Christina Liao Christina Liao has been writing about luxury travel, food, and drinks for nearly a decade. She has contributed to publications like Vogue, Robb Report, Food & Wine, Business Insider, Forbes, and more. Christina usually spends at least a quarter of the year in East and Southeast Asia, with most of her time devoted to traversing Japan. She also has an affinity for Western Europe, particularly France and Italy. She loves checking into new hotels, diving into local cuisine, imbibing at bars (especially when it involves tequila or Champagne), and relaxing at world-class spas. About Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure, a Dotdash Meredith Brand, is a top travel media brand with a mission to inform and inspire passionate travelers. Our expert team includes a network of hundreds of writers and photographers across the globe, all providing a local eye on the best places to stay, eat, and explore. We reach an audience that takes 76 million round trips annually, offering valuable travel tips, ideas and inspiration, and products you need to get you to your destination — whether it’s a small town or big city, beach or lake, national park or theme park, road trip, cruise, or long-haul flight, and everything in between. Learn more about us and our editorial process