Let's Travel - April May 2017

ISSUE 47 APRIL/MAY 2017

ISSUE 47 APRIL/MAY 2017

Let’s Travel THE MAGAZINE FOR CORPORATE AND LEISURE TRAVELLERS

THE MAGAZINE FOR CORPORATE AND LEISURE TRAVELLERS

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Pacific Islands Fiji 6 Solomon Islands 16 Tahiti 22 Rarotonga 26 Vanuatu 28

Destination Fiji

Cruise Control on Castaway Island Near the end of 1966, Castaway Island in the Mamanuca Islands region of Fiji, started its life as a tourism destination. To celebrate this auspicious occasion, on November 18th last year, Castaway Island Fiji marked its 50-year milestone of delivering a premier Fijian holiday experience with genuine Fijian five-star service.

By Shane Boocock

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U.S.A Utah 34 San Diego SeaWorld 44 Anaheim, California 46 Las Vegas 52

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Destination Utah, USA

Canyonlands National Park

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Destination California, USA

Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort and Spa Discover the ultimate Southern California oceanfront retreat, located in Orange County, between Los Angeles and San Diego in the legendary community known as ‘Surf City, USA’. Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach is easily accessible from three major airports and convenient to all of southern California’s main attractions.

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Destination Las Vegas, USA

Las Vegas welcomes legendary entertainers and dazzling new productions

Bruno Mars

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New Zealand Wanaka 60 Taupo 64 King Country 68

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Destination Taupo

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Location…Location…Location It had been a few years since I’d stayed at The Hilton, Lake Taupo, but you have to admit the place is as reliable as ever when it comes to service, dining, relaxation and location.

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Cruising Celebrity Edge 72 Voyages to Antiquity 78 Azamara Club Cruises 80

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Cruising, Celebrity Edge

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Stay Longer. Experience More When Azamara Club Cruises brought its second ship, Azamara Journey, to New Zealand recently, the company announced an evolution of its position as the cruise line for discerning travellers. Known for its specialisation in Destination Immersion, Azamara unveiled its new, even stronger proposition: Stay Longer. Experience More.

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Asia Macao 86 Asian Hotels 92

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Destination Macao

Your Guide to Macao Experience Macao in your own way. Whether you’re travelling for leisure, taking that next family getaway, part of a small or large group, travelling for business, meetings or a conference, Macao is one of Asia’s most exciting destinations and truly has something for everyone.

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Hotel Items to Covet Back in the day when things were a lot less sophisticated, and thieves settled for less, hotels lost a lot of towels. These days there’s so much more to want from a hotel as they spend lavishly on art, decor and wine. While no one in their right mind would think about lifting any of these objects, there’s no prohibition against coveting. Here’s what you may want to pay closer attention to next time you pass through Tokyo, Singapore, Bangkok, Saigon and Taipei.

92 www.letstravelmag.com Asia, Hotels Palace Hotel Tokyo Art Collection - Sunflower by Masahito Katayama

Six Amazing Hotel Lobbies The lowly hotel lobby! All too often, they’re the means to an end, a passageway to hurry through. Lovely? Yes…but where’s my room?

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Australia Whitsundays 104 New South Wales 106

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Destination New South Wales

Eight Unusual Places to Spend the Night Accommodation can be much more than just a place to rest your head, it can be the highlight of your trip. NSW has a range of quirky accommodation that will make lasting memories, whether it’s bedding down in a former double decker London bus, stretching out in a private treehouse, or snoozing underground.

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Montague Island verandah sunrise

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Business Section Qatar Airways 112 Delta Air Lines 118 Hotel Hermitage, Monaco 120 Pullman, Auckland Airport 124 New Products 126 Where in the World 128

Australia, Hamilton Island www.letstravelmag.com 111 New Caledonia

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Hotel Hermitage Monte Carlo

By Gary Dickson

Overlooking the Mediterranean, the HĂ´tel Hermitage epitomises elegance at the highest level.

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Where in the World is… Intercourse Intercourse: (population of 1,274 as of a 2010 census) is an unincorporated village and census-designated place in Leacock Township, Lancaster County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, 10 miles (16 km) east of Lancaster on Pennsylvania Route 340.

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ntercourse is a popular site for tourists because of its location in “Amish country” and, obviously, its sexually suggestive name.

The movie Witness was filmed in Intercourse as well as other parts of the surrounding area, and For Richer or Poorer was set there, though not filmed in Intercourse. Because of the town’s unusual name, the signposts for the town are frequently targetted by thieves.

Tourism and farming are major industries in the area. Small businesses sell Amish crafts, food and give horse and buggy rides. The town thrives on thousands of tourists who visit the region each year and most of the land surrounding the town is farmland.

Intercourse was founded in 1754. The community was originally named Cross Keys, after a local tavern. Intercourse became the name in 1814. The Old King’s highway from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh (now the Old Philadelphia Pike) ran east and west through the centre of the town. The road from Wilmington to Erie intersected in the middle.

The joining of these two roads is claimed by some to be the basis for the town ‘Cross Keys’ or eventually ‘Intercourse’.

Another theory concerns the use of language during the early days of the village. The word ‘Intercourse’ was commonly used to describe the ‘fellowship’ and ‘social interaction and support’ shared in the community of faith, which was very much a part of a rural village like this

one. The village’s name is often the subject of jokes relating to sexual intercourse.

Along with that of Blue Ball, Pennsylvania, the publishers of Eros Magazine sought mailing privileges from the postmasters of the town.

Intercourse and Blue Ball are often named in lists of “delightfully-named towns” in Pennsylvania Dutchland, along with Gap, Fertility, Mount Joy, Lititz, Bareville, Bird-in-Hand and Paradise.

A gag on The Cleveland Show imagined the town as the location for a spin-off show centred on the libidinous Glenn Quagmire The British motoring show, Top Gear, featured the town’s sign while

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passing through Pennsylvania in a race to New York City during the show’s sixteenth series.

The Ellen DeGeneres Show had a ‘What’s Wrong with These Photos?’ picture of a ‘Welcome to Intercourse’ sign for the subject Kay Lenz’s titular character in the 1973 film Breezy reveals that she is from Intercourse. “I’ve heard all the jokes,” she tells William Holden’s character, “and you have to pass through Faithful to get there.”

It was also mentioned in The Simpsons episode “The Old Man and the ‘C’ Student” where it was revealed that Superintendent Chalmers lived there .