisons into accommodations), consider the humble post office. Perhaps not quite a trend, but if it prove so, Singapore birthed one of the first: the 400-room Fullerton Hotel, which honors its origins with a "Post Master" suite. [via]

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The international race for the biggest super-ferris-wheel — a conflict that has already claimed so many lives — escalates further with the projected March 1 opening of the Singapore Flyer. The 165-meter, $240 million discus dwarfs the London Eye (135 meters high) boasts 28 capsules, each of which can hold 28 people.

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openings

Latest & Greatest

Bar Boulud, New York.

Fort Lauderdale
• Il Lugano: Luxury hotel with 105 suites is scheduled to open today; rates start at $199.

Las Vegas
• Prive: Miami nightclub, touting an A-List clientele, debuts its newest location inside the new Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino. More »

11:20 AM on Wed Jan 2 2008
By Debbie Lee
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Universal Studios announced today that they have chosen the site for their new $3.1 billion theme park and resort just outside of Seoul, South Korea. This is the biggest undertaking of Universal (which is also building parks in Dubai and Singapore) and is even more costly than most Disney projects. Universal hopes to attract tourists from nearby China as well as a portion of the 24 million South Koreans who live within an hour's drive of the site. The resort will encompass a park, hotels, a golf course, a convention center, and outlet mall and restaurants. [via]

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berlin

10 Ways to Keep Warm in Berlin

Last weekend, Berlin had its first snowfall of the season. Big wet flakes came down and splatted on the ground, promptly melting to form a sort of bog with the fallen and now rotting leaves. Having been born and raised in the Empire State, this white stuff wasn't much of a novelty for me. But my non-German, non-American friends were in a flurry of excitement. Apparently, it rarely snows in Ireland and never snows in Singapore. In honor of the first snow of the season — and that lovely two days of freezing rain that followed — I've brainstormed 10 ways of staying warm here in Berlin. They help to cut the bite of the winter freeze in more ways than one. You'll see that the cold, cold winter is not so bad after all. (Pictured here: A snowy bear near Potsdamer Platz challenges Knut!) More »

3:05 PM on Fri Nov 16 2007
By Stacy Dorgan Bentz
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sex

Mile-High Eldersex Cockblocked

Tony Ellwood is a rock star. He's a 76 year old Australian man whose wife Julie is 20 years younger, and he'd like nothing more than to have sex with her while sipping champagne at 30,000 feet. Sadly, he chose to live out his fantasy in Singapore Airlines' first double suite. You can't even chew gum in Singapore. As usual, evil journalists also screwed up everything. After the jump, hear Tony and Julia's tale of woe after buying a ticket hoping to become the first passengers to truly test the full potential of the Airbus A380. More »

9:15 AM on Thu Nov 1 2007
By hwalker
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Latest by mblevin: Uggghhh. I would pay money NOT to watch them have sex. more »

tokyo

Timberland Shibuya

With the launch earlier this year of Timberland's new global concept relating to recycling and ecology, it was a given that their flagship store in Shibuya would follow through with the theme (following other concept stores in London, Singapore, and Milan). Opening last week, the new store—designed by multi-disciplinary designers Megumi Matsubara and Hiroi Ariyama (Assistant)—certainly offers an interesting take on the concept of recycling with its in-store urban forest. The idea was to present a story, in which different parts of the store — where most materials are either recovered from construction scraps or even found, as in an old scaffold used to renovate a temple in Hiroshima — can impart a tale that the staff are ready to share with customers. It's a new must-see stop on any retail tour of the area. More »

9:10 AM on Fri Oct 12 2007
By jeansnow
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singapore

Actual To-Scale Police Raid Action Figure Protest

Hard to decide which creates more pathos: Anime fans using figures to hold a protest, or real police arriving to break up the "disruption." In late August, Singaporean enthusiasts used their action figures to declaim a clampdown on Internet anime downloads; police responded with four riot vans and some lightweight on-the-scene interrogation. Ultraman had to leave via a back exit, as considering his prior record, he could not easily afford another arrest. More »

10:40 AM on Mon Sep 10 2007
By Chris Mohney
2,879 views, 3 comments

tokyo

Burger King Back in Japan


Why would I write a post about Burger King in Japan? There comes a time during travels, and I'm sure most would agree, when you just need to get some comfort food. You know, something cheap and filling, and that you're very familiar with. That's probably the reason why I've been to a McDonald's in pretty much every country I've traveled through (meaning most of Europe, and a fair amount of Asia). After the Big Mac, you have the whopper, which has been absent from Japan for 4-5 years now, after poor sales forced the chain to make a hasty retreat. But now, with American chains getting popular again — half a year after its launch, you still have to wait 1-2 hours to get some Krispy Kreme donuts from their lone shop in Shinjuku — BK is back with a new restaurant in Shinjuku (Shinjuku I-Land Tower B1, 6-5-1 Nishi-Shinjuku), to be followed by a second branch in Ikebukuro (Sunshine City ALPA B1, 3-1-1 Higashi-Ikebukuro) later this month. I wouldn't recommend going just right now though. Not having eaten a whopper in 2-3 years — the last time being in an airport in Hong Kong or Singapore I think — I decided to go out on Sunday, only to quickly walk away after I saw that a 1 and a half hour wait was required. More »

8:08 AM on Thu Jun 14 2007
By jeansnow
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Latest by ShinjukuAce: They still don't have a Taco Bell! Around 2000-2001, there was a Burger King on Takeshita-Dori in Harajuku, and it was always busy. There are also a few Japanese burger chains, which are mostly awful, like Loteria and Mos Burger. "There comes a more »

shanghai

Boutique Hotels Infest Asia

This has to fucking stop:
Boutique hotels are popping up in Asia's more cosmopolitan cities faster than construction cranes. Over the last couple of years, Hong Kong and Singapore have led the trend in the region. Now Shanghai is getting the boutique treatment, meeting the fast-growing demand among design-conscious travelers for a more intimate, personal environment.
And by "intimate, personal" they mean "smaller, pricier." And by "design-conscious travelers" they mean "fucking retards." The article is insipidly subtitled "to the delight of savvy travelers, boutique hotels are finally sprouting up in Asia." This — even before we got to the part about how "younger people" like to use the Internet, eat gourmet chocolate, and drink organic juice — was enough to make us club a baby seal with a rolled-up Newsweek. Then we could take a picture, hang it on the wall of an outhouse, and charge people $475 to "immerse themselves for a night in an environmentally sensitive experience." We could probably get away with $500 if we lit the fucker up with florescent bulbs and published a glossy brochure about the newly renovated Boutique De Outhouse's minimal carbon footprint. With pie charts. More »

3:00 PM on Tue May 22 2007
By oceren
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Latest by visitor59: Don't know about the other parts of Asia, but in China, the boutique hotel is probably not going to "fucking stop" any time soon...in the words of the 1999 movie "Big Shot", the decadent new riches of China actually respond more »

walking

The World's Fastest Walkers


We just saw (via MoleskineCity) that a new study on walking speeds around the world was released last Thursday by psychology researcher and professor Dr. Richard Wiseman. His team calculated how many seconds it took walkers in 32 metropolitan areas to cover 60 feet, and the results are slightly surprising. For one, New Yorkers only clocked in as the eighth fastest walkers, at 3.4 mph or 12 seconds per 60 feet. Another slightly surprising find: across all cities, we are walking 10 percent faster than we were in 1984. And along with upping their production and strengthening their economies in the last two decades, residents in Asian "tiger" areas like Singapore and Guangzhou have increased walking speeds by as much as 30 percent. Though the negative nelly scientists say faster walking speeds increase the risk of coronary disease and decrease our likelihood of helping others, I'd like to think it means we are just more productive and in much better shape in general. So follow the example of Singapore and Copenhagen you sluggish walkers in Blantyre, Manama, and Bern. You may have a heart attack but at least you'll get an extra few minutes of work done. More »

11:45 AM on Mon May 7 2007
By Amanda Kludt
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taipei

Medicinal Nightlife in Asia

Buzzfeed notes a new trend among Asian nightlife establishments: the medical theme. First is Taipei's inscrutably named DS Music Restaurant, where staff are dressed as doctors and nurses, and beer is available via an "IV drip" that hangs on a pole next to your table. Singapore ups the ante considerably with the enormous entertainment and eat-o-plex called the Clinic, a 13-room, 15,000-square-foot monstrosity divided into two bars, two clubs, and a restaurant. Several of the Clinic's spaces are given over to "concept rooms" featuring art and furnishings geared to particular themes ("couples" or "caffeine" among others); the restaurant, which sports golden wheelchairs as seating, specializes in madfood science (or "molecular gastronomy") like the kind popular in Spain and Chicago's Moto. More »

11:40 AM on Fri Apr 27 2007
By Chris Mohney
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Latest by thursdayclub: Don't forget Club 11:15 in KL which seemed to have some sort of nurses theme last time we went (not that we were complaining). The Bed Supper Club in Bangkok also had a 'nurse' dispensing strange cocktails as part more »

singapore

Foodie's Guide to Singapore

In an effort to brand itself as a culinary capital of the world, Singapore is hosting their annual World Gourmet Summit until the end of April. The extravaganza features celebrity chefs, special Escoffier dinners, luncheons with famous food personalities, and seminars galore. The city has a ways to go cuisine-wise, but "A" for effort. In honor of the endeavor, we've compiled a foodie's guide to the city that can be of use even when the summit has shipped off the celebs and packed up the knives. And instead of focusing on the abundance of international cuisine, we have a guide to the local specialties. Fish head curry, chili crab, and kopitam, after the jump. More »

2:00 PM on Thu Apr 19 2007
By Amanda Kludt
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singapore

TCC Cafe

Launched in 2003, this Singapore-local chain of cafes has Starbuckian expansion plans. However, in addition to serving generally approved brew, the TCC ("The Coffee Connoisseur") Cafes gain salvation points by seriously investing in a unique interior design for each store. This isn't modular plug-and-play either. Just examine the project page for Spunk! Studio, which designed a few of the cafes. Spacey! More »

2:20 PM on Wed Mar 28 2007
By Chris Mohney
1,141 views, 1 comment

singapore

DVD-Sniffing Dogs Hound Movie Pirates

Not sure which is cuter — a Labrador trained to sniff out counterfeit DVDs, or such a dog wearing a yellow MPAA vest. Labs Lucky and Flo took part in a raid on a movie-pirating warehouse in Johor Baru, a Malaysian city often conflated with nearby Singapore. According to officials, if Lucky or Flo cruised around a suspicious location and "smelt polycarbonate, they would sit down." About a million pirated DVDs were confiscated, worth a highly dubious street value of "roughly $3 million" in Singapore and internationally. Lucky and/or Flo know you ain't packing mackerel in tomato sauce, bub. So much for scamming that copy of Norbit on the subway. And just to reiterate: doggie!

2:20 PM on Tue Mar 20 2007
By Chris Mohney
412 views, 1 comment

Latest by brasileiro: thats one cute dog. id like to teach one to sniff for gold bullion more »

british airways

Corpse in First Class Deucedly Inconvenient

British Airways had an elderly female passenger die en route on a flight from Delhi to London last week, and with nowhere to stow the body, moved the body plus bereaved daughter and son-in-law to first class. Money quotes for the story come from British first-class passenger Paul Trinder, who comes across as something of an insensitive cad. He does have a flair for the dramatic though. After the jump, a selection of Trinderiana. More »

12:40 PM on Tue Mar 20 2007
By Chris Mohney
1,136 views, 3 comments

singapore

Beginner's Guide to Singapore

Singapore, a world financial center, huge shopping mecca, and famous nanny state, has more to offer visitors than megamalls and corporal punishment. Known to many as a "springboard to Asia," the island city offers an array of high quality diverse Asian cuisines and has a growing nightlife scene. There is practically no crime, and many practices common in the West are strictly banned including jay-walking, spitting, littering, and eating and drinking on the subway. But don't let the strictness fool you. Though a strict host, Singapore has plenty of fun and exciting places to visit. More »

7:58 AM on Wed Feb 28 2007
By Amanda Kludt
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singapore

Putting the Sing in Singapore Cabbie

Usually when you hear cabbie singing softly to himself in a foreign language, you think either "psycho" or "bluetooth." But in the Singaporean cab of Jeffrey Tan, the singing is part of the Journey. The singing of Journey can even be part of the journey if you want. Jeffrey Tan is Singapore's only Karaoke cabbie. His Beemer seats 4 people and for $35 dollars an hour, will be your own personal rolling Karaokar. He's installed a $2,500 karaoke system complete with screens and microphones. But if you feel bashful about singing, Tan is more than happy to sing for you. He can sing in eight different languages and from what we hear does a killer version of Born to be Wild. More »

4:52 PM on Thu Jan 25 2007
By Joshua Stein
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transit

Honey I Think Our Wealth Has Come Between Us

According to a MSNBC, not only was a cat lost in a United Airlines cargo hold for 3 months weeks, (we were counting in cat years but we clarify and regret the error.) but well-heeled travelers will soon have the pleasure of being lost in their expansive lie-flat beds, with their cocooned in wood paneling and stomach full of caviar and truffled eggs. There's no real new news in the story of First-Class Flying getting more and more ridiculous and yet, each article we read, we're flabbergasted and a little jealous at what the haves have in the section in front of us. Though British Ariways started the trend of lie-flat beds in 1996, Singapore Airlines is the new front runner. Services include "a mind-numbing 35-inch, loveseat-like, mahogany-clad lounge" in which guests are invited to loll "while they gaze into their 23-inch LCD personal entertainment monitors." Nippon Airlines offers meals by Paul Bocuse, Daniel Boulud and Thomas Keller. Dubai, always Dubai, based airline Emirates even offers suites and is planning on showers. British Airways, on the other hand, one of the first airlines to offer lie-flat beds back in 1996, is considering bestowing this honor on its business class passengers. Looks like Reagan was right. More »

12:05 PM on Fri Jan 19 2007
By Joshua Stein
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singapore

The Clinic in Singapore

Oh so when Lindsay and Michael Richards say they're going to the Clinic, this is where they're off to> A clinic where the alcohol flows in deep rivulets, and boobs and coke freeely intermingle. The ridiculous OTT club in Singapore (which clubs aren't) contains all the not-so-subtle touches that have made Philippe Starck such a polarizing figure for the 8 people who feel strongly about these kind of things except, it doesn't seem like it's actually by Philippe Starck which can only mean his brand of ostentation has become viral. Bury your children! The Clinic, as one might imagine, carries the theme of "hospital chic" to new levels of what the effness. One drinks through IV tubes, one sits in wheelchairs, one dines out of stainless steel kidney shaped pans. The massive space contains multiple bars, a merchandise center, and an avant-garde restaurant. Personally, we don't recommend the food. We do recommend getting pleasantly buzzed and starting a fling-the-bedpan game. My granddad did that in his hospice and the nurses found it adorable. More »

6:19 PM on Thu Jan 18 2007
By Joshua Stein
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food

Cthulhu Pastries in Singapore

As anyone who knows us knows, we love two things in the world: (no Mom, not you and enemas) HP Lovecraft and pastries! So imagine our horrorgasm when we came across this pic of a bun in the shape of Cthulhu on Flickr. The bun was found at the Cheers convenience store in Cineleisure Orchard in Singapore. We're still waiting for the Wittgenstein Duck Rabbit financier but in the meantime, this fills our culinary/literary craving. More »

4:32 PM on Thu Jan 11 2007
By Joshua Stein
185 views, 1 comment

Latest by Rambow: I could see it being therapeutic to eat Cthulhu. Until the never-ending screaming and insanity kick in, of course. more »

architecture

St. Mary's Church

The joke not to be made here is, of course: Why do so many women go to Church? Because there's a man there hung like this. But seriously folks, Singapore's St. Mary's Church is truly an architectural marvel. Albeit not as impressive as Chartres (by a long shot), the WoHa designed building demonstrates the glories of intelligent design. The church is worth a visit in itself even if you don't believe Christ is your savior. Of particular note is the columbarium where the dust of dead people is stored. More »

6:24 PM on Thu Dec 14 2006
By Joshua Stein
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singapore

Get Punched, Punch in Singapore

Another snag from the Wallpaper guides, this time from Singapore we have Kadir's Boxing School. Wallpaper says of the school, watching teacher and "Commonwealth flyweight champ Syed Abdul Kadir train his would-be pugilists is a little like watching Clint Eastwood put Hilary Swank through her paces. Even the open-air gym, with its frayed punching bags and gymnast rings." The pictures on the website show a large concrete courtyard that reminds me of the time in the joint, minus the ass-rape. A membership for one month, which includes training from Kadir, runs S$35. More »

5:29 PM on Tue Dec 12 2006
By Joshua Stein
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omri ceren

Eat Cheese, Fly For Free. It's The American Way

Via Kottke, we learn about probably the best scam for getting miles, well, ever. For every Swiss Knight cheese wheel or fondue pack, American Airlines will give you 500 AAdvantage miles. Doing some quick math, that's about 500 miles per $5, let's see... carry the one.... yeah, that's 100 miles per dollar. Which is airline-speak for awesome and lactose-intolerant speak for diarrhea. More »

8:16 AM on Thu Nov 30 2006
By gskipintern
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singapore

Going Once Going Twice Going Chicken Breast and Rice

As the hamburger is to the States, Hainanese chicken rice is to Singapore, an item found on nearly every menu , one carrying totemic significance, the edible national psyche, or something like that. On his quest to eat through 6 of these dishes in 60 hours, Liao Yusheng came across what he describes as a transcendental chicken rice at Fook Seng Goldenhill Chicken Rice. "Oh, such tenderness," he rhapsodizes, "No chicken breast has any right to be this tender and juicy and so unbelievably full of flavor. The hint of sesame oil in the sauce they drizzle over the chicken gave it just the right flavor contrast to elevate it to another level." The restaurant is a little out of the way but well worth the trip. For, like hamburgers, inferior chicken rice is ubiquitous and the best places kept well guarded. More »

8:03 AM on Mon Nov 20 2006
By Joshua Stein
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singapore

Singapore's Crime Rate Plummets

Thanks to the Singaporean repeal of a law that outlawed oral and anal intercourse between heterosexual adults, the crime rate in that city-state has reached record lows. The law had been on the books since 1871 but since that time, it had become clear that Singaporeans, like almost every other one of God's creatures, likes butt sex and blowjobs. Sadly, homosexual sex is still illegal (and indeed "gross"). I can't wait for the legal wrangling about whether, if anal and oral sex are legal, if mouth-to-butt sex is allowed and if so, what about butt-to-butt sex. Alan Dershowitz, your time has come. More »

12:34 PM on Thu Nov 9 2006
By Joshua Stein
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