Kate Springer

Based in Hong Kong, Kate covers travel, food, culture and design for publications such as Condé Nast Traveler, CNN and Travel + Leisure. What does escapism mean to you? ‘A remote safari, sailing trip, cabin in the woods… just free-flowing natural beauty – and zero phone signal.’

Top hotels

In Your Element: Hotels Where You Can Balance Your Qi

Ahead of Chinese New Year, we've identified a hotel inspired by each of the five elements. Find out which is best suited to your birth year
Nature and outdoors

13 New Travel Experiences to Book Later This Year

Awesome new travel experiences to look forward to include snorkelling with manta rays in the Maldives and standing on top of the world in Manhattan
Beaches

Easy Island Getaways from Singapore

Just a short hop away from Singapore, there are island getaways suitable for every traveller
Food and drink

4 Perfect Ways to Spend Leap Year’s Extra Day

With 2020 being a leap year, we all get an extra day this February. How will you spend yours? Here are four recommendations
Travel photography

The Stories Behind 5 Stunning Travel Photos

Arresting images require timing, patience, light and skill. We asked travel photographers for the stories behind their best shots
Tech and gadgets

Innovators and Trends Reshaping the Travel Industry

Thoughtful, progressive, can-do: it’s what the new Cathay Pacific global brand concept is about, but it’s also a mindset others in the travel industry are pursuing for the future. We meet those leading this paradigm shift
Sustainable travel

How to Be a Good Tourist

Travel is good for us. But tourism also impacts the places we visit – in good ways and bad. We speak with experts on how travellers can avoid the pitfalls of tourism while getting more out of their experiences
Nature and outdoors

The Great Escapism: 25 Transportive Experiences

Welcome to 2019. Here’s how you get away from it. We find magical ways to transport us far, far beyond everyday stresses and strains
Top hotels

4 great hotels for digital nomads

Why hotels are reinventing themselves as co-working spaces
Top hotels

4 hotels for a rural village experience

These scattered hotel concepts have injected new life into historic villages around the world
Japan

My Japan: By Mami Kataoka

The chief curator at Tokyo’s Mori Art Museum (MAM) and artistic director of the 21st Biennale of Sydney recommends the best arty experiences in Japan
Health and wellness

Travel trend #3: Wellness and wellbeing

It started with the humble spa – now resorts are offering health breaks tailored to your DNA. How far will wellness tourism go?
Food and drink

5 minutes with: Chef Yoshihiro Narisawa

Chef Yoshihiro Narisawa, who helms two-Michelin-starred Narisawa in Tokyo, on his Japan highlights
Chinese mainland

Welcome to the Hamptons… of China

The story of luxury tourism in China in one mountain retreat
Japan

My Japan, by Kengo Kuma

One of Japan's foremost architects describes his perspective on his country

Kate Springer

Based in Hong Kong, Kate covers travel, food, culture and design for publications such as Condé Nast Traveler, CNN and Travel + Leisure. What does escapism mean to you? ‘A remote safari, sailing trip, cabin in the woods… just free-flowing natural beauty – and zero phone signal.’

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