Forbes Travel Guide unveils 2025 Star Awards, FTG becomes the first rating system to honor cruise ship restaurants Forbes Travel Guide (FTG)—the only independent, global rating system for luxury hotels, restaurants, spas and ocean cruises—has revealed its 2025 Star Awards. The 67th annual list spans more than 2,100 properties in 90 countries. It features 336 Five-Star, 645 Four-Star and 567 Recommended hotels; 79 Five-Star, 128 Four-Star and 64 Recommended restaurants; 124 Five-Star and 224 Four-Star spas; seven Four-Star and seven Recommended cruise ships; and three Four-Star and three Recommended cruise ship restaurants—a new rating accolade. The ratings expanded into new destinations, including Brunei; Costa Navarino, Greece; Finland; Haikou, Xiamen and Xi'an, China; Kazak...
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Enjoy a family escape at Anantara Koh Yao Yai Resort & Villas The upcoming holidays are an ideal time to visit Thailand’s beautiful south, and Anantara Koh Yao Yai Resort & Villas is the ideal setting for families seeking adventure and luxe in equal measure. Located in the middle of Phang Nga Bay, Anantara Koh Yao Yai Resort & Villas offers an ideal base from which to explore, less than an hour by speedboat from all the most famous islands in Southern Thailand. Setting off in a luxury boat charters, guests will be the first to arrive and see the locations in all their natural beauty, with the freedom to also discover more under-the-radar gems with their personal guide. Anantara guests enjoy only the most luxurious adventuring, with a sleek fleet of yachts and ca...
Read MoreThe Maldives has been a quintessential couples’ getaway, and the Medhufushi Island Resort only confirms that with its aesthetic surroundings and elegant waterfront experiences. With views right out of a postcard, scented tropical flowers, and turquoise waters kissing sun-drenched white sands, romance is alive in every breath. Stepping off the seaplane onto the powdery soft sands of the Medhufushi Island Resort, you’ll be introduced to your romantic fairytale all at once. As you and your partner are greeted with smiles of warmth and a welcome drink that fizzes into a newfound aura of romance, the fresh, salty breeze carries messages of love, forecasting a stay full of dreamy, private moments amid world-class hospitality. A celebration of love in paradise Envision the two of yo...
Read MoreCathay Pacific wins prestigious German Design Award and the Red Dot Design Award
The airline’s state-of-the-art inflight entertainment system wins accolades for combining true human-centric design and technology The inflight entertainment (IFE) system at Cathay Pacific has received accolades from two of the world’s most prestigious design awards, the German Design Award 2025 and the Red Dot Award 2024, reaffirming its excellence in customer experience and design, and its commitment to becoming the world’s best premium airline. Cathay Pacific has been named a Gold winner in the “Excellent Communications Design – Interactive User Experience” category of the German Design Award and a winner of the Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design – User Interface Design. Cathay General Manager Customer Experience and Design Vivian Lo said: “We are incredibl...
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