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H&M

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My first ever acquisition from H&M was right on the Oxford Street in London, U.K., dated back to September, 1999 H&M in Hong Kong once was the first and flagship store in China

AA to Offer Lie-Flat Seats

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Just lie down and relax  La Résidence Hôtel & Spa Hue Lie-flat seats for first and business class are promised on some transcontinental U.S. flights when American Airlines receives its new narrow-body planes next year

Pipe Down!

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Savvy...  Flying No-Kids and Stress-Free AirAsia X, D7, a long-haul carrier based in Malaysia, plans to become the second airline in the world to ban children from certain sections of the plane

Lodges from a Fairy Tale

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Solvang, California, U.S.A.  圓夢的住宿 美國加州聖塔巴巴拉 Santa Barbara County, California, USA Interviewed accounts orally: Don Schumann Editor: Spencer Shih (My apologies to all English speakers for posting original published article in Traditional Chinese. Please make good use of your internet translator!)

OZ Rolls out "Hotel Suites"

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World beneath your Hotel Suite window from now on Asiana Airlines said Sunday that it has launched a new type of first-class service, OZ First Suite, which is based on the concept of “hotel suites transplanted in an air carrier”

Property Boom Reshaping Philippine Skylines

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The Peninsula Hotel off-limit rooftop overlooking the Makati skyline, Manila, Philippines As a Philippine property boom gathers pace, even Paris Hilton, Donald Trump and high-fashion house Versace are getting a piece of the action

Mayan "Night Sun" Temple Found in Guatemala

Mayan temple located in the deep of the northern Guatemalan forest Photo by Don Schumann Archeologists have uncovered a 1,600-year-old Mayan temple dedicated to the "night sun" atop a pyramid tomb in the northern Guatemalan forest near the border with Mexico

Phuket 2004

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It was remaining a backpacker's secret when I made my early visits to Koh Phi Phi islands The readers of TripAdvisors have named Koh Phi Phi Don among the top 20 Best Destinations in 2011's Travelers' Choice Destination awards

US Drought Spreads Northwest

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The Badlands, Southern California, U.S.A. Largest area since 1956 affected as drought hits 55% of continental US

Needles Found in Sanwiches on Delta Flights

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Delta Airlines is trying to figure out how needles got into turkey sandwiches on four flights from Amsterdam to the U.S.

Glitch Offering US$33 US-HK Flights

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Me, me, me! Fly First Class to Hong Kong for just 4 frequent flier miles, and plus US$33 in taxes

Blunder Costs US$4.4 Billion

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The now-biggest-bank in the USA I choose JPMorgan Chase has lost about 15 percent of its in market value since the loss came to light

TransAsia Ranked Sixth in Performance

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One of my previous works of First-Class cuisine shots appealed in international magazines (FR/NL/TW) and in-flight menus for international Airliners TransAsia Airways, a mid-sized Taiwanese international carrier, said Friday that it has been ranked sixth globally in terms of performance in a 2012 ranking carried out by US-based trade magazine Aviation Week

Behind the Name

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The old-style signs of profession outside each store in central Germany Did you know?

Most Visited Fog City

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Picture perfect city of San Francisco, USA Well known for its liberal lifestyle and community, the City of San Francisco has plenty of aspects to make it one of the most visited fog cities in the world

Harrods to Open Hotels

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London, photo by Don Schumann Have you ever been to Harrods department store in London?