The Top 10 Best Boutique Hotels in Tokyo, Japan February 10, 2020 at 06:09AM

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The Top 10 Best Boutique Hotels in Tokyo, Japan

Ultimate List of Best Tokyo Boutique Hotels The capital city of Japan was originally known as Edo, which means “estuary.” When Edo became the imperial capital, its name was changed to Tokyo with “to” meaning East and “Kyo” translating to capital. Tokyo, a part of the Kanto Region, is on the south-eastern side of Japan’s […]

The Top 10 Best Boutique Hotels in Tokyo, Japan
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A Traveller’s Break from Social Media: Where Does It Lead? February 10, 2020 at 02:06AM

Last year I travelled to my hometown—a lush southern hill station where I no longer have a home. For my summer holiday I stayed at a family friends’ home, which also happens to be one of the first two houses constructed in Kodaikanal back in 1845.

From its antique furniture to its spacious porch to the generations of cats that roam its shola-forested boundary, being at this house felt like living in a parallel universe.

So of course, the first thing I did (after petting the cats) was take a picture. The second thing I did was stop.

This might be my hometown, but it wasn’t my home. It belonged to a family who had spent nearly a century caring for it. Would I, with my “home for two weeks” Instagram caption, somehow undermine this? I couldn’t take the chance. But I would also be lying if I said I didn’t really want to.

So I spent the trip struggling against an impulse that feels like second nature now: populating my social media feed. At the same time, I began to question what this relentless urge to share holiday pictures online does—not only to a place, but to the very concept of a vacation itself.

 

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Say Hello to The Chow Kit — Ormond Hotels’ First Boutique Property in Kuala Lumpur February 10, 2020 at 12:48AM

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Say Hello to The Chow Kit — Ormond Hotels’ First Boutique Property in Kuala Lumpur

Ormond Hotels Debuts Its First Boutique Property, The Chow Kit, In Kuala Lumpur For 2020 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — Yet another newest addition in the Chow Kit neighborhood located at the heart of the old Kuala Lumpur is an Ormond Hotel named The Chow Kit (hotel info) has opened its doors to the public. The […]

Say Hello to The Chow Kit — Ormond Hotels’ First Boutique Property in Kuala Lumpur
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