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May 15, 2020Taiwan’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Located just 81 miles off the coast of Mainland China, according to an IEEE Spectrum article, Taiwan was originally predicted to have the second-highest risk of a COVID-19 outbreak at the beginning of the pandemic. To date, Taiwan has only seen 440 total cases and seven deaths and is touted by many as having won the fight against the virus. How did they do it?
Destinations / Asia
May 11, 2020Singapore Leads the Way to a Sustainable Future
FOR ALL ITS COSMOPOLITAN TRAPPINGS, Singapore remains, at heart, a tropical island. The city planners determinedly preserved greenery amid the high groves of concrete and glass, and for a complete escape from urban bustle there still remain patches of the jungle and mangroves that covered the island when Sir Stamford Raffles first established a trading outpost here in 1819.
Destinations / Asia
May 5, 2020Taiwan: A Hot Spot for Health
LOCATED OFF THE EASTERN coast of mainland China, Taiwan’s popularity as a medical tourism destination has, until recently, been limited to demographics from within Asia. That’s rapidly changing: Thanks to a combination of high value and low cost, this island destination shows up with increasing frequency on the radar of medical tourists from Western countries including the United States.
Destinations / Asia
Apr 21, 2020Connect with Borneo’s Orangutans
MEMBERS OF OUR WELCOMING COMMITTEE at Camp Leakey climb around the wooden slats of the jetty, anxiously awaiting our arrival. The unrelenting equatorial sun highlights their orange tufts of hair, their playful antics offering a distraction from the tropical heat.
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Apr 13, 2020Laguna Golf Lăng Cô Makes a Comeback
Laguna Golf Lăng Cô golf resort in Vietnam opened in 2013. Sir Nick Faldo designed the 18-hole, par-71 championship course. Since opening, the course fell into deterioration until Adam Calver took over as director of golf in 2017 with the goal to return the course to its original pristine condition.
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Apr 8, 2020InterContinental Hong Kong to Renovate, Reopen as Regent Hong Kong in 2022
By Kimberly Krol