Kayak has been named the best reservations app by influential Travel + Leisure magazine, which published its 2010 Top Travel Apps in its August edition.

The Kayak app beat competition from Expedia’s TripAssist and the Travelocity app, to take the best Trip Planning app choice, which was one of 53 apps selected by Travel + Leisure as their favorites of 2010.

Other highlights included the free TripIt for “keeping on top of your trip,” Packing Pro, to help “prep your suitcase,” Hop Stop for urban transportation and the recently-released StayHip for boutique hotels.

Condé Nast Traveler magazine has revealed the results of its Fourteenth Readers’ Choice Survey, pinpointing the best golf resorts in the world.

The US magazine’s readers chose the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea at the best golf resort of all 80 contenders, with a winning average of 96 percent.

Scores were calculated on the basis of thousands of readers’ votes for course design and access, golf staff and services, rooms, service, food/dining, location and overall design.

Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort (pictured below) in South Carolina took second place, followed by the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai in Hawaii.

Hollywood star Johnny Depp has been voted as the world’ most stylish man, according to a new poll by GQ magazine.

The actor who has been consecutively named the magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive since last year has now topped GQ’s poll of the most stylish males.

Depp is lauded for being an “icon of eccentric cool” at the top of his game, and Barney’s creative director Simon Doonan extols his virtues in an accompanying squib.

A special edition of the Czech magazine “Royal Report” has been released with gold letters on the cover and diamonds on the alphabet R.

The luxury magazine will be put up for auction and is expected to fetch more than 4 million Czech crowns ($228,936).

The price includes the special edition, a yearly subscription, a vacation four times a year to anywhere in the world and 12 hours use of a jet plane.

Bon Appétit has named their top 10 best new restaurants in America.

From the press release: “Today’s most exciting restaurants have a lot in common.”

“ They represent the new standard: simple, satisfying local food—all served with zero pretense. They support local farmers, sustainable agriculture, and regional cuisine. “

Following on from the success of the Asia’s leading luxury yachting lifestyle magazine, New Delhi based Exposure Media Marketing now launches under license the India Edition of Asia-Pacific Boating.

Asia-Pacific Boating India Edition prides itself on delivering the highest standards in luxury boating news from India and across the region.

International editorial content effectively encompasses the latest in global boating trends and developments in the fledgling Indian boating industry, not to mention the last word in luxurious lifestyles.