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I am one of the most well-positioned travel experts in the industry to do airline reviews, having once been head of IATA's meeting management worldwide. It was my job to coordinate meetings for every airline in the world from Baggage Handling, Live Animals on Board, Passenger Safety to issues like Volcanic Ash and Wake Vortex. Today, I'm more interested in passenger experiences. What really happens on flights: before, during and after. My airline reviews are candid accounts from the perspective of a travel veteran, expert voyageur and frequent flier.

DOUBLE-SIX LUXURY HOTEL SEMINYAK HOTEL REVIEW

DOUBLE-SIX LUXURY HOTEL SEMINYAK HOTEL REVIEW
I rolled the dice and got a double six! Yes, yes….I can hear your sarcastic groans, as you writhe over my awful cliché comment. But then, that’s the prerogative of a writer sitting on his side of the screen. He has artistic licence to lob literary hand grenades at the mooing crowds! The first time
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Marina Bay Sands Hotel Review Singapore

MARINA BAY SANDS HOTEL REVIEW
I had big expectations going to the Marina Bay Sands hotel in Singapore, after all, it does stand out from the crowd as one of the true icons of the Singapore skyline. And that is where (unfortunately) the good news ends. I had already been to the Pan Pacific and the Raffles Hotel. And if these two
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InterContinental Singapore Hotel Review

INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL SINGAPORE review
The Intercontinental Singapore was an afterthought and I’m kicking myself, because it should have been elevated to a “must stay” list. How could I have stuffed up my planning so badly? Well it was tagged onto the end of a stupidly hectic 16-day tour of South East Asia. And no, I did not book the
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InterContinental San Francisco Review

INTERCONTINENTAL SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW
If I have learnt one thing in life, it is this: some stories are just too unbelievable to put into writing. The plots make no sense, even when they are 100% real. That’s why I don’t gamble…..much. When I left Singapore, 12 hours earlier, Hillary Rodham Clinton was a shoe-in to retake the White House
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W San Francisco Hotel Review

W SAN FRANCISCO HOTEL REVIEW
You could not have more contrasts going from the antiquity of Nob Hill and the Intercontinental Mark Hopkins, to the funked-up modernity of the W Hotel San Francisco. From the staid and sedate, to the artsy and uber cool. I have experienced my fair share of edgy and cutting edge hotels around the globe, yet
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W Hong Kong Hotel Review

W HONG KONG HOTEL REVIEW
I’ve just had a glimpse at the future of hotel living (note to myself: I used the word “living”, not “accommodation”) and I like it. What I just experienced at the W Hong Kong was a cut-and-thrust to classical, hotel thinking. It was a huge step forward for progression. A martini toast to the avant-garde.
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Soori Bali Hotel Review

SOORI BALI Villa view ocean
I have just been left shell-shocked by my stay at the Soori Bali. It has literally blown my mind away. It has taken me months to digest the gravity of my visit; to actually find the time and breath to etch out my thoughts into carefully construed words. What I will say is this: when I left the Soori Bali, I carried with me an a sense of enlightenment. I felt uplifted. Emotionally purified and purged. If it were truly possible, I had just been blessed with more love than in almost any stay….anywhere. The travel gods had smiled on me. I had been anointed. I had become a better person.
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Raffles Hotel Review Singapore

RAFFLES-HOTEL REVIEW SINGAPORE
Argh, the Raffles Hotel, the Grand Dame of Singapore. How much I miss you already. You are everything I dreamt you’d be, only better. The Raffles Hotel was the one property that I most wanted to review on my tour of Singapore and I had butterflies in my stomach from the anticipation. It left me edgy
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INTERCONTINENTAL BANGKOK HOTEL REVIEW

INTERCONTINENTAL BANGKOK HOTEL REVIEW
I had a sombre mood before I checked into my flight on route to the Intercontinental Bangkok. I had purposely planned my Bangkok trip to fall on the 30th day, after the much-loved King Bhumibol Adulyadej had died. I expected the city to be in mourning. I wanted to share my respects too. 30 days
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INTERCONTINENTAL KUALA LUMPUR HOTEL REVIEW

INTERCONTINENTAL KUALA LUMPUR HOTEL REVIEW
When I arrived at the Intercontinental Kuala Lumpur, I felt a bit like Caesar returning to Rome after years of fighting Barbarians in the wilderness. By the time I had checked out a few days later, I felt as if I’d won an Oscar. And that was the point. This was not a coincidence. This
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Pan Pacific Hotel Review Singapore

PAN PACIFIC SINGAPORE HOTEL REVIEW
I love that nervous feeling when you pull up to the front of a hotel like the Pan Pacific Hotel Singapore and you just know that you’ve arrived somewhere special before you even step out of the car. The Pan Pacific Singapore was no exception. From the very second my taxi door was eased open
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Hotel Indigo Bali Review

HOTEL INDIGO BALI REVIEW
I’m such a banana. I really am. Once again I’m guilty of judging a book by its cover. But what are we, as human beings, without our frailties and imperfections? The good news is that this story that has a happy ending. Mark my words, Hotel Indigo is up there with the best of the best! It is a click away from being on the dais sporting a gold medal. I just haven’t had time to experience the full property.
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Grand Hyatt Bali Nusa Dua Hotel Review

GRAND HYATT BALI NUSA DUA HOTEL REVIEW
Nusa Dua is a far departure from the frenetic pulse-beating bass of Bali’s Legian and Kuta bars. It is a world unto itself, vast swathes of greenness and manicured grasses dotted with fallen white frangipani petals. It is serene. Home to holiday resorts that are more like neighbouring Hollywood estates than hotel complexes. They sidle up next to each other without the blight of glowing neon billboards. They just blend beautifully into the background without being obtrusive, no matter how grand they are.
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W Bangkok Hotel Review

Oh, my god, “Come to Papa!” Those were literally my first thoughts, as my taxi pulled up to the front of W Bangkok. I just knew I had arrived somewhere in the vicinity of heaven and all the angels were going to fawn over my bags and swallow me up into their air-conditioned abyss-of-a-lobby.
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