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Luxury Japan Travel App

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The LUXE Niseko Mobile App for iPhone. Photo credit: LUXE City Guides.

Planning a Japan ski holiday? If you’re an iPhone ski traveler heading to Niseko, then you may fancy using the LUXE Niseko mobile app.

This winter, LUXE City Guides is offering its LUXE Tokyo mobile app plus LUXE Niseko app, a full guide to Niseko.

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Golf In Thailand

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Siam Country Club Plantation Course near Pattaya, Thailand. Photo credit: Golf in a Kingdom: The Thai Golf Experience.

Fancy a luxury golf holiday in Thailand?  If you’re mountain travelers in Thailand or Asia, you can begin your golf holiday breaks with flights to Bangkok.

Once in Bangkok, you could stay at The St. Regis Bangkok which is participating in Golf in a Kingdom: The Thai Experience, a program connecting Thailand’s best golf courses, resorts and hotels.

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Ski India Holidays

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Taxi with skis in India. Photo credit: Indus Tours & Travel.

Crave a different ski holiday experience?  Then take a look at Ski India holidays in Himalayan powder with Indus Tours & Travel.

The UK specialist tour operator to India has launched their 2011/2012 Ski India packages to Gulmarg in Kashmir.

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5 Beijing Travel Tips

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Panjiayuan weekend market in Beijing is one of the best places to shop in China, says The China Guide. Photo credit: The China Guide.

Aki Schilz wrote this guest post on traveling in Beijing. She is a writer and freelance journalist who has written for websites and publications including YH World and EMMA.

Mountain travelers in Asia who want a city break won’t be disappointed in Beijing.

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Camping Trekking Nepal

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Himalaya.

Fancy camping trekking Nepal?  Adventure travel company World Expeditions has set up new permanent campsites throughout the Everest region.

The new campsites are set up in secluded locations with stunning mountain views.

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Luxury Mountain Holidays

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Luxury In Zermatt, Switzerland: Mountain views from Chalet Zermatt Peak.

Fancy a luxury mountain holiday?  LiveTravelMountains.com has blogged about luxury mountain holidays worldwide.

Take a virtual mountain trip with this photo essay to some of these mountain resorts, hotels, chalets and holiday homes.

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Top Mountain Movies

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Cold. Photo via Mountainfilm.

Mountainfilm wrote this guest post on top film picks at this year’s festival.

Next week, Mountainfilm will kick off its 33rd annual festival in Telluride, Colorado, May 27-30, 2011.

Started in 1979, Mountainfilm in Telluride is one of America’s longest-running film festivals.

Through the years, in and out of trends and fads, the festival has always been best described by one unchanging word: inspiring. Far more than any other adjective, that’s how festival audiences describe their experience.

This year, the festival boasts a solid list of films, many focused on mountain-inspired themes. Here are two of our top picks:

Cold trailer.  Video via Mountainfilm.

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Luxury In Vietnam

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Anantara Mui Ne Resort & Spa in southeastern Vietnam will open in 2011.

Planning a Vietnam holiday? Anantara will open its first Vietnamese property, Anantara Mui Ne Resort & Spa, in the summer of 2011.

Situated almost 200 kilometres northeast of Ho Chi Minh City on the South East Coast of Vietnam, next to Phan Thiet, the resort & spa is named after Mui Ne fishing village.

On the central shoreline position, it is surrounded by long beaches, mountains and sand dunes.

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Along Ceylon Tea Trails

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Dilmah Tea’s Ceylon Tea Trails in Sri Lanka has become a member of Relais & Châteaux.

Recognized for its “unique character, gourmet cuisine and outstanding service”, The Tea Trails is the first Sri Lankan property to belong to the association.

Four hours from Colombo and 4,000 ft above sea level, the property features colonial plantation bungalows with turn-of-the-century period furniture.

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