Visitors to London will find hotel prices doubled this year thanks to the 2012 Olympics A study by Hotels.com, part of the Expedia group of companies, found prices for booking for London 2012 Olympics are 102% higher than for the same months in 2011. The study says the average price of a hotel room in … Read more
Hong Kong overtakes London’s West End as world’s most expensive office market in 2011 Newly-released figures from Knight Frank show that Central, Hong Kong overtook London’s West End as the location with the highest prime office rents in the world during 2011. Hong Kong’s rise to the top of the ranking is a result of … Read more
Inter-galactic business ventures. Clean-tech gate to near-space with a Space Balloon Low-carbon space travel is almost real. It is calm, it is quiet, it is private and it is bloon. zero2infinity from Spain is providing the dream of seeing the Earth from near-space and raising awareness of our place in the cosmos. bloon’s experience consists … Read more
Beau Sancy, a diamond of supreme historical importance and one of the most rare diamonds ever to come to auction, will led Sotheby’s Geneva sale of Magnificent Jewelsand Noble Jewels on 15 May 2012. Passed down through the Royal Families of France, England, Prussia and the House of Orange, the celebrated diamond has been the … Read more
Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, expects to test fly its first spacecraft beyond the Earth’s atmosphere this year, with commercial suborbital passenger service to follow in 2013 or 2014, company officials said to reuters. Virgin Galactic is the most visible of a handful of companies developing spaceships for tourism, research, educational and business purposes. The suborbital … Read more
How to Distinguish Between Perigord Black Truffles and Chinese look-a-like black Truffles Truffle retailer, Mirepoix USA, recommends consumers educate themselves about the differences between the prized Perigord truffle and the Chinese look-a-like black truffle. Perigord black truffles, one of the most expensive food in the world, are threatened by an influx of Chinese truffles masquerading … Read more