New York and Hong Kong are two of the most densely populated cities on the planet. Both have skylines dominated by glass towers and sidewalks and subways notorious for being uncomfortably cramped. However, another thing these two megacities have in common is a burgeoning trade in boutique wine production. Hong Kong: The 8th Estate Winery [...]
Hong Kong is well known for its luxury dining offerings. After all, the city has a ton of Michelin-rated restaurants including restaurants that serve Cantonese cuisine and even some more unexpected eateries like the world’s top Italian restaurant outside of Italy (8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana). But where Hong Kong truly shines on the [...]
Along with its stunning skyscrapers, luxury shopping malls and excellent nightlife, Hong Kong also has a vibrant restaurant scene. The city has an astonishing 75 Michelin stars to its name and in terms of food, Hong Kong is only rivaled by the world’s greatest cities. In this article we’ll take a look at five great [...]
Location The W is located in West Kowloon, adjacent to the Elements Shopping Mall and near ICC – Hong Kong’s tallest skyscraper. Because of the shopping mall, the hotel is near to all of the amenities a traveler could ever need such as restaurants, bars and grocery stores. However, even though the hotel sits on [...]
Skyscrapers, whether they’re viewed as symbols of economic and technological strength or seen as the shining phallic symbols of capitalism, have captured the public’s attention since the first one was consructed in Chicago in 1885. Now every city worth its salt has a horizon dominated by office towers and some cities have even become famed [...]
In the urban hustle of Hong Kong, space is a precious commodity. Nowhere is this more evident than in the city’s hotel rooms, where travelers are confronted with three options; spend a small fortune to stay in one of the city’s many luxury hotels, overpay for a small and cramped hotel room, or stay in [...]
Some cities are great for relaxation and others are amazing for business, but it’s a special kind of city that can balance the demands of a successful economy and provide a high quality of life to its citizens. We have ranked the world’s best cities according to a variety of factors including economy, unemployment, cost [...]
Busy, frenetic and always changing, sometimes it seems that Hong Kong is oblivious to its past. It’s easy for tourists and locals alike to become overwhelmed by the city’s modernity, but before Hong Kong was a center of global finance and trade, it was a backwater colony of the British Empire. From humble beginnings as [...]
Hong Kong likes to call itself “Asia’s World City”, revealing an intense competition with Singapore and Tokyo to be Asia’s financial and tourist capital. Whether Hong Kong is Asia’s world city or not, it’s definitely a world-class destination. [Also see our other travel articles on Hong Kong] 10. Iconic Transportation Hong Kong is a very [...]
These days flying can seem more like a chore than the fashionable adventure it was in the 50′s or 60′s. It was then that airlines like Pan-Am and American turned air travel into something that was affordable to the average tourist and here it is six decades later and air travel has turned into something [...]
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