First Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants list The highly anticipated annual list of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, hosted by UK-based Restaurant magazine, will rank from 2013 the 50 best restaurants in Asia. The winners of the inaugural edition of the list of the best places to eat in Asia will be announced at a gala … Read more
Himalayan holiday, Myanmar, Indonesia and South Korea among Asia travel trends of the year While luxury travel to China, Japan and Thailand remains perennially popular, a handful of locales are stealing the spotlight for Asia luxury travel. Remote Lands, the New York and Bangkok-based Asia ultra-luxe private tour operator, predicts the hottest Asia travel destinations … Read more
Indonesia to be largest luxury market in SE Asia: LVMH Indonesia will become the largest luxury market in southeast Asia over the next few years, Ravi Thakran, LVMH`s head for South Asia, South East Asia and Middle East told CNBC. According to Thakran, Indonesian consumers currently buy their luxury goods mostly from Hong Kong and … Read more
This year, Artprice’s annual art market report – based on 6.3 million auction results from 4,500 auction houses around the world focused particularly on China’s successful conquest of the global art market. In spite of the sword of Damocles hanging over the West, art in fact sold better in 2011 than at any other time … Read more
Forget the BRIC countries – travel soon will be all about the SLIMMA Although conventional wisdom suggests we’ll be heading to Brazil, Russia, India and China (the BRIC countries) more and more — the hottest vacation destinations in the coming years could be the ‘SLIMMA’ bloc, according to a new report. At this week’s , … Read more