Siem Reap’s Soria Moria boutique hotel, run by Norwegian, Kristin Holdo Hansen, has been nominated for a Tourism of Tomorrow Award from the World Travel and Tourism Council.

“An extravaganza”… “A fabulous event” … “Like nothing Siem Reap has ever seen before”…  All phrases used to describe Emotions, a fashion showcase by Eric Raisina that will mix images, projection, art, dance, furniture and fashion.

Cannes, Venice, Hollywood, step aside and make way: Siem Reap is the latest destination to become a movie Mecca.

Pizza. It’s a contentious issue here in Siem Reap. Everyone has their favourite joint. Thin crust or deep pan, New York or Rome, marinara or calzone – and that’s before we even get to the cheese.

Congratulations to local tour guide Chansarak Noun for cracking the travel site Viator.com’s Top Ten Private Guides List for 2011.

There are many quintessential images of Cambodia; the dawn reflection of Angkor Wat in the lily pond out front; the umbrella-in-hand  silhouette of a monk taking a stroll; or the amputee, a modern reminder of the country’s doleful and destructive history.

Note to Siem Reap business owners; I don’t take bribes. But I do take cake. All journalistic integrity goes out the window when baked goods are involved.

It goes without saying that any article about Siem Reap’s most popular Facebook page which discusses the bickering and bitching that occurs on said page is going to generate online bickering and bitching about the article itself.

You may have seen the giant horse with the lamp sticking out of its head? Maybe stood to read the lyrics on the railings outside? Or perhaps even spotted the streams of dreamy murals adorning the walls.

Siem Reap now has its very own cinema with a difference at the Angkor Trade Centre. The difference is that this movie theatre is billed as the “first personal cinema.

The fourth annual Angkor Handicraft Fair is on until late Sunday night, with more than 60 artisans' and producers' groups from all over the Kingdom, plus regional exhibitors,  in attendance.

The Siem Reap-based Centre for Khmer Studies is rapidly becoming one of the foremost archival repositories of cultural and intellectual material in the Kingdom.

Having family concerns? Rest easy, because none can compare with those besetting Siem Reap’s part time resident, Pakistan-born Professor Mahmood Mall.

In a town as downright lovely as Siem Reap, you need never feel guilty about stuffing your gob...

Over-indulged on the turkey? Been chowing down on Christmas pud? Mind numb and body stiff from a stint of gorging on grub and TV?...

Bar girls. Go-go dancers. Brothel. All are words that crop up when you delve into the history of the Soksan Palace...