ARTICLES My most recent features include: Asian Aviation Soars on Confidence (CNBC Europe Business, June 2008) Chungking Express (Urbane, April 2008) Towering Ambitions: Singapore Builds Big (CNN Traveller, Mar/Apr 2008) Sleeping Giants: China’s New High-Rise Hotels (New York Times T Magazine, March 2008) Soldier On: Inside the New Xi’an Museum (That’s Shanghai, February 2008) 10 Things You Might Not Know About Ningbo (Scribes of the Orient, January 2008) Follow the Leader: Mao’s Legacy in Modern China (CNN Traveller, Nov/Dec 2007) Rich History: Xi’an Goes From Terracotta to High-tech (Business Traveler, Nov 2007) Art Deco Shanghai (Silk Road, September 2007) Beijing: A City in Waiting (WorldTravelGuide.net, August 2007) Macau Gets Set to Bring on the Bling (BizChinaUpdate.com, August 2007) El Salvador: 15 Years After the Civil War (CNN Traveller, July/Aug 2007) Inside I.M. Pei's New Suzhou Museum (That's Shanghai, May 2007) 24 Hours in Beijing (CNN Traveller, May/June 2007) Shanghai's Contemporary Art Scene (Silk Road, April 2007) Great Stalls of China: Selling Luxury Brands in China (CNN Traveller, March/April 2007) China 101 (Sherman's Travel, March 2007) Tokyo Mini Guide & Hotel Reviews (Forbestraveler.com, October 2006) Singapore City Break (ABTA magazine, September 2006) Air India & Indian Airlines (CNN Traveller, July/Aug 2006) Saigon City of Surprises (Travel Age West, July 2006) New World Order: Asia’s Low-Cost Airlines (CNN Traveller, May/June 2006) China: Olympic Nation (World Travel Guide 2006) Shanghai City Break (ABTA Magazine, August 2006) Hong Kong City Break (ABTA Magazine, June 2006) Boutique Luang Prabang (Asia and Away, April 2006) 24 Hours in Bangkok (CNN Traveller, Mar/Apr 2006) Hiroshima 60 Years On (Asia and Away, February 2006) Shanghai: Still Sassy (SilkRoad, March 2006) Nanjing: China’s Crossroads (TravelAgeWest, February 2006) Managing Corporate Travel In China (Shanghai Business Review, Jan 2006) Commune: Great Halls of China (CNN Traveller, Nov/Dec 2005) Mapping the Bund (CNN Traveller, July/Aug 2005) Selling China (ABTA Magazine July/Aug 2005) Reinventing Beijing (Travel Age West, July 2005) Zoned-in Shanghai (Conde Nast Traveller, July 2005) Heavenly Hangzhou (Travel Age West, June 2005) Shanghai: The Smooth Weekend (FT: How To Spend It, May 2005) Hainan: China’s Hawaii (Travel Age West, May 2005) Qingdao: Preparing for 2008 (Silk Road, April 2005) Hot 100: Shanghai (Club 21, April 2005) Roots China (ABTA Travel Spirit, Feb/Mar 2005) China’s Burgeoning Hotel Industry (Voyage, February 2005) Qingdao: China’s Other Olympic City (CNN Traveller, Jan/Feb 2005) On a Roll: Enjoying Old and New Macau (Voyage, November 2004) Cut the Frills: Asia’s Low-cost Airlines (Voyage, November 2004) Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong City Guides (www.worldtravelguide.net, Nov/Dec 2004) Qingdao: China's City of Sails (Voyage, August 2004) In Search of the Real Shanghai (Travel Trade Gazette, August 2004) Developments in Shanghai’s Travel Industry (That’s Shanghai, August 2004) What’s New in Shanghai (ASTAnetwork, August 2004) China Soccer Update (When Saturday Comes, August 2004) 30 Great Reasons to Visit Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos (ASTAnetwork, August 2004) Shanghai’s Hospitality Business Comes of Age (AmChat Shanghai, June 2004) 24 Hours in Shanghai (CNN Traveller – May 2004) A Greater Union; Athens: Olympic City 2004; and Portugal Prepares to Host Euro 2004 (all featured in 2004 World Travel Guide – published April 2004) Expanding the Union: 10 New EU Members (ASTAnetwork magazine – April 2004) Hong Kong Welcomes Congress 2004 (ASTAnetwork magazine – April 2004) Balancing Business Travel and Health (CNN Traveller – March 2004) Do it Like A Local: Stockholm (ABTA Travel Spirit - January 2004) 30 Great Reasons to Visit Chile in 2004 (ASTAnetwork magazine – January 2004) Bratislava Starts to Charm the Brits (Travel Trade Gazette – 13 October 2003) History of Real Madrid/Estadio Bernabeu (CNN Traveller – September 2003) ^

 

PRESENTATIONS Reality Check, Travel Policies And Contagious Diseases (Association of Corporate Travel Executives, Singapore) Asia’s Emerging Low-Cost Carriers (Association of Corporate Travel Executives, Beijing) China’s Emerging Markets (HSBC Executives, Shanghai) Shanghai as a Leisure Destination (Ritz-Carlton Luxury Meetings Forum, Shanghai) ^

 

BOOKS Luxe Guide: Shanghai (resident editor - May 2008 & June 2007) ZAGAT Survey Shanghai Restaurants & Hotels (co-editor – 2008 & 2005) PopOut Shanghai / PopOut Hong Kong (Compass Guides, Winter 2006) Rough Guide: First Time Latin America (contributor – 2003) Rough Guide to Central America (El Salvador and Nicaragua sections – 2001) Rough Guide to the Maya World (contributor – 2001) ^

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BY GARY BOWERMAN - EXAMPLE OF PUBLISHED WORK Chongqing: City of the Future Tenth anniversaries are usually a cause for celebration. For Chongqing, 2007 represented a landmark year – marking a decade since it joined Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin as China’s fourth city municipality, and the first one located in western China. Once the party was over, however, China’s fastest-growing city resumed its focus on the future, as it strives to implement an hugely ambitious 15-year urban development plan.   The signs of progress are evident across this vast metropolis, which the Chongqing Municipal Government has boldly called “the largest inland city of rivers and mountains on the planet.” Read full article ... (first published: Urbane, 2008) ^