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FastTracks BUSINESS TRAVEL IN THE FAST LANE BRIEFCASE place you can go for maximum bang in a SEASONED TRAVELER RODERICK CRUICKSHANK minimum period of time.” The Singapore Food Festival, which STAY Opting to stay at an artfully The Blakes Hotel, London was held in July, has been celebrating My Portland, Oregon designed hotel usually means forfeiting the city’s diverse cuisine for 24 years. A big hotel rewards. Good news for design-loving Starwood Preferred Guests, Roderick Cruickshank, RHU, who will now be able to earn and redeem Starpoints for stays at select hotels signature event is Streat, a venue where President & CEO, hawkers and top chefs converge to dish from Design Hotels’ curated portfolio of independent hotels. Among the up Singapore dishes, some traditional, The Partners Group standouts: the posh Blakes hotel in London and uber modern The Waterhouse some reinvented. This year, Susur Lee, at South Bund in Shanghai. www.starwoodhotels.com/design a “MasterChef Asia” judge and celebrity Vibe >> Young, hipster, weird, foodie, green, Cruickshank, left, at his favorite restaurant, Park Kitchen PACK Louis Vuitton has rolled out new rolling luggage, its first four-wheeled high-tech and active! We take recycling chef based in Toronto, curated the event. case with a completely flat back shell. Designed by renowned industrial seriously. We recycle everything from bottles and plastic to paper and food scraps. We are mobile. We As Lee, who used to live in Singapore, designer Marc Newson, the ultra-light suitcase comes in two sizes, cabin and said in a recent interview, “Singapore is have streetcars and light rail, bridges and walkways where cars aren’t allowed, and a new bike sharing service, so come prepared to walk, run and bike. If you forget your athletic shoes, remember Portland is mini cabin. Choose from monogram canvas and several types of leathers in an special in that you can taste food from the home of Nike, Adidas and Under Armour! array of colors. Bonus: owners can download the LV Pass app, which allows so many different regions in single spots access to Louis Vuitton City Guides. www.louisvuitton.com like Lau Pa Sat.” Chef Lee; Ken Ling, Culinary scene >> Portland is definitely one of the best cities in the country for foodies. Farm-to-table the senior executive chef at Lee’s first is the rage, and ingredients rule the day. Creative eating abounds, and the wave is for more leading chefs DRIVE They’re back! Fifty years ago, Ford Motor to win the hearts and stomachs of locals and travelers. Our addictions are coffee, craft beer, wine and Singapore outpost, the contemporary Company, Shelby American and Hertz joined sweets! We are the home of Voodoo Donut and Salt & Straw ice cream. Chinese TungLok Heen; and LG Han, chef- forces to introduce the 1966 Shelby GT350-H owner of Restaurant Labyrinth, prepared Favorite restaurants >> My favorite is Park Kitchen, run by nationally ranked chef Scott Dolich. The through the “Rent-A-Racer” program. In honor an exclusive six-hands, five-course, pop- small and large plates are fresh, local and awesome. Tilt in The Pearl District has to-die-for burgers! of the anniversary, Hertz has resurrected its up dinner for Streat. It took two months Wine >> Oregon has built a great reputation for Pinot Noirs. There are tasting rooms in the city, but for partnership and is once again offering the muscle Lau Pa Sat market SINGAPORE to decide on the menu, which fused new the real fan, plan a day to travel, tour and taste. Thirty minutes from the city you have your pick of small, car for rent through its Hertz Adrenaline Collection. The and familiar flavors and ingredients. medium and large vineyards. performance-modified2016 Shelby GT-H (left) sports the iconic black-and- Foodies can thank Singapore’s city-state, of which around 2,400 are The Singapore Food Festival is a Stay >> For high-end, stay at The Nines, modern and urban in the heart of downtown. For charm and gold racing stripes and a 5-liter V-8 engine that produces 435 horsepower. Gastro cultural heritage, predominantly a mix actual sit-down restaurants. As Anthony gastronomic experience worth building a trip affordability, there’s theHotel deLuxe. For a classic historical bent, The Benson. Available at 17 Hertz airport locations, rates start at $399/day. www.hertz.com of Chinese, Malay and Indian, for its Bourdain said about the city’s food scene around, but as Bourdain notes, Singapore’s To do >> Portland has many things to do! Walk the city. Run the esplanade. Visit art galleries in TASTE Last year, Qantas uncorked its Sommelier in the Sky program, culinary riches. From mom-and-pop on his show “The Layover”: “New York past-meets-present cuisine is a constant. The Pearl District. Discover your new favorite microbrew. Shop the boutiques on NW 23rd Avenue. enlisting sommeliers from Sydney’s Rockpool Restaurant Group to revamp its Paradise curry establishments in Little India to may be the city that never sleeps, but Year round, you can sample street food at Eat everywhere. in-flight wine list and train cabin crew members as onboard sommeliers. A little hawker stalls at Lau Pa Sat market to Singapore’s the city that never stops hawker markets throughout the city, explore Explore >> Portland has a bad rap for rain, but the truth is from July through October we are blessed known part of the program is these flight attendants are now offering private blind upscale restaurants helmed by celebrity eating. For a gastro-tourist (somebody local eateries in old neighborhoods like the with unlimited sunshine, no humidity and cool nights. You can snow ski on Mount Hood year round, go to tastings in the galley on long-haul flights. First class, business and even economy chefs like Joël Robuchon, there are more who travels to eat) or any kind of serious Peranakan Chinese Katong area and dine at the beach or enjoy world-class windsurfing on Hood River, all within 90 minutes. class passengers can request this “off-the-menu” amenity. www.qantas.com

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