The Philippines are known for their beautiful islands and fantastic beaches. Palawan/Coron and Boracay have featured in many “best island” lists, but my new favorite island is Siargao. Long popular among surfers, it offers nice beaches, unspoiled nature and a cool vibe for relaxing getaways, even without a surfboard! It’s much less developed and still […]
Lufthansa‘s low-cost subsidiary Eurowings is launching a new Business Class offering in 2018 with fully flat seats! They are likely to operate Brussels Airline Airbus A340 with Brussels crews from Duesseldorf to US destinations. More details will be announced at the ITB Conference in March 2018! That’s exciting news, promising more low-cost options for lie-flat seats
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) unveiled their next Accelerate Promotion for January-April 2018. The personalized promotions are different for each member and in my case would offer up to 17,500 points for a single night stay and a total of 59,200 points if I meet all goals! Despite the issues I’ve encountered with previous IHG Accelerate promotions,
Notice of the death of the topbonus rewards program has apparently been exaggerated. topbonus started to notify members that they can now earn miles with Germania, the German leisure airline! You can earn 250-2,000 topbonus miles for each flight and redemptions are supposed to follow soon!
I grew up with the wonderful in Germany with the wonderful tradition of a Christmas Kalendar, counting down the days to Christmas with a chocolate for each day of December up to December 24th. Now, many companies are extending this tradition to marketing games. This year, you can win prices with Norwegian Air, Steigenberger Hotels,
The Hilton Sukhumvit is located near the Phrom Phong BTS and Emporium malls, offers some of the best value in the Hilton portfolio in town and a nice Executive Lounge to boot. If you are Hilton Honors fan, you should consider it on your next visit to the City of Angels!
Scoot Airlines is the low-cost subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, launched in 2012. They were conceived as a long-haul airline from the start and recently merged with Singapore Airline’s short-haul subsidiary Tiger Air. Find out who they are and why you should care!
SkyTrax certified Lufthansa (LH) as a 5 star airline, making it the 10th airline worldwide to reach this highly valued award, shared with airlines like Singapore Airlines, All Nippon Air (ANA) or Etihad. The award takes into account not only the onboard product, but the end-to-end service from the ground service to lounges and transfer,
Lufthansa has announced their new Business Class seats that will be installed in their new Boeing B777-9 airplanes and they are finally moving to an all aisle access configuration! The new seats will be exceptionally long at 2.2m and include the option for “throne seats” with plenty of desk space on both sides. The seats
Scoot Air, the low-cost subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, is announcing their third long-haul route, after launching flights to Athens and Honolulu this year. They will utilize their new Boeing B787 Dreamliner planes for the 13 hour non-stop flight and operate four times a week. They plan to start selling tickets in the first quarter of
The pullman King Power Bangkok was the first pullman hotel worldwide, recently celebrated it’s 10 year anniversary and underwent a renovation. It now offers a grand lobby, great pool, spa and lounge and stylish rooms at reasonable prices. If you don’t mind the walk to BTS and airport train, you’ll get quickly to anywhere in
Planning a trip to Asia? Singapore is the easiest city in Asia to visit, with English as official language, the world’s best airport and great transportation. You’ll also find some unique sights for a short stop-over and connections to anywhere in the region! Read my mini-guide to Singpaore to find out why you should go,