Review: Cathay Pacific “The Wing” First Class Lounge Hong Kong

After a brief visit to The Bridge, we headed towards The Wing, which houses one of Cathay Pacific's first class lounges at Hong Kong Airport. The lounge has both a first and business class section, and both have unique concepts and spaces. I've reviewed The Wing First Class Lounge before, so I'll keep this review brief.

I really planned the order of our visits poorly. The Wing is located just past immigration, while The Bridge is located near gate 35. Our flight was leaving from gate 43. So really we should have visited The Wing, then The Bridge, and then gone to our flight, rather than The Bridge, then hauling back towards immigration for The Wing, and then to the gate.

If it's any justification, I was hoping to have lunch in The Wing, and they weren't yet serving that when we cleared immigration.

While there's a train running between gate 1 and gate 35 at Hong Kong Airport, it's one-way, so you can't take it in the other direction. So we made the roughly 15 minute trek between lounges, which is always a nice walk.

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Dylan Thomas’s Wales

Few places meant more to the Welsh poet than Swansea, on Wales’s southwest coast. “This sea-town was my world,” he wrote of the “ugly lovely” place where he grew up and wrote the majority of his life’s work.



from Intelligent Travel http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2014/10/07/dylan-thomass-wales/

Frugal Traveler: Soaking Up Waikiki, Surfing to Sunsets, for a Song

Tips for making the most of a budget-friendly visit to the beachfront neighborhood in Honolulu.

















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Itineraries: Businesses Turn to Airbnb

Airbnb, which lets travelers rent space for short periods, has set up a portal to attract business travelers looking for alternatives to hotels.





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For Saudi Arabia, The Hajj Is Big Business

The annual Muslim pilgrimage is turning into a luxury experience. That's good for the Saudi economy, but not for low-income Muslims.



from Travel Feedly http://www.ibtimes.com/hajj-2014-saudi-arabia-muslim-pilgrimage-big-business-1700108

“I am constantly trying new things”: On the Road with Gary Arndt

This is a travel hacking case study. (Read others or nominate yourself.) When I first began galavanting around to every country in the world, there was one guy who quickly became my go-to expert on the South Pacific. Gary Arndt knew every island, even the tiny ones that weren’t technically countries. He and I have…



from The Art of Non-Conformity http://chrisguillebeau.com/on-the-road-with-gary-arndt/

Watching Someone Quit At A Park Hyatt

Okay, so it wasn't a hotel employee, but it was still pretty amusing. ;)

Yesterday afternoon I had to check out of the Park Hyatt Seoul at 4PM, though my flight wasn't until midnight (well, at least in theory... until it wasn't). I still had some work to get done, so decided to sit in The Lounge, which is the name of the lobby lounge on the 24th floor, so that I could have dinner while using wifi.

It's a gorgeous space and the service is exceptional.... so good that it's comical.

I had a lovely Korean dish, so was generally a happy camper.

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Best apps for your Instagram photos

If you don’t know about VSCO Cam, then you're definitely missing out on one of the best tools on the market to date (FACT!).



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/notebook/tips-pros-best-apps-instagram-travel-photos/

Wearables primed for the mainstream with emerging travel apps

This weekend’s THack at SFO airport was a teaser of things to come in the wearables market. Two of the concepts (see ...



from Tnooz http://www.tnooz.com/article/wearables-primed-mainstream-emerging-travel-apps/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wearables-primed-mainstream-emerging-travel-apps

With Likely Just 3 Days Left, Here’s Why the Ink 70,000 Point Offer Is Valuable To You

I receive compensation for many links on this blog. You don’t have to use these links, but I am grateful to you if you do. American Express, Citibank, Chase, and other banks are advertising partners of this site. I do not write about all credit cards that are available — instead focusing on miles, points, […]

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Free Manifesto (and Now a Free Webinar) on the Art of Revolution in Entrepreneurship

Last week I mentioned Jonathan’s new manifesto, a free, no-fluff guide offered in the lead-up to his wildly popular RevolutionU course. If you missed it, you’re not too late. He’s also hosting a free webinar (with live Q&A) later in the week. Everyone who downloads the manifesto is automatically invited to this free, action-packed webinar.…



from The Art of Non-Conformity http://chrisguillebeau.com/free-manifesto-and-now-a-free-webinar-on-the-art-of-revolution-in-entrepreneurship/

TourRadar just made a bold move to become the Viator of multi-day group tours

Group travel marketplace TourRadar has increased its bookable multi-day tour inventory by five times — to 20,000. The Vienna-based startup claims that ...



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Is The W Hotel Chain One Big Pimp?

Philly.com has an interesting story about a lady who was attacked at the W Hotel South Beach, apparently because she was mistaken for a hooker by other hookers (and nobody likes competition!):

"The allegations were made by Anna and Joseph Burgese, of Medford, N.J., in a request for a change of venue in a personal-injury lawsuit they filed against Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc., parent company of W Hotels, in June 2013.

The personal-injury suit was prompted by an attack in January 2013 on Anna Burgese in the lobby of the South Beach W Hotel in Miami Beach by several drunken prostitutes who mistook her for a competing sex worker, the suit says."

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Cheap Winter Flights to/from Miami: $59 Chicago, $60 NYC, $69 PHL, $99 Denver

Frontier Airlines is set to shake things up in Miami later this December when they start non-stop service to Miami from NYC LaGuardia, Philadelphia, Chicago and Denver. Miami, an American Airlines stronghold, doesn’t see much low-cost competition since Southwest and Spirit don’t serve the airport, instead opting for Ft. Lauderdale, just up I-95. Frontier will […]



from The Points Guy http://thepointsguy.com/2014/10/cheap-winter-flights-tofrom-miami-59-chicago-60-nyc-69-phl-99-denver/

The Icon: Egypt’s Great Sphinx

The crouching lion with a man's head was ancient when Cleopatra gazed upon it in 47 B.C. It retains its allure to the powerful, as world leaders from Napoleon to Barack Obama have trekked to Giza to contemplate the same view that captivated the queen of the Nile.



from Intelligent Travel http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2014/10/07/the-icon-egypts-great-sphinx/