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London Style Guide
By Saska Graville
This is the latest London travel guide to hit bookshelves, but it’s not like the hundreds of others lined up on either side.
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Great Australian Pubs
By Lee Mylne
Nothing says “community” more than the local pub.
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The New Granta Book of Travel
Edited by Liz Tobey
This book showcases the writing of people who still believe in the power of travel to teach you about the world you live in.
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Holidays in Heck
P.J. O'Rourke
A far cry from his journalistic career as a war correspondent, Holidays in Heck – O’Rourke’s follow-up to bestseller Holidays in Hell – reveals that sometimes travelling in war zones is simpler than travelling with a family.
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The World's Best Street Food, Where to Find it and How to Make it
Tom Parker Bowles et al
Food really is the gateway to understanding a culture, and according to Lonely Planet, if the locals don’t eat in a particular restaurant or food stall, neither should you.
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MoVida Cocina: Spanish Flavours from Five Kitchens
Frank Camorra and Richard Cornish
Don’t read MoVida Cocina on an empty stomach and with an unstocked pantry – the photos of pork crackling and coffee-and-rum granita will have you chewing your nails to the quick.
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Melbourne’s Bars and Pubs
Sydney’s new licensing laws may have seen a proliferation of funky, new hole-in-the-wall nightspots, but Melbourne still takes the cake when it comes to Australia’s top bars and pubs.
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Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2012: The best trends, destinations, journeys & experiences for the upcoming year
Most of us spend days, if not weeks and months, researching and planning things to do and see on our holidays.
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Sicily, It’s Not Quite Tuscany
Shamus Sillar
First of all, a disclaimer: this is not one of those travel books where the author flees to a foreign country with a broken heart and gradually finds him/herself nursed back to health by the locals who seemed so surly and inhospitable when he/she first arrived.
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Shannon Bennett’s France: A personal guide to fine dining in Regional France
Shannon Bennett and Scott Murray
Shannon Bennett’s love affair with French food is no secret – in fact, the chef and owner of Melbourne’s Vue de Monde believes he was French, in another life.
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Lights, Camera… Travel!
Edited by Andrew McCarthy and Don George
There’s no doubt that films inspire us to travel, but how are the stars of those films inspired when they’re on location?
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Paris to the Past: Travelling Through French History by Train
Ina Caro
For every armchair traveller fascinated by the landscape, food and history of France, Paris to the Past offers an in-depth look at the stories and culture that make modern Paris what it is today.
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Insatiable: My Life in the Kitchen
Tony Bilson
Some 40 years in the making, the autobiography of one of Australia’s leading chefs is filled with stories from the who’s who in Australian cultural life from the 1960s to the present day.
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Lonely Planet’s 1000 Ultimate Sights
Just when you thought the Lonely Planet team couldn’t possibly list a thousand more of anything, the company has come up with a brand new compilation that’s sure to inspire even the most jaded traveller.
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Plate to Pixel: Digital Food Photography & Styling
Hélène Dujardin
Have you ever felt slightly disappointed when your freshly baked cake doesn’t look half as scrumptious as it does in the cookbook?
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Shanti Bloody Shanti: An Indian Odyssey
Aaron Smith
Ex-punk rocker and one-time policeman on Australian TV drama Blue Heelers, Aaron Smith is a freelance journalist who travels to India to escape his somewhat eventful past.
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Two Feet Forward
Linda Benton & David Rule
Two Feet Forward is the brave and charming story of how two people dropped everything to travel the world in nine months.
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Indochine – Baguettes and Bánh Mì: Finding France in Vietnam
Luke Nguyen
Award-winning chef and author Luke Nguyen (of Sydney’s Red Lantern restaurant) heads home to his native country of Vietnam to explore how its diverse history has shaped its rich culinary flavours.
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Ox-Travels – Meetings with Remarkable Travel Writers
Introduced by Michael Palin
Ox-Travels is a collection of 36 stories from some of Britain’s (and beyond) best travel writers, including Paul Theroux, William Dalrymple and Ruth Padel.
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Rose Petal Jam: Recipes & Stories from a Summer in Poland
Beata Zatorska and Simon Target
More than 20 years after her last visit to Poland, Beata Zatorska returns to her home country with her husband Simon to rediscover her grandmother’s delicious family recipes.
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MoVida’s Guide to Barcelona
Frank Camorra and Richard Cornish
Chef and owner of Melbourne’s MoVida restaurants, Barcelona native Frank Camorra teams up with award-winning food writer Richard Cornish to provide this beautifully illustrated insider’s guide to one of Spain’s most happening cities.
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Tell Them To Get Lost
Brian Thacker
Melbourne-based author and self-confessed “gallivanter” Brian Thacker has travelled through 77 countries and written six books along the way.
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Monday Morning Cooking Club
The Sisterhood
Born from the gathering of a group of Sydney Jewish women in 2006, the Monday Morning Cooking Club has published a not-for-profit cookbook of the same name.
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Footprints – Off the Beaten Track, South Australia
Ashley Knoote-Parke
Much more than your typical coffee-table book, the second edition of Footprints – Off the Beaten Track, South Australia, captures the beauty behind South Australia’s hidden secrets and remote destinations.
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V&T Takeoff
Updates from our editors and writers
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It was a night of great unveils when Relais & Châteaux revealed its three new “Routes du Bonheur” on Tuesday with a surprise appearance by actor and winemaker Sam Neill; Vranken Pommery gave the first preview of its new Aboriginal design POP Art Champagne and French chocolate house Valrhona introduced the world’s first “blond chocolate”, called Dulcey. |
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The team from the Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau were in town last week to update Australia on some of the BIG things happening in the Texan state. |
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V&T mag dropped into Bali last month and helped the W Retreat & Spa celebrate their 2nd anniversary and what a splash it was. With local and international fashion designers on display, the W Lounge was transformed into a catwalk party zone. 2500 people flowed through the resort late into the night, moving to NYC DJ Sandy Rivera. This was the biggest ticket in Bali for some time and the resorts pulling power is a testament to just how hot this property and international hotel brand actually is.www.vacationsandtravelmag.com/Mca/874/765/3/0/0/#takeoff1 How did we cope the next day? Poolside. Don’t wait until their 3rd anniversary as the vibe, sound and style of this resort makes for a very cool holiday. In the heart of Seminyak and right on the beach, Bali beckons. |
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Thanks to our friends at Air France we got out of the office for the day and enjoyed a great round of golf at the annual Financial Markets Charity Golf Day and Gala Dinner. Held annually in February, this event as well as the Financial and Media Markets Charity Sailing Regatta in October raises AU$1.2 million for a wide range of charities.The ASX Group and Thomson Reuters Australia (formerly Reuters) joined forces in 1999 to form a Charity Foundation with the objective of helping Australian-based children, disability and medical research charities by organising fundraising events in conjunction with the Financial Markets. Pictured here: Thomas Reeves Air France, Middle, Patrick Benhamou, Atout France; Anthony Gallagher Vacations & Travel magazine. |
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Vacations & Travel magazine rubbed shoulders with local and international buyers and sellers of travel from around the globe at 2013 AIME (Asia Pacific's Incentive Meeting Expo). This is the biggest event on the Australian travel industry calendar, where key decision makers congregate to network over a three-day event of hosted parties, trade and leisure travel meetings and press conferences. |
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The who's who of Sydney's entertainment industry turned up for the recent opening of the city's newest hotel to receive a makeover, The Parkroyal. Located in Darling Harbour, the property has just emerged from a milt million-dollar makeover to reveal striking rooms and seriously sexy public spaces. Speaking of sexy, some of the celebs on hand to celebrate the re-launch included Casey Burgess, Danielle Blakey and Amy Milne, not to mention Timomatic who entertained the crowds into the witching hours… |
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