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Lilit Marcus

Hong Kong

Editor at CNN Travel

Editor at @cnntravel in Hong Kong. Can't cook but was nominated for a @beardfoundation award. Proud CODA. NC native. It rhymes with delete. IG @lilitgoes

Articles

  • 4 days ago | cnnbrasil.com.br | Lilit Marcus

    Muita gente associa os centros de informações turísticas somente a mapas e dicas de onde encontrar um banheiro público por perto. Mas, para Tammy Mermelstein, algumas das melhores memórias de sua recente viagem ao Japão vieram justamente dessas visitas aos guichês de informação. Moradora de Houston e mãe de dois filhos, Tammy passou mais de um ano planejando a viagem de três semanas em família ao Japão.

  • 5 days ago | cnn.com | Lilit Marcus

    The Motel Inn, formerly the Milestone Mo-Tel, closed in 1991. A few original structures remain. Ian Dagnall/Alamy CNN  —  This week in travel news: the original “motor hotel” sits abandoned, the world’s busiest airports are ranked, and how to move abroad without messing it up. Birth of the motel Hotels and guesthouses have existed for centuries.

  • 1 week ago | cnn.com | Lilit Marcus

    South Korean tourist information guides patrol popular neighborhoods to help answer tourists' questions. Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images Hong Kong CNN  —  Many travelers associate tourist information centers with maps and help finding a nearby public bathroom. But Tammy Mermelstein counts her visits to tourist info booths as some of the highlights of her recent holiday in Japan. The Houston-based mom of two spent more than a year planning her family’s three-week trip to Japan.

  • 1 week ago | channel3000.com | Lilit Marcus

    (CNN) — It can be unlucky when a plane has to divert due to a sick passenger or a security incident mid-air. But a recent flight from the Cayman Islands to the United Kingdom was particularly unlucky as it had to be diverted twice. Passengers on board BA252 left George Town, Grand Cayman, on time at 6:21 p.m. EST on Tuesday, April 8. From there, the plane had quick stop in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, to pick up more passengers. That’s when things got complicated.

  • 1 week ago | cnn.com | Lilit Marcus

    CNN  —  02:29 - Source: CNN 'Just dumb!' A new travel trend has people getting through an airport in 15 minutes... or not 02:29

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Lilit Marcus
Lilit Marcus @lilitmarcus
2 May 24

How many times do I have to sign emails "Best, Lilit" before someone stops replying "OK, Marcus"? https://t.co/NB0GMzFKKE

Lilit Marcus
Lilit Marcus @lilitmarcus
29 Apr 24

A detail buried deep into Orlando Whitfield's excellent memoir ALL THAT GLITTERS is that art restorer Piers Townshend's father, Peter, died in the same plane crash as Kathleen Kennedy. (He was the pilot. Piers was in utero.)

Lilit Marcus
Lilit Marcus @lilitmarcus
18 Dec 23

RT @cnnasiapr: .@CNNTravel: A hotel with one-of-a-kind access to the Great Wall of China. @Lilitmarcus explores: https://t.co/maTp5nLl1r