Editor's Note
Melissa Tizi | Editor, TravelWeekly Asia melissa.tizi@tenalpsasia.com
Shanghai shines
A few exciting highlights are seen in this issue – panda invasion in the heart of London, a low cost carrier spearheads the use of in-fl ight Wi-Fi and below, you can see what makes a winning travel photograph. Travel is exciting, sometimes demanding, but almost always a personal and unique learning experience that you can't just buy off the shelves. And that is why a hotel plays an important role in determining the start of your next journey. A room,
a bed and even a visual affair can make or break your day. It sets a tone to the start of your journey and provides that sense of closure to a satisfying travel.
This issue, we zero in on Shanghai's sophistication – through two fine hotels that are not just enviably stunning, but also provide that extra edge against the rest, through their stories and their own styles that add to the vibrant colour of the city.
SpotLight
Most Amazing Travel Experience
Photographs capture moment s ,
emotions
a nd ex p e r i e n ces an d immort alise them into memories that you can revisit. And that is why a photograph carries its own literature of thoughts and interpretations. Recently, Luxexperience
organised a competition urging travellers to submit their travel photographs in the running for the "Most Amazing Travel Experience" title. In line with the inaugural Luxexperience gathering of the world's most exclusive experiential travel prov ider s
in S ydney from
September 10 -12 this year, the competition was held to promote the event and also highlight some of the high calibre, creative and quality shots from the travellers. And the ent ry that won
2 | ■ TRAVELWEEKLY ASIA | 10 JULY 2012 Peter Young's winning photograph
the hearts of the judges is Peter Young's image of his dog sledding experience in Mongolia's iconic Terel ji Nat ional Park. Young took home A$25,100 worth of Orion Expedition Cruise for two to explore Austral ia's rugged Kimberley coast, earning himself and his partner the chance to discover the region's rugged gorges, secluded beaches and waterfalls as well as remote river inlets that can only be explored from sea.
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