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Travel Weekly
a day ago
- Business
- Travel Weekly
Butterfield & Robinson is celebrating 60 years with a 60-day world tour
Luxury travel specialist Butterfield & Robinson is doing a 60-day adventure around the world to celebrate the company's 60th anniversary. The operator is billing the one-time departure as a once-in-a-lifetime journey that will take travelers to six destinations across four continents. The two-month trip costs $85,000 per person, but travelers are able to book individual legs of the itinerary. Travelers will visit Mexico, Cambodia, Vietnam, India, Morocco, Turkiye and France. Travelers will begin their journey in March by spending seven days in Oaxaca, where they will indulge in the Mexico region's cuisine, hike through Zapotec mountain villages and explore the ruins of Monte Alban. From there, travelers will fly to Phnom Penh in Cambodia for a seven-day cycling tour of Cambodia and Vietnam, which includes a Mekong River cruise on the Aqua Mekong. Highlights of this segment of the trip include exploring silk-weaving villages, enjoying street food and exploring the country by river. Butterfield & Robinson's 60-day world tour includes Cambodia. Photo Credit: Butterfield & Robinson Passengers will then head to India, where they will spend nine days exploring the state of Rajasthan. Adventure is at the heart of this part of the trip, where passengers will zipline over the Blue City, embark on a leopard safari and hike through the desert. The next leg of the trip is Morocco. Guests will start with a hike through the Ouirgane Valley. Over the course of eight days, travelers will explore mountain villages; journey through the Plateau du Kik to the High Atlas Mountains; and watch the sun rise over the Sahara dunes. Eleven days in Turkiye is up next, where travelers will arrive in Istanbul. The capital's culinary scene is the focus of the first day in the country. Travelers will tour Turkiye, including its coast. Highlights include watching the sunrise from a hot air balloon in Cappadocia; visiting the Kaymakli Underground City; and swimming alongside the ruins of Cleopatra's Bath. To end the trip, guests will head to Burgundy, France, where Butterfield & Robinson began. The operator promises that it will "pull out all the stops" to end the 60-day world adventure. The last leg of the trip begins with a bike ride through Burgundy's countryside and ends with a special celebration for the brand's anniversary.
Malay Mail
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Malay Mail
‘Good energy' after time apart: Rosé says Blackpink reunion felt ‘natural', but rehearsals for world tour yet to start
SEOUL, May 30 – Rosé of K-pop girl group Blackpink reportedly said reuniting with her bandmates for their world tour felt surprisingly natural despite spending the past year focused on solo projects. The New Zealand-born singer, who promoted her solo album in the United States, said the time apart allowed each member of the global K-pop sensation to grow individually and return with renewed energy. 'Each of us has gone out and been inspired and learned so much about ourselves, and now we're coming back to each other with good energy,' she was quoted telling British lifestyle magazine Dazed. Though she spent time with the other members throughout the year, Rosé admitted she hadn't interacted with the group's behind-the-scenes team, many of whom have been with them since their debut, in quite some time. Asked about the tour and future plans for the group, Rosé hesitated, noting that rehearsals had yet to start and deflected specific questions. 'Sorry ... I don't think I should be the spokesperson as one quarter of the group,' she said. This return follows a year where all four members — Rosé, Jennie, Jisoo and Lisa — pursued individual music and fashion projects, testing their identities outside of Blackpink's high-octane group image. Rosé had released an introspective album, Rosie, which spawned the massively popular hit APT. featuring US popstar Bruno Mars. She also contributed the song Messy for the soundtrack album of F1: The Movie. Blackpink recently announced its 'Deadline' world tour — which will include stops in Bangkok, Jakarta and Singapore, but not Kuala Lumpur.
South China Morning Post
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Blackpink fans in Malaysia lament tour snub, turn ire on government censorship
Heartbroken Malaysian fans of Blackpink have blamed their government's censorious streak for the K-pop supergroup omitting to stop in Kuala Lumpur on their highly-anticipated world tour. Advertisement On Tuesday, the chart-topping and YouTube record-breaking quartet comprising Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa and Rose, announced their first world tour since 2023 with shows scheduled across North America, Europe and Asia from July this year through to January 2026. The news threw Blinks – a term used to describe the group's most devoted fans – into a frenzy of ticket-buying for the first reunion of the band since they took time out to pursue solo projects. Bangkok, Jakarta, Singapore and Bulacan in the Philippines will be part of their Southeast Asia swing, but Malaysia was excluded from the line-up. 'I really think it is because our country is being difficult. Our authorities seem to always make it hard for international acts to come here,' said cosmetics salesperson Bobo, 30, who goes by one name. The Blink has followed the group since they debuted in 2016. Advertisement For Beverly Lim, 25, the omission of Malaysia means she has to put on hold her dream of seeing her idols in the flesh.
South China Morning Post
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Blackpink's ‘Deadline' tour to hit Hong Kong's Kai Tak Stadium in January
K-pop girl group Blackpink will perform two shows at Hong Kong's Kai Tak Stadium in January next year. It seems to mark the end of the group's 'Deadline' world tour. The superstars last performed in the city in 2023 for three sold-out shows at AsiaWorld-Expo. According to details released by K-pop agency YG Entertainment on Tuesday, the world tour will kick off in July in Goyang, South Korea, and is scheduled to conclude with the two shows in Hong Kong on January 24 and 25.
Forbes
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
NYT ‘Connections' Hints For Wednesday, May 28: Clues And Answers For Today's Game
Each day's game of NYT Connections goes live at midnight local time. As such, 'today's Connections hints and answers' depend on where you are in the world. In case you need them, here are the Connections hints and answers for Tuesday: It's Wednesday, and you know what that means: it's time for another game of Connections! FOMO, or the fear of missing out, is a horrible phenomenon. I try to dispel it as best I can, especially in situations where there isn't much I can do to avoid missing out on something cool or interesting. That said, I do wish I'd have gotten into Electric Callboy before locking in upcoming travel plans. The degree to which I have fallen for this band is shocking (As I write this, I'm listening to their catchy, dark new single, "Revery," on repeat). They're the definition of a "fun metal thing." I'm bummed that I didn't really listen to them before they toured North America in late 2023 and early 2024. Now I'll have to wait until at least next year for them to come around to these parts on their current world tour. The band did just start a European festival run last weekend. I've seen a bunch of clips and videos, and like everything else I've seen from the band's shows (I'm wayyyy down the rabbit hole here), it seems like such a great time to see them live. Unfortunately, none of the dates line up with my upcoming trip to Scotland, so I won't be able to take a short jaunt to the mainland to see Electric Callboy while I'm that part of the world on this trip. Nor do their November, January and February European dates line up with a trip I have booked for the holidays. Had I known in advance, I would have altered my plans. I mean, I could just blow all of my reward miles to fly over and see one of their festival dates over the next few weeks. There's nothing really stopping me, other than having to go through the whole international flight slog. But I'll just be patient. There's no chance I'm booking any travel for next year until I know the group's North American tour plans. My point here is that FOMO is a ridiculous concept. Either go and do the thing you don't want to miss out on or wait patiently for your next opportunity. Fretting about it does you no good. Before we begin, we have a great little community on Discord, where we chat about NYT Connections, the rest of the NYT games and all kinds of other stuff. Everyone who has joined has been lovely. It's a fun hangout spot, and you're more than welcome to hang out with us. Discord is also the best way to give me any feedback about the column, especially on the rare (or not-so-rare) occasions that I mess something up. I don't look at the comments or Twitter much. You can also read my weekend editions of this column at my new newsletter, Pastimes. Today's NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, May 28 are coming right up. Connections is a free, popular New York Times daily word game. You get a new puzzle at midnight every day. You can play on the NYT's website or Games app. You're presented with a grid of 16 words. Your task is to arrange them into four groups of four by figuring out the links between them. The groups could be things like items you can click, names for research study participants or words preceded by a body part. There's only one solution for each puzzle, and you'll need to be careful when it comes to words that might fit into more than one category. You can shuffle the words to perhaps help you see links between them. Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to figure out, blue and green fall in the middle, and the purple group is usually the most difficult one. The purple group often involves wordplay. Select four words you think go together and press Submit. If you make a guess and you're incorrect, you'll lose a life. If you're close to having a correct group, you might see a message telling you that you're one word away from getting it right, but you'll still need to figure out which one to swap. If you make four mistakes, it's game over. Let's make sure that doesn't happen with the help of some hints, and, if you're really struggling, today's Connections answers. As with Wordle and other similar games, it's easy to share results with your friends on social media and group chats. If you have an NYT All Access or Games subscription, you can access the publication's Connections archive. This includes every previous game of Connections, so you can go back and play any of those that you have missed. Aside from the first 60 games or so, you should be able to find my hints via Google if you need them! Just click here and add the date of the game for which you need clues or the answers to the search query. FEATURED | Frase ByForbes™ Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The Phrase Pinpoint By Linkedin Guess The Category Queens By Linkedin Crown Each Region Crossclimb By Linkedin Unlock A Trivia Ladder Scroll slowly! Just after the hints for each of today's Connections groups, I'll reveal what the groups are without immediately telling you which words go into them. Today's 16 words are... And the hints for today's Connections groups are: Need some extra help? Be warned: we're starting to get into spoiler territory. Today's Connections groups are... Spoiler alert! Don't scroll any further down the page until you're ready to find out today's Connections answers. This is your final warning! Today's Connections answers are... Another perfect game brings my streak up to 92 wins. Can I make it to 100? Here's how I fared: 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Quite the lineup of words today! Just putting this out there, the first thing that came to mind when the grid popped up and CHICAGO appeared as the first word was "things associated with stars." Anyway, that, ROCKY, GLADIATIOR, CRASH (ugh) and MOONLIGHT are all movies that won the Oscar for Best Picture. But there were five of them so something had to give. JOIN helped me figure out the yellows first, so I squared those away. WHEEL, CHAIN, PEDAL and SADDLE had to go together after that for the greens. So far, so good. But I still had the five Best Picture contenders (so to speak) in the mix. What could link BLUEST, SKAT and POPE? 🤔 SKAT seemed like the odd one out there. It made me think of scatting, but that's spelled with a "c," so I figured that there was some kind of wordplay going on. Then it dawned on me. My music recommendation theme this week is ska! It's a group of music genres with a letter added! I can't lie, I felt good about figuring that one out, because I almost never get purples when they're adding, removing or changing a letter. These ones refer to blues (BLUEST), pop (POPE), rock (ROCKY) and ska (SKAT). That left the blues for the win. We already know I figured out that connection, more or less. I feel like this particular puzzle was almost made for me. I love making connections (duh), movies and music. The bike category was less tailored to me, personally, since I barely know how to ride a bike. That's all there is to it for today's Connections clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog tomorrow for hints and the solution for Thursday's game if you need them. P.S. Keeping up with this week's ska punk theme, I saw this band last year. I never got hugely into Rancid, but I do really like a few of their songs, such as "Ruby Soho" and this one, "Time Bomb." I find it nearly impossible not to dance to this one a little: Have a great day! Stay hydrated! Call someone you love! Please follow my blog for more coverage of NYT Connections and other word games, and even some video game news, insights and analysis. It helps me out a lot! Sharing this column with other people who play Connections would be appreciated too. You can also read my weekend editions of this column at my new newsletter, Pastimes.
