Hot Air Ballooning in Myanmar: Spectacular views of 3,000+ ancient temples of Bagan, as seen from the sky

Hot Air Ballooning in Myanmar


by Tanveer Badal November, 2010 saw the lift of longstanding sanctions and boycotts of Myanmar with the release of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi after 15 years of house arrest, effectively opening a largely unseen…

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Word of Mouth: Shanghai: Traditional textiles, boldly modern boutiques and coffee-geek cafés in our guide to China’s most populous city

Word of Mouth: Shanghai


by Hart Hagerty China’s global financial center, transport hub and stylish East-meets-West playground, Shanghai is the country’s largest city by population (23 million as of 2013), and the beating heart of the buzzing metropolis is Jing’An district, which has undergone a mind-blowing metamorphosis. The last decade has ushered in shiny…

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Kensington Tours: Explorers in Residence Series: Rare, remote excursions around the globe led by internationally acclaimed explorers

Kensington Tours: Explorers in Residence Series


Jeff Willner isn’t your average CEO. The thoughtful, charismatic mastermind behind Kensington Tours clocked over 120,000 miles while driving around the globe as a brand ambassador for Land Rover. This modern-day explorer, who has touched down…

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City Guides: New York City: Ahead of this year’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, an updated guide to New York City

City Guides: New York City


Just ahead of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week—which begins this Thursday, 6 February—we decided to update our NYC City Guide for the many sartorially minded visitors that are currently visiting this magnificent city. From post-show cocktails to shopping and coffee breaks, our guide to…

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Tiny Atlas Quarterly: An aesthetically driven travel magazine that incites adventure in all forms

Tiny Atlas Quarterly


Wanderlust, adventure, lost, found; these words evoke different feelings, memories and ideas in all of us. While universal, the need to explore our surroundings is deeply personal. For some, it means seeking rest and relaxation, be that lying on a tranquil beach or…

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SMWH.RE: A travel inspiration web app pairs Instagram images with information

SMWH.RE


While developing a trip-planning support app called Tripovore, Paris-based designer and developer Benjamin Netter (winner of 2011’s Foursquare Hackathon) discovered that “pictures from Instagram give you a much better…

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Best of CH 2013: Instagram: From all over the globe, dazzling moments, design objects, art and automobiles caught on camera

Best of CH 2013: Instagram


As we enter 2014, a glance back at our Instagram truly reflects the number of miles the CH team clocked last year. Various cities across dozens of countries, art fairs and auto shows, captivating design, sweet treats and even alcohol inspired us on…

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Best of CH 2013: Travel: A look back at our visits to Panama City, Paris and more—including a 3,700-mile motorbike ride from Brooklyn to Los Angeles

Best of CH 2013: Travel


Every year, the experience of travel becomes easier and—dare we say it—even more fun, thanks to an influx of innovative apps, new thinking in hotel design and more. Between the major travel headlines of 2013—like American Airlines and US Airways finally receiving the green light for their merger making them…

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American Trade Hotel, Panama: Ace Hotel’s creative team joins forces with Commune and local developers for a restoration project in the country’s oldest neighborhood

American Trade Hotel, Panama


Panama City is a place of contrasts and connections. Glass towers jut out of the city’s peripheral coastline, the thick Central American jungle on one side and a burgeoning cosmopolitan metropolis on the other. The development of new housing and retail space can’t…

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