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洲际酒店集团旗下的四大酒店品牌，洲际酒店及度假村、英迪格酒店、皇冠假日酒店及度假村和假日酒店及度假村均参与本次活动。

参与本次优惠活动的酒店：
杭州洲际酒店
芜湖侨鸿皇冠假日酒店
南京绿地洲际酒店
上海外滩英迪格酒店
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常州武进假日酒店
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上海锦江汤臣洲际大酒店
杭州国际假日酒店
上海浦西洲际酒店
杭州钱江新城假日酒店
苏州洲际酒店
杭州千岛湖海外海假日酒店
无锡君来洲际酒店
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A visit to Bali can be a journey of discovery, a journey through time and a visit to the international standard Prana Restaurant is just that.

Attached to award-winning resort The Villas, the architecturally-unique design of PRANA features Prana Spa on the upstairs level with Prana Restaurant on the ground level.

The dramatic design of Prana is inspired by the moguls of Rajasthan – it’s like stepping into a different world blending Indian palatial complexity with Moroccan rustic simplicity with cosy nooks, indoor restaurant & outdoor courtyard seating at Prana Restaurant.

“It’s a fantastic use of a multi-use building, with a “secret”, spacious courtyard garden offering an oasis of calm and tranquillity amongst the boisterous life along Seminyak’s Jalan Kunti. It really is the perfect place to enjoy an innovative and diverse menu with a strong emphasis on locally sourced ingredients and simple flavours,” said General Manager of The Villas Andrew Keating.

“Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner Prana Restaurant is one of the most visited and most popular restaurants in Seminyak. A relaxed exotic and dramatic atmosphere, set within a lush tropical walled garden Prana reflects Moroccan decadence, refreshment and enjoyment – it still is a bit of an enigma to visitors and that’s part of the charm,” Mr. Keating continued.

“Prana Restaurant is only minutes’ walk from the bustling Seminyak upmarket shopping and lively bars but so many people still haven’t been here. When they do come, it’s like this incredible secret world is unveiled,” said Mr Keating.

The Villas has established itself as an iconic lifestyle resort, offering guests unprecedented insider access to a world of ‘mysticism’ through Prana Restaurant and Prana Spa.

Delight in the hidden gem that is Prana Restaurant at The Villas Bali.

www.thevillas.net

Over 180 Bangkok-based service providers have offered enthusiastic support for the “Stopover Bangkok” campaign, a unique effort to attract airline transit passengers to enjoy a break for a night or two in Thailand’s exciting capital city.

Organised by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) in cooperation with MasterCard and numerous Thai private travel industry companies, the campaign is to run until 31 October 2011. It is targetted at the more than 1.5 million passengers who transit through Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport every year.

The 58 service providers have offered a range of mouth-watering incentives to the transit passengers. They include up to 50% discounts, 5,000-9,000 Baht cash off, buy 1 get 1 free and several other deals in 11 categories of products and services: Adventure and Excursion, Art and Culture, Beauty and Spa, Ethnic and Local Tour, Fine Dining, Golf Day and Night, Health and Medical, Shopping, Show and Entertainment, Thai Cooking Class, and Transportation.

In addition, TAT has received support from 122 renowned Bangkok-based service providers in 7 thematic tour categories: Amazing Bangkok, Art and Senses Route, BKK Nightcrawlers, Floating and Exotic Market, Gourmet Route, Shop, Drop and Spa, and Shopping Route.

MasterCard holders will enjoy special top-up privileges and discounts starting from 5 up to 20%.

How to get the “Stopover Bangkok” offer?

Browse for offers from the “Stopover Bangkok” website www.stopoverbangkok.com  by selecting from the Suggested Routes and Offers based on the type of interest.
Click your preferred offer and register your details along with a special code given to you by your travel agent or airline. After registration, you will receive a user ID for your next visit.
Once you have submitted your details, the coupon will be sent to your email or may be printed directly from the website. Present the printed coupon to the service provider representative/counter with all terms and conditions met.

For years, Bangkok has been a major transit stop for air travellers connecting from the Middle East, Europe and Africa to onward flights in Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia and Australia/New Zealand. This creates an opportunity to give them a sneak preview of the capital and its surrounding areas, so that they may return for extended visits in the future.

According to the Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited, the number of international transit passengers at Suvarnabhumi International Airport totalled 1.52 million (+5.43%) in 2010 and 612,755 passengers during January-May 2011, up 11.27% over the same period of 2010.

TAT is hoping that the Stopover Bangkok will be one of our effective marketing tools that urges tourists to make a decision to come visit Bangkok before or after their planned destination.

International Public Relations Division
Tourism Authority of Thailand
Tel: +66 (0) 2250 5500 ext. 4545-48
Fax: +66 (0) 2253 7419
E-mail: prdiv3@tat.or.th
Web site: www.tatnews.org
For the latest updates, please visit
www.TATnews.org

Dine on organic gourmet cuisine, sip the world’s finest biodynamic wines then learn to make Thai and western dishes with the fresh from the farm ingredients at DiVine Restaurant, Wine Cellar & Cooking School inside Thanyapura, Phuket’s newest destination for healthy living and family fun spread over 23 hectares (140 rai) in the heart of Phuket.

Designed with sustainable, locally sourced woods and stone, the open, high ceiling dining spaces take full advantage of Phuket’s year round sunshine through floor to roof glass windows that let in the tropical Thai light while engaging diners with the wonders and natural landscaping of Thanyapura’s unique and unrivaled campus. Slide into a high back, plush padded pod or settle into a seat at one of the natural wood tables looking onto the dramatic show kitchen.

DiVine opens daily to everyone, starting bright and early at 7am with freshly baked breads, European pastries, free range eggs and an abundance of organic fruits picked and delivered fresh from Thanyamundra, southern Thailand’s only certified organic farm located two hours north at Khao Sok National Park and an affiliate of Thanyapura. Lunch service begins from 11am with bountiful salads, an array of western and eastern noodle soups, make your own sandwiches, sizzling pizzas straight from the wood fire oven and enticing desserts plus sweet treats from the bakery that are also available for takeaway. Diners can order these edible enjoyments non-stop until dinner begins at 6pm and continues until last orders around 10pm nightly.

Begin the evening in the Wine Cellar. Open for lunch as well, the eight-seat intimate escape holds 700 bottles of new and old world red, rosé and white wines including organic and biodynamic labels. In addition, fifty wines are available by the glass, plus there are champagnes and sparkling wines. Order from our well edited selection of cheeses, homemade chocolate or fusion snacks off the DiVine tapas menu to kick off any evening or wind down a festive, memorable night.

Dinner at DiVine will delight all palates. Phuket’s own seafood features prominently, starting with Andaman prawns, green onion and dill millefeuille with asparagus and mango salsa, drizzled in vanilla butter sauce. Vegetarians may begin with organic beetroot and feta cheese ravioli salad. Soups will be a popular option, from warm organic tomato soup with a drop of fresh whipped cream and served with pesto bread to chilled gazpacho with cucumber and basil.

Thanyamundra’s free range organic chicken gets roasted and marinated with grilled vegetable tabouli in a coriander and mint dressing while serious meat lovers will want to order the rack of lamb roasted with rosemary and garlic potato purée or the braised beef brisket served with sweet corn, bacon frittata and buttered bok choy. Deep fried squid with pineapple, capsicum and sweet and sour sauce is a standout among the Asian flavours while those in search of true comfort food will delight in the classic spaghetti pomodoro basilica.

Do save room for the daily homemade cakes and ice cream flavours from the traditional chocolate, vanilla and rum raisin to modern sweet treats like green tea and tiramisu.

Welcome to Hansar Bangkok – a sanctuary of elegance, sophistication and exceptional comfort in the heart of the City of Angels, a shopper’s paradise. Hansar Bangkok is located on Rajdamri Road near elegant shopping areas and the lush greenery of the Royal Bangkok Sports Club,

With exceptional hospitality and highly personalized individual service, Hansar Bangkok offers the best of both worlds; a boutique experience with extremely spacious accommodations. Comprising 94 suites, the lead in Studio Suite offers an impressive 60 square meters of luxurious ergonomic design.

SLH members can shop till they drop, in style, and then return to Hansar Bangkok for cocktails in the trendy VUE Bar, an elegant dinner in EVE restaurant, and spa pampering at LUXSA Spa. Perfect!

From 1 July 2011 – 31 December 2011, Hansar Bangkok and Siam Paragon will offer a complimentary VIP personal shopping service for SLH members who book the best value rate directly to the hotel website (www.hansarbangkok.com)

VIP Shopping Privileges include:
A personally assigned one-on-one personal shopping assistant from Siam Paragon for up to three hours daily at guests preferred timing (Siam Paragon is open daily from 10.00am until 10.00pm)
Discount benefits provided by Siam Paragon in the “Tourist Discount Card” which includes discount vouchers in Siam Paragon Plaza
Purchases will be delivered to the hotel by Siam Paragon
Complimentary return limousine transfers from Hansar Bangkok and Siam Paragon courtesy of the hotel.

How it Works:
Guests book the service at the hotel with at least one day’s notice and complete their shopping ‘wish list’. The hotel will then liaise with the VIP Shopping Assistant at Siam Paragon to set up the guest’s preferred time slot and send the shopping list. The guest will be greeted by their personal shopper on arrival at the Platinum Lounge Club at Siam Paragon and then the shopping begins!

Reservations can be made through Hansar Bangkok on: www.hansarbangkok.com

多年来作为精品豪华邮轮创新者的Silversea，将隆重呈献一系列闪烁瞩目的亚太区海上之旅：2011年9月至2012年5月期间，旅客只需登上载客量382人的姊妹邮轮Silver Shadow 和Silver Whisper，即可体验连串非凡旅程。

四项令人期待的崭新航线将停靠多个新港口。凭借玲珑的体积，Silver Shadow 和Silver Whisper得以造访迷人的港口，甚至探索长江部分流域。此外，旅客亦有机会于多个主要城市度宿停留，如上海、香港、曼谷、胡志明市及新加坡。

设有196间套房的Silver Shadow 将于9月23日展开为期38天的盛大亚洲之旅，由首尔出发，途中停靠充满魅力的港口，遍及南韩、中国、香港、越南、泰国、马来西亚和印度尼西亚，终站为新加坡。全程38天的航费由每位18,661美元* 起，双人占房。

对见多识广、钟情于海上假期的邮轮旅游家来说，绝不能错过2012年2月4日展开的19天旅程──由奥克兰出发，以弗里曼特尔（柏斯）为终站，途中造访新西兰的纳皮尔、惠灵顿和皮克顿，以及澳洲悉尼、墨尔本、阿德莱德、林肯港和奥尔巴尼。航费由10,638美元* 起。

Silver Shadow首次由弗里曼特尔出发的旅程为期12天，于2012年2月23日启程，将漫游西澳洲的海岸线，并停靠多个印度尼西亚港口，如拥有科莫多龙的科莫多岛、峇里岛、三宝垄及雅加达，终站为新加坡。其全包式航费由每位5,078美元* 起，双人占房。

2012年2月至3月期间，Silver Whisper将呈献五项为期11至18天的旅程，带领旅客探索多姿多采的目的地，如南非、毛里裘斯、马尔代夫、斯里兰卡、印度、泰国、新加坡、越南、中国、马来西亚和杜拜。

Silversea的全包式航费包括：全套房式住宿连管家服务；佳肴美馔以及由Relais & Châteaux设计的极尚美食；船上各处免费供应的葡萄酒、香槟和烈酒；以及所有小费。

参与以上旅程的宾客，将可尊享Silversea的「豪华通行证」（Passport to Luxury）礼遇──每间套房享有高达1,000美元的船上消费金额，适用于水疗服务、特色餐厅用膳、岸上观光团及精品店购物等等。

另一方面，登上全新亚太之旅的宾客，亦可选择在邮轮旅程前后或旅途中，参与各式各样的陆上探索活动，如参观印度的斋浦尔、泰姬陵和阿格拉，或于缅甸发掘优美的自然风光和丰富的文化遗产。

查询详情，请浏览 www.silversea.com。

* 须视乎供应情况，并受细则及条款约束

Silversea Cruises简介
Silversea Cruises素来获公认为豪华邮轮界的创新先驱，为宾客呈献大型邮轮度假设施和体验。公司旗下拥有多艘配备全套房的豪华邮轮：Silver Cloud、Silver Wind、Silver Shadow、Silver Whisper以及Silver Spirit，全部均洋溢悠闲欢乐的典雅气氛。随着另一艘豪华探险邮轮Silver Explorer加入，Silversea的行程现已遍及全球七大洲，一系列豪华邮轮旅程游遍世界各地，包括地中海、北欧、亚洲、加勒比海、南极洲及北极圈，旅途上造访超过400个魅力无穷的目的地。

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism in Turkey is opening a new museum to display priceless mosaics dating back as far back as the 1st century BCE. The Zeugma Mosaic Museum in Gaziantep encompasses pre-Hellenistic cultures and the Greek and Roman empires. Zeugma, thought to have been founded by a general in Alexander the Great’s army, was initially two cities on either side of the Euphrates River.

It grew over countless centuries because it was located at the easiest crossing of the river, exactly where major trade routes in the ancient world linked east and west as well as north and south.

The city’s location was considered so important by the Romans that Zeugma became a vital military center where tolls were collected on commerce and travelers. At one point the city was home to more than 70,000 people. In the process, wealthy residents, businessmen, military officers, governors and other notables built impressive homes and villas distinguished by magnificent mosaics — on floors, in pools, courtyards, kitchens and elsewhere. Because of Zeugma’s position at the center of international trade and commerce, these mosaics represent a treasure trove of information about the interaction and assimilations of ancient cultures over the centuries.

These treasures — and an abundance of other valuable artifacts ranging from frescoes to burial objects — lay undiscovered for millennia. It was only in 2000, after suspected vandalized artifacts appeared in museums and private collections and when plans for new dams on the Euphrates meant that much of Zeugma would be forever flooded, that the race was on. The result was an ambitious excavation project sponsored by the Turkish government, the California-based Packard Humanities Institute and American universities. The excavations discovered homes, public buildings and market squares that contained one of the largest and most important collections of Roman mosaic art ever found. Ultimately, a decision was made to build a museum to preserve and display the extraordinary mosaics from what has been called “one of the most important cultural heritage sites in Turkey.”

The 90,000-square-foot museum features a 7,500-square-foot exhibition hall, numerous conference rooms and other facilities and replaces the Bardo National Museum in Tunis as the world’s largest mosaics museum.

For more information, call Turkish Tourism at 212-687-2194 or visit www.goturkey.com , www.tourismturkey.org , http://zeugmamosaicmuseum.blogspot.com  or www.gaziantepmuzesi.gov.tr/eng

Goway Travel is offering a series of “Classic Itineraries” for Latin America created by combining individual stopover packages. The Classics are a starting point and allow clients to upgrade accommodations, add or take out nights, and add day touring. The company is targeting its most popular Latin American destinations with its creation of three Classic itineraries.

“The Galapagos and Machu Picchu are a natural combination, as are the amazing and cosmopolitan cities or Buenos Aires and Rio with Iguassu Falls,” said Don Forster, product manager for Goway’s Latin America. “Then we have the Andean Classic taking in Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca and the Salar de Uyuni — the largest salt lake in the world. In short, our three new Classics offer the very best of South America in customizable and in-depth classic itineraries.”

Goway’s Classic Itineraries allow clients to travel independently and not as part of a touring group. These flexible, pre-planned itineraries can be joined any day and modified according to interests and time. Goway has introduced three Latin Classic Itineraries with the 19-day Conquistador & Explorer itinerary including the Galapagos Islands and Machu Picchu, from $5,250 per person. The 14-day Andean classic highlights three big attractions in the Andes mountains — Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca and the worlds largest Salt Lake Salar de Uyuni — from $3,920 per person. The eight-day South America classic includes the cities of Rio and Buenos Aires and one of the largest waterfalls in the world — Iguassu Falls — from $1,875 per person.

Goway has been offering travel to Africa, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America and island destinations since 1970. It has offices in Toronto, Vancouver, Los Angeles and Sydney, Australia. For more information on Latin Classics and other Central and South American programs, call 888-469-2955. For more information on Goway, call 800-387-8850 or visit www.goway.com

Wendy Wu Tours introduced a new 16-day tour designed to immerse clients in the history, traditions and culture of China. The fully-inclusive Wonders of China tour combines many of China’s most popular sites with special touches. At the Great Wall, clients will have access at entry points away from the crowds and vendors. They will experience a cruise on the panoramic Huangpu River, which links the historic Bund and futuristic Pudong areas of Shanghai. And they will gain entry into the Great Mosque in Xian’s Muslim Quarter.

The stated price covers all costs, including roundtrip air from New York City or Los Angeles, all meals, excursions, stellar accommodations, a full-time Wendy Wu Tours manager escort, and even the visa fee, processing and taxes. The price for Wonders of China, which has 32 departures between May 22 and Nov. 9, ranges from $3,690 to $4,390 per person, double.

Highlights include both the sites that all visitors to China must see — Shanghai’s Yu Gardens and Old Town, Tiananmen Square and the Great Wall in Beijing, the Great Pandas at the Chongqing Zoo, and Xian’s Terracotta Warriors and Ancient City Wall — as well as some that are not included in the mass market tours, such as an exploration of the unique 1920s-style shikumen buildings in Shanghai’s restored Xintiandi area and Beijing’s Summer Palace.

Meals and excursions play an important role on the tour — whether it is authentic Shanghai cuisine; Peking duck, artfully carved at tableside; a traditional Shui Jiao dumpling meal followed by a performance of Tang Dynasty Dancing; the Islamic food markets in the Muslim Quarter; or a fascinating Chinese Acrobatic show in Beijing. Group tours carry a maximum of 28 persons, comfortably transported in 49-passenger coaches for most tours. Single supplements are available as well as sharing opportunities. A new 68-page full-color brochure is available. Wendy Wu Tours also offers private tours — fully-inclusive but offering more flexibility and excellent for small groups, reunions, family groups, alumni groups or just friends looking to have a nice private vacation together in a mystical land. For more information, call 877-993-6399 or visit www.wendywuschina.com

WildChina is offering a program for high school students that combines cultural discovery, adventure learning and community service — The WildChina Student Summer Expedition in Beijing and the Tiger Leaping Gorge. The program, which designed to bring together unforgettable experiences in a safe, professionally managed environment, allows high school students (ages 14 and above) to experience life in China’s capital of Beijing where Imperial history collides with hyper-modernity; trek through Tiger Leaping Gorge and meet local residents caught in the midst of China’s struggle to balance environmental concerns with economic demands; journey into one of the spiritual centers of Tibetan culture and experience the daily lives of its residents; and retrace an ancient pilgrimage route on a five-day Tibetan style trek among the snow-capped peaks of the Tibetan plateau to the 14,500-foot summit of Mount Skika.

Participants will also have an opportunity to give back to the community by participating in a four-day community service project (roughly 20 to 30 hours). Prices start at $3,990 per person, including domestic airfare. Two expeditions are planned in the summer of 2011 — July 11 to 28 and July 20 to Aug. 6.

WildChina is a sustainable travel company based in Beijing. Started in 2000 by Mei Zhang, a native of Yunnan Province and a Harvard MBA, WildChina offers ecologically sensitive journeys to all of China. WildChina creates bespoke trips highlighted by rich personal interactions and superior access to experts and venues. For more information, call 888-902-8808 or visit www.wildchina.com