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Paul Chai

Paul Chai has been a travel writer for over two decades. He has dived with great white sharks in South Australia, walked the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival and stuffed himself with enough food and wine working on the Good Food Guide to make his GP shake his head. Chai is currently managing editor of Dream by Luxury Escapes.
Sky-High Hotel Value at EQ Makes the Perfect Kuala Lumpur City Break
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Sky-High Hotel Value at EQ Makes the Perfect Kuala Lumpur City Break

When the Equatorial Hotel in Kuala Lumpur was demolished in 2012, the Malaysian capital lost a beloved institution first opened in 1973 but, phoenix-like, the soaring 52-storey new Equatorial Plaza has risen in its place (EQ takes up the uppermost floors), a modern classic with one of the best rooftop bars in the city. What’s […]

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Flying High: Air Asia Merger Signals the Fightback of Low-Cost Air Travel
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Flying High: Air Asia Merger Signals the Fightback of Low-Cost Air Travel

The merging of Air Asia and Air Asia X is being touted as the “the beginning of a new era” for low-cost air travel, at a time when consumers need it most. At a lively press conference in Kuala Lumpur last week, including a couple of dance numbers by Air Asia staff, CEO of Capital […]

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Golden Treasures: Roadtripping Northern Thailand’s Golden Triangle
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Golden Treasures: Roadtripping Northern Thailand’s Golden Triangle

On a northern Thailand road trip, Paul Chai spends a memorable night in a “jungle bubble” in the Golden Triangle surrounded by elephants, gets blessed by a monk in Chiang Mai and visits a quirky modern temple with more bling than Vegas-era Elvis. Resting on a fallen log in the Thai jungle, the air hefty […]

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