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Susie Zanardi | Editor, TravelWeekly Asia susie.zanardi@tenalpsasia.com
Focus: Top hotels and destination KL Most hot e ls are in awe of
TripAdvisor because bad reviews could damage their reputation and when the hotel receives an accolade, it does mean a lot . TripAdvisor, supposedly the world's largest travel site, has announced the winners of its 2012 Travelers' Choice awards . Shang r i - La Tok yo has been
recognized as the Best Luxury (four- and fi ve-star) Hotel in the World and in Asia, and Taj Lake Palace Udaipur in India gets the Best Hotel in Asia award. Kuala Lumpur is our focus as a destination and the efforts of Tourism Malaysia and MyCEB (Malaysia Convention and Exhibition Bureau)
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to promote Malaysia as a MICE destination. Well known hoteliers like Dato' Eric Lim, managing director of Cititel Hotels, and Stephen Cokkinias, general manager of Ritz-Carlton share with us their knowledge of the hotel industry. Dato' Ngiam Foon, CEO of
travel group, also speak to us of his companies and his opinion on Kuala Lumpur. As Malaysia spearheads its drive
for the high yield market, we hope that
it will be able to achieve its
goal, and given the infrastructure, facilities and effort, it is only a matter of time.
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Step into the world of splendour – one of royalty, palaces, glitz and glory. Is it a palace you see – a fl oating vision in marble – standing amidst the glowing moonlight and gentle lakeside breezes? That's the world of Taj Lake Palace
Udaipur – a palace that has sprung up in one of
four lovely islands in
Lake Pichola in Udaipur, Rajasthan. History has it that young prince Maharana Jagat Singh II built his own pleasure palace, which began in1743 and inaugurated in 1746. It was named Jag Niwas, now renamed Taj Lake Palace. What begun as a prince's rebellious gesture has become one of the most
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romant ic hotels in the world by Maharana Bhagwat Singhji
in 1963.
Then in 1971, Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces carried on the royal tradition of the luxurious lake palace. Its decadent reputation was cemented when the James Bond fi lm Octopussy was fi lmed on the premises – the secluded lair of the fi lm's eponymous Bond girl. Every of its 66 room and 17 suites
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