Marco Polo arrives at the Capital of China. Illustration from the book
"The Travels of Marco Polo".
Translated by W. Marsden. Our first cover picture highlights the important historical and literary connections for The Art of Travel.
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The Global Travel News Magazine with TREADability:
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Issue Number One - March 2019
"Tread softy because you tread on my dreams" (W.B.Yeats 1899)
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On the Road to Mandalay
Belmond offers a choice of two ships: Road to Mandalay and Orcaella. Gain a unique perspective on the fascinating Myanmar, led by expert guides. These personalised excursions allow you time to enjoy the sights at leisure. Visit a rural school and take tea with the villagers. Witness a novitiation ceremony at a secluded monastery. Wander around the ancient temples of Bagan. Cruise on the Road to Mandalay - the Irrawaddy River - immortalised in the famous ballad by Rudyard Kipling.
Read more and book with DestinationElite.
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Chateau in Paris which was the inspiration for Versailles.
This is the Great Square room in the 17th century masterpiece, Chateau Vaux-le-Vicomte and the backdrop to many major historical events. The furniture, the tapestries, the bronzes, the statues and the busts are staged in order to let the visitor wandering in the château’s intimacy. We learned a lot of this famous Chateau and its extensive gardens from none other than Jean-Charles de Vogue, a senior member of the chateau owning family, on a recent visit to Singapore to promote the delights of Paris and its surrounding districts.
Learn more about the Chateau here.
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March Attractions:
Naturally Singapore
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Come and see our beautiful birds in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, our adorable river otters, and the many other animals which call Singapore home. Step back in time with a visit to Pulau Ubin, a 10-minute boat ride away from mainland Singapore. Admire the beauty and learn the heritage of our world famous Botanic Gardens (our first UNESCO Heritage site!). In this its bicentenary year, Singapore is celebrating its history and its environment. Jane's Tours will help you see and explore the best of Singapore.
Naturally. Read More.
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Eco-Adventures:
ChickenFeet Travels
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Sleep amongst the clouds and learn about the Black Hmong and the Red Dao minority tribes. Once in a lifetime holiday.
ChickenFeet Travels believes that meeting new people in different places gives us new perspectives and appreciation for what we have. But so often we just take from communities and countries without even thinking about how to give back? In the recent decades, many individuals have travelled to Southeast Asia and stayed to pursue their passions by starting projects that give back to the community.
Learn more about Topas Eco Lodge and other eco-adventures offered by ChickenFeet Travels.
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TravelEase
is one-stop App for wide range of 'Things to Do' in Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Taipei, Seoul, Tokyo and Bali.
There are many exclusive deals with up to 70% off. After making a booking online, you will receive tickets in the App itself which you can scan at the merchants to enter. If you have any feedback about TravelEase App, we'd love to hear it. Please email: info@sgtravelease.com.
Go for the App. TravelEase.
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The extraordinary travel tales of an eminent scientist.
Join Nobel Prize winner Peter Doherty on his extraordinary adventures around the globe.
Doherty's dazzling schedule can leave his head spinning. So what happens when he lifts his gaze and asks: 'What the hell am I doing here?' Doherty has kept a journal about the far-flung destinations his work has taken him to for more than thirty years.
Published by Melbourne University Press.
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From the World’s Most Awarded Luxury Cruise Line comes the world’s largest and most spacious luxury expedition yacht,
Crystal Endeavor
™ which begins her inaugural season in August 2020.
From the Arctic to the Antarctic and far-away lands in between, a voyage of fascinating discovery awaits. This is just one of the comprehensive cruises offered by Crystal and now included in the
strategic marketing and sales alliance with DestinationElite, who are committed to delivering the very best travel experiences to Asian luxury consumers. Besides Crystal’s portfolio of global luxury experiences in ocean, river, yacht and upcoming expedition cruising, the company has privately-owned Boeing 777 aircraft and Bombardier Global Express Jets for exclusive chartered air travel. Travel marketing guru Mark Greedy – the CEO and founder of DestinationElite – sees this tie-up as a significant milestone and recognition of the important role his business plays in this burgeoning Asian luxury market.
“Crystal and its parent company, Genting Hong Kong International, are renowned as global hospitality leaders with a particular knowledge and capability in Asia. A perfect match for us,” says Mark Greedy.
There's much more here on DestinationElite.
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A journey wth Alain de Botton
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Inspiration for this magazine - and life in general - often comes from Alain de Botton. In his 2002 book "The Art of Travel", he considers the pleasures of anticipation; the allure of the exotic, and the value of noticing everything from a seascape in Barbados to the takeoffs at Heathrow. Even as he takes the reader along on his own peregrinations, he also cites such distinguished fellow-travelers as Baudelaire, Wordsworth, Van Gogh, the biologist Alexander von Humboldt, and the 18th-century eccentric Xavier de Maistre. The Art of Travel (the book of course!) is a wise and utterly original work of art in motion. Don't leave home without it.
Read more.
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Literary Festivals - catering to writers and readers - are taking place somewhere every month. Here are some worth travelling to where tales will be told.
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Literary trails to inspire the imagination
Welcome to
The Word Travels
, the hub for literary trails and adventures. Here you’ll find information and inspiration for stimulating journeys within and beyond the book.
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"All is True" - or not!
Film review by Simran Hans in The Observer.
This witty collaboration between
Kenneth Branagh
and writer Ben Elton imagines William Shakespeare’s final years in Stratford-upon-Avon, focusing in particular on his relationships with his two daughters and deceased son, Hamnet, who died at the age of 11. Branagh casts himself as the beloved “Will” (of course), playing him with a convincingly world-weary edge, while Judi Dench stars as his wife, Anne Hathaway (English literature nerds may enjoy the references to their “second best bed”).
Read the Rest.
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This is True!
While on the Shakespeare theme, we just learned from Professor D.J. Britton - playwright and director of creative writing at Swansea University - that the university will host the 2019 British Shakespeare Association conference on the theme of “Shakespeare, Race, and Nation” 17-20 July 2019.
Read all about it.
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A Walk in the Park!
To celebrate the English National Parks, a new project has launched targeting the international travel trade: The English National Park Experience Collection (ENPEC). Supported by VisitEngland’s Discover England Fund, the new collection is made up of over 70 new immersive visitor experiences and over 80 accommodation providers, across nine of England’s National Parks.
Read all about it.
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In the Circumstances
.....Rosie Milne admits that her historical novel "Circumstance" - published by Monsoon Books - was inspired by "The Force of Circumstance", a short story by W. Somerset Maugham and the first in a trilogy of Maugham-inspired colonial tales set in 1920s Malaya. Sub-titled Truth and Lies in the Malayan Jungle, "Circumstance" certainly follows in the footsteps - and typewriter key characters - of Somerset Maugham in giving us a fine piece of literary travel writing set in another time.
Here's an extract read by the author at Books Actually.
She
has an uncanny knack of producing believable characters through her meticulous research. Along with her three previous novels, "How to change your life", "Holding the Baby" and "Olivia & Sophie" (the wives of Sir Stamford Raffles), Rosie Milne shows us in "Circumstance" there are more truths and lies she can inflict on her readers. She also openly promotes other authors through her
Asian Books Blog.
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Art+Tech for Good ....& ....The Future of Our Pasts
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Technology-driven art exhibition:
At the Art Science Museum Singapore until 17 March, this exhibition features about 20 immersive artworks and experiences by more than 25 artists, with a focus on environmental sustainability. Kay Vasey, founder of the not-for-profit MeshMinds Foundation, says: "We want to tackle global challenges from an Asian perspective. If we always talk about it from the perspective of the West, where are the Asian voices?"
Read all about it and go.
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Just an Old Orchard Road:
Just one of the many attractions and events during Singapore's first ever Future of our Pasts Festival: a walking tour of Orchard Road as it was and how it isn't any longer. How Singapore's prime shopping avenue got its name when nutmeg plantations ruled the roost. Pictured above is an old postcard showing Orchard Road in the early 1900s.
There's more.
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ART+CLIMATE=CHANGE will present over thirty curated exhibitions at leading museums and galleries in Melbourne and regional Victoria, Australia from 23 April to 19 May. The 2019 festival will consider ideas and concepts around art and activism, community engagement, transition and accelerated action on climate change.
There's more.
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Music to Your Ears: Eco Food, Wood4Good & Phantom
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It's Impossible!
Stanford biochemist Pat Brown was on sabbatical when he resolved to take on what he calls “the most destructive technology on Earth". So he founded
Impossible Foods
and
has replicated the delicious characteristics of beef. We tried it at Adrift Restaurant at Marina Bay Sands. It's not Impossible! It's true, tasty and nutritious.
You'll want more of it.
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Wood4Good.
Roger & Sons - three young creative craftsmen - are embarking on a
Local Tree Project
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aking furniture from abandoned trees in Singapore, some that had fallen, or were cut down for good reason or otherwise needed to be disposed of. They believe that "earth is a living, breathing organism that deserves respect". An ideal case for our
"Focus on Forests" campaign.
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Phantom of the Opera!
With a 37 strong international cast and a full 11-piece live orchestra, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera - arguably the world's most popular musical - comes to Southeast Asia. First Manila, running now until 31 March, then Singapore from 24 April until 26 May, and on to Kuala Lumpur from 15 June.
"Music of the Night" and much more.
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The Art of Sustainability
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Paper Straws won't Save the Planet
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Sustainability isn’t just about eschewing plastic straws and water bottles, writes Ken Hickson in Business Traveller Asa Pacific.
It seems to have become trendy in recent times for hotels to make a fanfare of their token sustainability gestures – moves that are ostensibly good for the environment but of questionable efficacy in the grand scheme of saving the planet.
Read Business Traveller for the rest.
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