This week Conde Nast Traveler announced the Winners of the 21st Annual Readers’ Choice Awards this week. The awards are designed to celebrate and identify the best destinations, lodgings and transportation in the travel industry. Altogether over 32,000 readers voted to help compose the list so us the public can see where and with whom we should be spending our hard earned cash.

The most incredible statistic and achievement came in the announcement that San Francisco became the top US city for the 16th year in a row edging out close rivals New York and 2nd place Charleston. I find this no surprise as I have never heard a single visitor say a bad word about San Fran. It has relatively warm weather all year round and there is plenty to see and do. The only downsides of the city are the fog which draws in quickly obscuring the view across the bay of the Golden Gate Bridge and the steep hills that you have to climb to go anywhere. Still, this city has plenty of character and charm and is good for backpackers and people searching for a little bit of luxury. Check out my next post to see the top 5 things to do in The Golden Gate City.

In the remainder of the categories, Bangkok won top Asian city, Sydney top Australia/Pacific and Singapore Airlines received best international airline.

If you like chocolate lover and a shopaholic then why not drop in at M&M World. I discovered this little delight while walking up and down the strip in Las Vegas. The shop has 3 storeys of mouth watering goodness and hundreds of products sporting our little M&M character friends. You name it, clothes, toys, accessories, kitchen ware, it is all there, oh, and of course chocolate.

On the top floor there is a whole wall dedicated to chocolate and peanut M&Ms in all the colours of the rainbow (of course they all taste the same, only different coloured shell). The setup is dangerous however, as it is self service and you pay by weight so keep close tabs on what you are doing. For those of you who have just won big at the blackjack table this will not be an issue.

I was quite surprised at the amount of interest in the M&M merchandise in Las Vegas as you can see the little, and often big, yellow bags in everyone’s hands. It was by far the most popular stop off for shoppers that I could see and there is plenty of shopping competition is Vegas believe me. There are three M&M World shops in the USA at Vegas, Orlando, and New York at Times Square and opportunities to get photos with the characters themselves. It is entertaining, different and tasty!