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Laos is a close neighbour to our city state, and those who decide to fly to this highly underrated destination will be rewarded with mountainous landscape, bright green paddy fields, and stunning waterfalls. Besides, what’s better than having bragging rights about travelling to some place where (most of) your friends have never been to? There are direct flights to Vientiane,...

[ laughter ] not just thailand, but northern thailand. once known as kingdom of a million rice fields, it's a fertile, green and gorgeous area, home of the ancient lanna people. welcome to chiang mai province. tucked up near the borders of burma, china, laos, india not too far away. all of them have left their mark on the food. >> andy: here's the local hooch. lao khao. >> anthony: and if you're eating here, chances are you're also drinking. >> andy: ugh. compared to the, uh, the stuff we had this morning, this is substantially more harsh, i

>> andy: eating is synonymous with eating rice. to eat a meal without rice would be unthinkable. >> anthony: what makes their whiskey special? [ farmer speaking thai ] >> andy: because of the flavoring that they add to it. >> anthony: conveniently, our host, in addition to having provided us with a fine meal, just so happened to run a distillery out back. >> andy: they use a spice mixture they add to the yeast balls, let it ferment for five days, and then she smashes it with a wood mallet. >> anthony: thai rice whiskey, lao khao, bucket of hooch, whatever you wanna call it -- this stuff is a d...

Vignette Collection, the latest addition to IHG’s Luxury & Lifestyle portfolio, is this week celebrating the first anniversary of its inaugural property opening, Hotel X Brisbane Fortitude Valley with news of further expansion across the globe. The blossoming Luxury & Lifestyle hotel collection has a strong and growing portfolio of 14 highly distinct properties, with two already serving customers in Brisbane and Bangkok, and is on track to deliver on its ambition of securing more than 100 properties in 10 years.