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New App Delivers Exciting New Travel Solution for Asia

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CHECKINTONIGHT is Asia’s new and exciting mobile travel application that will allow travellers in South East Asia to book same-day accommodation quickly and easily.
‘CheckInTonight’ is available to download for free from the iTunes App Store.

‘CheckInTonight’ is the first application of its kind to be offered in South East Asia, and gives power to both travellers and hoteliers who are looking to secure last minute bookings and fill rooms.

‘CheckInTonight’ features the three best last-minute hotel deals from a travellers’ selected region, allowing for quick, well-informed decision-making, rather than the toil of scrolling through hundreds of options. In fact, a user can book a hotel in less than 10 seconds!

Each deal featured in ‘CheckInTonight’ is exclusive, with up to 70 per cent savings available on same-day hotel bookings, making this application the only place to find the best travel deals in South East Asia. All of the hotels that are available for booking in ‘CheckInTonight’ have been personally vetted by CheckInTonight.asia, ensuring that only accommodation of the very highest quality is promoted for travellers to enjoy.

As well as enjoying fantastic discounts on hotels, users of ‘CheckInTonight’ can also earn credits to use towards a future booking by easily sharing promotion codes with friends. Facebook and Twitter features are both included within ‘CheckInTonight’ so that users can share with as many people as possible and increase the potential to earn big money.

Announcing the launch of ‘CheckInTonight,’ CEO of CheckInTonight.asia Mark Southby commented, “We have found that travellers, tourists, and even local residents are increasingly looking to make quick, short-term travel and accommodation decisions. ‘CheckInTonight’ enables all of these groups to secure a last minute hotel booking, should they wish to.

“In addition, hotels now have a marketplace to fill rooms at the last minute that would otherwise have remained empty. Hotels have full control over how much discount they wish to offer in order to fill their rooms on each evening.”

CheckInTonight’ is quickly set to become a must-have, essential application for anyone travelling to the South East Asia Region. The application is also being developed for Android devices, with launch later in 2013.

Exploring Ho Chi Minh City - Vietnam Tours

Exploring Ho Chi Minh City

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Ho Chi Minh City is the largest city in Vietnam; Tours to the city are some of the best ways to get to explore the city’s culture, cuisine, historical sites and museums. Situated in the southern part of Vietnam, throughout history Ho Chi Minh City has been called many names, most recently Saigon, which it was known as from the beginning of French colonisation until 1976. As your group wanders along the streets of this expansive and interesting city in Vietnam, tours will often duck into and out of various covered areas as the rain comes and goes.

Vietnam has a tropical climate which lends itself to those sudden down-pourings in the rainy season (spring-summer), but the temperature rarely falls below 20 degrees Celsius, so even if you get soaked, you are still warm as you explore the different culture and exciting areas this city has to offer.

Street food in Ho Chi Minh City

Getting to try the unfamiliar foods is surely one of the most exciting things about exploring this city. Vietnam tours around Ho Chi Minh City will give you plenty of opportunities to taste the popular street food items. If you are a bit wary of the unusual, then try the Banh Mi, which is a more familiar example of street food that blends the light and crispy French style baguette with local fillings. Or, for something a bit more local, try the Pho, or noodle soup. For those of you who are more adventurous with your palates, taste the Banh Khot. To eat these, wrap the fried coconut rice cakes topped with pork or prawn in a lettuce leaf for a fresh crunch. If you have a few minutes to sit down and enjoy a more substantial street food meal, give a Banh Cuon a try. This dish is a rice crepe that is filled with a variety of ingredients, depending what the vendor has cooking, but it is often savoury and served like a burrito with a lashing of sweet fish sauce.

The Ho Chi Minh City Museum

Not too far from the well-known Reunification Palace is the Ho Chi Minh City Museum which is a must see for learning about this interesting and vibrant city in southern Vietnam. Tours to the museum will take you to the building, where you can gawk at the beautiful architecture, designed by French architect Alfred Foulhoux and built in the late 1800s. Inside, there are a variety of artefacts that cover the Communist period, the American resistance and the French Resistance that took place between 1930 and 1954. There are also two thirteenth-century boats that are possibly the highlight of the museum’s collection.

The Reunification Palace

When you are at the Ho Chi Minh City Museum, you should take the time to go see the Reunification Palace, which is located at 135 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street. It is one of the most interesting historical sites in this part of Vietnam. Tours to the palace will take you by the large tank outside, which is a replica of the one that broke down the gates and ended the war. The building itself was the Presidential Palace until the war ended, and inside it is like a trip into a 1960s time warp, where it seems that everything was left exactly as it was the day before Saigon fell.

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Oppa Gangnam Game!

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If you’re mad about Gangnam style, here’s your chance to help PSY escape from the screaming fans who are chasing him via this fun Gangnam game. Avoid the monkeys that come after you, chain saws, laser beams, blocking obstacles, poison spill, automatic doors, ceiling grabbers and land mines that are put in place to stop you. Jump and dash your way through them to get away!

Sounds like fun? Get the game on the iTunes store here:
http://bit.ly/XZCBKn

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Get Fit in Thailand. Take a Fitness Holiday.

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If you’re looking to get fit this year but are sick of jogging in the freezing cold, then KnowledgeOfAsia has discovered the perfect solution.

Fitnessholiday.net’s Fitness Bootcamp Holiday in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Fitness Holiday Thailand is suitable for anyone. If you are looking for a fitness bootcamp in Thailand, a kick start to your fitness goals for 2013 or you are already fit and are looking for an amazing holiday in Chiang Mai, Thailand with lots of activity and like minded fitness enthusiasts, then Fitnessholiday.net has some great packages. What could be better than getting fit in a tropical country and sipping tropical fruit at night?

This transformative health and fitness holiday was founded by Louise and Richard Thomas in January 2010. The unique and special fitness retreat they created and designed was brought together using their individual skills and experiences. Richard served 12 years in the Royal Marines in England as a Physical Training Instructor. He completed tours of duty in both Northern Ireland and Iraq. Richard is also a personal trainer and a nutrition and weightloss bootcamp management adviser. Louise has worked for herself as a fitness instructor for the past 24 years and has a degree in Leisure and Sport Studies.

Yoga, Muay Thai, Fitness, Meditation – It’s All In

The Spa and fitness Resort is located in Mae Ann, a which is a short drive from Chiang Mai. Chiang Mai has the mildest year round temperatures and dozens of breathtaking landscapes which are ideal for a daily jog. You’ll be inspired and eager to go every morning! The fitness retreat is in a quaint rural Thai village with rice paddy fields and a beautiful pink Temple surrounded by rolling hills. The fitness resort architecture is Lanna style and is built around a beautiful mature mango orchard. They have two pure water swimming pools, two saunas, a herbal steam room, a tea house, spa and massage facilities, an exercise track, tennis courts and a 18 meter exercise sala overlooking the rolling hills of Chiang Mai. This is an idyllic and breath taking location.

Get Fit Daily, Relax in Style Nightly

The resort boasts of Deluxe Pool Side Hotel rooms that offer an option of either a king size bed, or queen plus single. Each room has satellite TV with two daily health channels, air conditioning, a safe, a personal fridge, wireless internet and original Thai art work on the walls. There is a daily maid service and clean towels.

There are also One Bedroom Two Story Lanna Villa Suites. These have an upstairs bedroom and a king-size bed, satellite TV, bathroom and original Thai ceiling art. Downstairs there is a living room with daybed/sofa, 32” TV, downstairs toilet, raw foods kitchen (fridge, juicer, blender), air-con, safe, wireless Internet and daily maid service.

Massage services are available daily should you want to pamper yourself at night after an exhilarating day burning off weight.

And The Food!

When traveling abroad, you might be concerned about the food. No problem at this fitness spa, they’ve got you covered with fresh food daily from their organic farm. Fitness holiday meals are served at their famous “Radiance” Restaurant and cater to all needs including Vegetarian, Vegan, Raw Food and Thai Healthy Cuisine direct from their Organic Farm. Eat your way to fitness!

For more information, go to http://www.fitnessholiday.net/. Thailand’s Leading Fitness Holiday Bootcamp.

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Travelers Diarrhea in Asia – Avoiding the Trip Ruining Sickness

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Travelers Diarrhea in Asia is something that might ruin your trip and while it might not be completely avoidable for some, the chances can be lessened and there are natural remedies available here that can alleviate it in case you get it. This blog post covers some of the ways to avoid getting travelers diarrhea in Asia.

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Consider a Japanese Kimono for Your Holiday Season Parties

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At a recent xmas dinner and dance that my friend went to, she went full on and dressed up as a Japanese Geisha. She’d done it to a T, including makeup so thick she could only eat through a straw. All the hard work paid off though as she came away with the top prize and had almost everyone in the whole company wanting to take a picture with her. (I’d love to post a photo of her here, but sadly she wouldn’t allow me).

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Beating the Myeong-dong Subway Exit Crowd

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Some parts of cities in Asia tend to get super-crowded during the weekends. The shopping area of Myeong-dong is no exception and is pretty much sardines-r-us on a Saturday. I could tell you to go and join the crowd and be a part of the ‘atmosphere’ but that would be just being cruel to you. This blog post gives you a quick tip on how to avoid the crowd and enjoy the area no matter how crowded it seems.

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Korean Chaebols: Lotte. The Origin of the Lotte Name

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For anyone who is familiar with South Korea they will definitely know about the role of the Chaebols in the country. The Lotte Group is the 6th largest of these with a turnover of around 40 trillion Korean Won. Lotte (롯데) is the leader and largest food/shopping/retail group out of the Chaebols. What many don’t know about though is the European roots of the Lotte name.

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