Hong Kong Travel News

The Travelers Digest online travel magazine has revamped their website to be more user friendly.

Promes Sanitá, a dental clinic situated in Milan, Italy, has attained the prestigious Novasans Dental Travel Excellence Award 2011/2012. The award is bestowed to the top ten dental clinics across the world catering to international patients.

The Aesthetics and medical tourism guide Novasans has launched The Aesthetics Travel Excellence Award 2011, to spotlight some of the best aesthetics clinics and facilities across the world, in order to help patients in their choice of clinics.

The medical tourism and wellness travel guide Novasans has launched the Spa Travel Excellence Award 2011, to spotlight some of the best spas and wellness institutions across the world.

The Turkey Healthcare Summit 2012, held in Istanbul March 2012, will discuss the health industry in Turkey, with a focus on medical tourism, E-health, and telemedicine. The Medical Tourism guide Novasans participates as Media Partners in the event.

Novasans is proud to announce the first winner of the prestigious Novasans Medical Travel Excellence Award. The award is given to one of India’s leading orthopedic and joint centers; Madras Joint Replacement Center, located in Chennai, India.

In order to acclaim and distinguish the foremost dental tourism providers, Novasans has initiated The Dental Travel Excellence Award, bestowed to 10 dental providers per year across the world, adhering high quality of care abroad for dental tourists.

Novasans are proud to present a media partnership with The Egypt Medical & Healthcare Conference 2011. The event is held at the Concorde El Salam Hotel, Heliopolis in Cairo, Egypt 14-15 December 2011.

The online guide for medical tourism and healthcare travel Novasans, is now introducing live chat on the website in order to instantly accommodate and assist patients seeking for treatment abroad. The live chat is managed by Novasans travel experts.

Kiev takes the top spot in a ranking of cities with the world's most beautiful women by magazine Travelers Digest.

The Travelers Digest online travel magazine has revamped their website to be more user friendly.

Luxury stores are preparing for wealthy Chinese shoppers for the Chinese Year of the Dragon. The easing of travel restrictions in China means the turn of the year has become a time for international travel and shopping for the country’s elite.

Selling entry-level priced Louis Vuitton small accessories to a large number of Chinese consumers may be a good idea from a pure short-term perspective, but is conveys risks on the long term on the brand image of LV with affluent Chinese consumers.

“African destinations must also learn to attract more Chinese leisure tourists”, said Mrs Françoise Kameni-Lele, President of the China to Africa organization (CTA), the official organization promoting Africa to Chinese outbound tourists.

Acknowledging the prominent role of the travel and tourism sector in creating jobs and powering the economy, President Obama announced that he has issued an Executive Order aimed at boosting travel and tourism during an event in Orlando, Florida.

The U.S. Travel industry worked with Congressional appropriators to secure significant victories related to U.S. visa system and traveler facilitation reforms in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2012.

The new generation of young and affluent Chinese outbound tourists prefer the independent travel blogs to "official" outbound travel agencies to make their choice of leisure destination outside China.

Novotel Century Hong Kong is celebrating the 20th anniversary with “20 Years of Building Smile” cocktail party on 15 December 2011 at the Hotel.

Promes Sanitá, a dental clinic situated in Milan, Italy, has attained the prestigious Novasans Dental Travel Excellence Award 2011/2012. The award is bestowed to the top ten dental clinics across the world catering to international patients.

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The Aesthetics and medical tourism guide Novasans has launched The Aesthetics Travel Excellence Award 2011, to spotlight some of the best aesthetics clinics and facilities across the world, in order to help patients in their choice of clinics.

The medical tourism and wellness travel guide Novasans has launched the Spa Travel Excellence Award 2011, to spotlight some of the best spas and wellness institutions across the world.

The Turkey Healthcare Summit 2012, held in Istanbul March 2012, will discuss the health industry in Turkey, with a focus on medical tourism, E-health, and telemedicine. The Medical Tourism guide Novasans participates as Media Partners in the event.

Novasans is proud to announce the first winner of the prestigious Novasans Medical Travel Excellence Award. The award is given to one of India’s leading orthopedic and joint centers; Madras Joint Replacement Center, located in Chennai, India.

In order to acclaim and distinguish the foremost dental tourism providers, Novasans has initiated The Dental Travel Excellence Award, bestowed to 10 dental providers per year across the world, adhering high quality of care abroad for dental tourists.

Novasans are proud to present a media partnership with The Egypt Medical & Healthcare Conference 2011. The event is held at the Concorde El Salam Hotel, Heliopolis in Cairo, Egypt 14-15 December 2011.

Novotel Century Hong Kong is pleased to announce the appointment of Jerome Stubert to the post of General Manager.

Novasans, the online guide for medical tourism, announces partnership with Healthy Nation 2012, the leading healthcare event in Ukraine.

The Medical Travel Excellence Award is initiated by Novasans to acclaim and distinguish the foremost worldwide medical tourism providers, in order for the patient to make an informed and secure choice before traveling abroad for treatment.

The medical tourism guide Novasans launches its new Medical Travel E-Award, as the next step towards promoting patient intelligence, interactivity and transparence, along with ensuring online reliability.

“The Foremost Good Fortune” Book Tour supported by The Peninsula Hotels’ New Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign

Novasans is happy to declare itself media partner to the 3rd Temos Conference, held in Cologne, Germany, Nov 20-23 2011. The networking event brings together medical tourism experts to discuss potentials and challenges for European medical travel.

LUXE City Guides the consummately stylish pocket guides famous for their original content and uniquely beautiful covers, have expanded their range of international titles to include the cities of Amsterdam and Stockholm.

Owners of Hong Kong cafes have an opportunity to bring in more customers thanks to free listings now available on a newly launched local online directory.

Three Peninsula Hotels mark milestone anniversaries in 2011 with exceptional accommodation and culinary offerings

This Photo Point Guide is designed to tell users where in HK the best places to take professional photographs. With many professional photographs taken by Lars Rucker, he will guide users step by step as to where to take the photos.

Chef Yoshiharu Kaji’s Arrival and the Launch of New Interactive iPad Menus

Novotel Citygate Hong Kong’s continuous effort and commitment to the environment has been rewarded with the Bronze award for “2010 Hong Kong Awards for Environmental Excellence – Hotels and Restaurants”, the most reputable award in Hong Kong.

Popular beach resort in North Luzon for company outings and family retreats during Holy Week and Easter Holidays this year is Clearwater located in the safe and convenient destination of Pampanga Clark Philippines just 70 minutes from Manila.

Easter is a traditional time for chocolate. Novotel Century Hong Kong presents chocolate themed Easter dining at Le Cafe and Pepino Cucina Italiana during the long weekend from 22 to 25 April.

Clark, Pampanga used to be an American airbase until the 70s when it was returned to the Philippines after the eruption of Mount Pinatubo. Clark has the lowest crime rates in Philippines, preferred by safety-conscious tourists.

India’s first Transit Hotel called Eaton Smart (with rooms available in 5 hour slots to help passengers relax before or after a flight) is set to open in quarter 1, 2011 in India's flagship at New Delhi International Airport Terminal 3.

Langham Hotels which has regal connections dating back 1865, is looking for grooms or brides to upload a minute of their proposal (real or imagined) online at romantic.langhamhotels.com to win a US$40,000 romantic journey of a lifetime prize.

Introducing Hong Kong’s Most Interactive, Comprehensive Guide for Travelers. Ask Ting Ting is a City Guide preinstalled on a Smartphone and features over 600 recommendations, free internet and free local and international phone calls.

Visitors to Clark looking for places to visit, sightseeing spots, resorts and hotels to stay in, relax and unwind, spa, good restaurants, shopping malls, leisure, entertainment and recreation for tourists and Manila residents are available here

Unfazed by crime rates and terrorist acts in Philippines, tourists from all over the world travel to Clark near Manila to unwind, relax, enjoy simple US lifestyle, wine and dine at fine dining restaurants, shop for great vintage wine also.

First Blossom Japan Luxury Travel Show Off to a Successful Start in Tokyo. New exclusive event hailed as the beginning of a new era for the luxury travel industry in Japan: Enticing the rich Chinese outbound tourists is a priority.

Last year many visitors to Hot Air Balloon Festival in Clark could not book hotel resort rooms; many also complain of long wait at the gate for tickets. Clearwater Resort offers solution to both problems for 2011 Hot Air Balloon Fiesta in Pampanga.

As more wealthy Chinese couples are searching for luxury destinations for their weddings and honeymoons, the Caribbean Wedding Association will help the Caribbean tourism industry to entice more Chinese couples.

Don't miss the 2012 annual hot air balloon festival in Clark, Philippines; booking hotel rooms, restaurant and a ring-side seat for breakfast at the roof deck of Clark Wine Center to watch the colorful balloons take off and return to earth nearby.

Novotel Citygate Hong Kong is pleased to announce the appointment of Kumar Ellawala as Resident Manager.

BeeCrazy offers you another crazy good deal to Hong Kongers on www.beecrazy.com, one of Hong Kong’s leading group buying sites.

China Elite Focus Limited, the leading Hong Kong-based marketing agency targeting affluent and wealthy Chinese outbound tourists, has selected Patrick Cooke as its new Vice President of U.S. Sales & Marketing.

This year, Novotel Century Hong Kong launches the Christmas restaurant donation program. All proceeds will be donated to support children in China affected by AIDS.

As China’s travel market continues to grow, with an 11% uptick in the number of travelers last year, adoption of online booking is picking up as well. While only 10% of 2009 trips were booked online, that proportion should double by 2011.

Clark Travel Leisure Marketing reminds tourists to book hotel room early for upcoming Hot Air Balloon Festival in Clark Philippines. Highly recommended beach resort in Pampanga is Clearwater, also good location to watch the hot air balloons.

Forget entertaining clients and associates in karaoke bars, with free flow of “Moutai”.  The new generation of Chinese businessmen is more likely to be talking deals on luxury boats.

The luxury resort operator, which makes the bulk of its profits in Southeast Asia, was hit by a string of events, which benched more Europeans and U.S. tourists at home.But there’s a glimmer at the end of the tunnel, and it’s coming from China.