House & Hotel Magazine features great architecture and today the great @ Narita airport. This amazing video filmed in Japan was created by the music dance group World Order which is led by Genki Sudo. Sure it not only intended as a message of hope. Genki’s message to the Japanese is in this awesome dance video. Narita International Airport is an international airport serving the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan. It is located 60 km of Tokyo Station. Narita handles the majority of international passenger…Continue Reading “Dance @ Narita Airport / Tokyo / Japan”

What do you think about this, welcome your guests with a small present. Ask a neighbour or friend to be guides and to pop in to see how they are and write an agreement about damage. Your guests will be pleased to have your hospitality and may become friends. Honesty is the key in home exchange. Do not be horrified about other people going through your things. Don’t worry – your insurance company will be delighted that your house won’t be empty, and don’t book…Continue Reading “Just travel / home exchange”

Love and happiness again and again on the Seychelles. The royal folks touched down at the international airport on Mahé before heading on to one of the country’s 115 islands. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will go to Desroches Island. Futhermore they will stay  on the exclusive Fregate Island Private, a 20-minute helicopter ride away from airport. Later on Maldives for joy, snorkeling and diving.

48h  in Hong Kong – The Ritz Carlton / Hong Kong / China

Destination Hong Kong. Fasten your seat belts, Thai Arways 380 glides below the blanket of clouds, setting course for Chek Lap Kok International airport. On the horizon I can see the multicoloured neo signs on Hong Kong Island. The city’s glisten between the hills like gemstones. I love Hong Kong. I was on usiness in HK. Ecoluxury consulting. A startup on Causeway Bay hired me.. The Ritz-Carlton experience started with the check-in. The perfect place to experience the vibrant energy and breathtaking beauty of Hong…Continue Reading “48h in Hong Kong – The Ritz Carlton / Hong Kong / China”

The famous Plaza Hotel / Seoul / South-Korea

I love it to be in South-Korea. Just after arriving at the International Airport we went straight away to our hotel -The Plaza-. It reopened in 2010, the renovated hotel offers aesthetic interior designs, impeccable personalized customer service and ultimate convenience for conducting international business. Ideally located in the heart of downtown Seoul, The Plaza is my premier choice if I am doing business in Seoul both for style and convenience.  The logo design represents the image of a link that weaves together the past,…Continue Reading “The famous Plaza Hotel / Seoul / South-Korea”

Asia in style – A heaven on earth – Amara Resort / Singapore

Arival at the Changi International Airport in Singapore is always unique. The airport, is the home base of Singapore Airlines, SilkAir, Tigerair, Jetstar Asia Airways. I felt great to be here, in the region whre I used to live and work for three years. House & Hotel Magazine feature architecture, luxury places and the secret stories behind certain hotels. Amara Resort is a beautiful location on Singapores Sentosa Island. A place that feels like it is made for you. The hotel has elements of the…Continue Reading “Asia in style – A heaven on earth – Amara Resort / Singapore”

Nice and glamorous hotel in the middle of Budapest, contemporary NY Palace Hotel is the rethinking of the original edifice built in 1894. The building has an eclectic style relying on the Italian renaissance however the most unique contemporary interior design has gained ground in the formation of inner spaces creating one of the most dignified hotels within the Boscolo Group. The opulent splendour of the 5 star New York Palace luxury hotel can be recognized not only in forms but materials as well. All the…Continue Reading “Boscolo New York Palace / Budapest”

Destination Russia – Moscow. Contributed by Francois Jobard. A shrine to various eastern cultures, a gourmets playground and a place for a secret rendezvous. Check-in at the Savoy hotel, it was in 1913 when the doors opened for the first time with a great party. The beautiful neoclassical building soon became a prestigious address and it is still an interesting place in the historical center of Moscow. The original five-storey building had the most recent equipment of the time, as elevators, phones in the rooms,…Continue Reading “The Savoy Hotel / Moscow / Russia”

We all know the movie “It Started in Naples” with the fabolous Sophia Loren and Clark Gable. To make it short: Gable travels to Naples a few days before his planned wedding is falling in love and stays in Italy. Long-renown as the birthplace of pizza, the Italian city of Naples now has a garbage problem. Organized crime and an ineffective local government appear to be behind this smelly crisis. The issue seems to be  on the top of the local agenda, but it seems that no one…Continue Reading “It started in Naples / Italy”

Piano Island / Xiamen / China

Destination China. Contributed by Jens Hoffmann. We were looking for a bit of “Shangri-La” on Xiamen. We had a lovely time here. Xiamen is a city in China. It borders Quanzhou and Zhangzhou. It making this a unique built up area of more than five million people. The city is home to large communities of overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia. We took a ferry (just short trip for 5 mins) to Piano Island nearby Xiamen. As a place of residence for Westerners during Xiamen’s colonial…Continue Reading “Piano Island / Xiamen / China”

Leave your important things @home. Manufacturers of residential safes — companies like Liberty Safe, Sentry Group, Allied Safe and Vault and Brown Safe Manufacturing report an increase in sales to customers in Scottland. Recent events, including the mortgage crisis, the recession, hurricanes in the South and the earthquake in Japan are prompting more people to keep their valuables at home. Hmm, keep your finest and sweetest things safe and @home, so you can grab them quickly.

Travelling in Asia, information, maps, transport, activities, advice, reviews and itineraries eg. Asia travellers wake up, its me, take a look at me. My name is Malang, in the cool hills of inland East Java in Indonesia. I know that you aware our volatile post-colonial dutch history, conscious of its reputation as a coffee producer and familiar with Bami and Nasi Goreng. Jump in and see something different, go for Malang.