China: Sips of Hangzhou are savored like a fine tea

China: Sips of Hangzhou are savored like a fine tea

HANGZHOU, China — Few cities in this vast, complex land rival Hangzhou in the hearts and minds of the Chinese.

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Asia: Hotel embraces cherry blossoms

Asia: Hotel embraces cherry blossoms

Cherry blossom season sprang to life earlier than usual this year in Tokyo and is now in full swing, according to Japan’s weather...

Asia: Kempinski opening hotels in China and India

Asia: Kempinski opening hotels in China and India

Another longtime European hotel group is making fresh inroads into Asia.

Indonesia: Maluku Islands offer an underwater wonderland

Indonesia: Maluku Islands offer an underwater wonderland

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Hong Kong: New billion-dollar cruise terminal to open this spring

Hong Kong: New billion-dollar cruise terminal to open this spring

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Borneo: Tour promises adventure, apes, aerial walkways and more

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India: Say 'namaste' at the International Yoga Festival

India: Say 'namaste' at the International Yoga Festival

Trade bad karma for good next month at the International Yoga...

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Hong Kong: Mandarin celebrates its first 50 years and its next 50

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Five adventurous places to see this year, from Josh Gates of 'Destination Truth'

Five adventurous places to see this year, from Josh Gates of 'Destination Truth'

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Rick Steves: Let your head, not headlines, guide where you go

Rick Steves: Let your head, not headlines, guide where you go

Guidebook author and TV travel host Rick Steves embraces and encourages "thoughtful...

India: Volunteer program lets you work with elephants in Jaipur

India: Volunteer program lets you work with elephants in Jaipur

Get up close and personal with one of the animal kingdom’s weightiest—and most interesting—mammals, the elephant.

Asia: Bali hotel opening is one of several Le Meridiens on the way

Asia: Bali hotel opening is one of several Le Meridiens on the way

Le Méridien, a Paris-born hotel group that’...

Asia: Peninsula Hotels prepare to celebrate Year of the Snake

Asia: Peninsula Hotels prepare to celebrate Year of the Snake

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Hong Kong: If you missed Monday's party, you can still celebrate

Hong Kong: If you missed Monday's party, you can still celebrate

If you missed the international party Monday night, you'll have another chance to ring out the old and ring in the new next month when...

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