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CNY: Escape to the Grand Hyatt

Super-good deal city getaway at the Hyatt in Wan Chai

Why go out of town to have a good time? The Grand Hyatt Hong Kong has an amazing deal to keep you in town. For $2980 per night (min. 2 nights) in a Harbour View room you get:

• - $500 of food and beverages per night x 2 = 1000
• - Breakfast buffet – which is $235 per person x 2 = $470 x 2 persons = $940
• - Bottle of champagne and strawberries on arrival – depending on what kind of champagne, lets say this is worth $300

With 20% off of the spa treatments and a 4pm checkout this is what I would call a Chinese New Year holiday.

Check for availability now while you still can. Its available now, so you can even book this for a 2 day Valentine’s Day special.

Escape from CNY: Cambodia

You can still plan your Lunar New Year getaway!

I hate travelling during the CNY holiday, it’s actually more peaceful in Hong Kong when everyone escapes around the region. But the great thing about living in Hong Kong is that you can literally plan your holiday up to the last minute because we have so many great places surrounding us.

This post is about Cambodia. Lastminute.com.hk is still offering some great packages to Cambodia over the holiday and you can still get in on it.

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Virgin Spreads into Macau

Sir Richard is coming with US$3 billion in his pocket

I’m actually a bit surprised that Richard Branson DIDN’T come to Macau earlier. Reports today signal that Virgin Group along with Australia’s Tabcorp are planning to build and operate a US$3 billion casino resort in Macau. Bottom-line if this happens, it will be the most expensive single-location in Macau even beating the US$2.3 billion 2,000-room Venetian from Sheldon Adelson. Continue reading »

Japanese Housewives Hit Bangkok for Action

Yes, the headline says it all.

I wonder if stories make the news because of Pop Culture – in this case the popular U.S. show Desperate Housewives – or is someone actually revealing this information now.

It seems Japanese housewives are feeling lonely and neglected by their spouces so instead of looking locally for companionship they head where everyone else in the world heads to looking for cheap love – BANGKOK!

“They really love it when you give them a drink. They sit beside you, give you kisses, put their arms around you or massage your shoulders from behind,” an “Office Lady” from Saitama Prefecture, who frequently travels on tours to Bangkok’s boy bars, tells Shukan Shincho. “We talk in broken English and broken Japanese. But it’s not about the conversation. It’s all about the teasing and feeling good. After drinking for a while they’ll ask you to go outside with them. Normally, they have to deal with these doddering old Europeans who want them to touch or kiss their willies, which isn’t much fun for the go-go boys.”

Read the rest here.

Yummy Tumi For You

Need Some New Luggage for your CNY Travels?

From now till Feb. 4 on any purchase at Tumi‘s shop at SOGO you can get some gift certificates – basically 10% return on whatever you buy. So if you spend the minimum $3000 on something then you get a $300 gift certificate on your next purchase.

$600 GC on $5000 and $1500 GC on $10,000 spending but you have to spend it by Feb 28. Which is good since you should buy some new luggage before we roll into the Year of the Pig!

New Design Gallery Takes Off

Pick Up Funky Stuff Before and After you Arrive in Hong Kong

You’ve all seen the funky store that people love to cut through at the Hong Kong Convention Centre in Wan Chai, it’s called the Design Gallery – and now they are opening on at the Hong Kong International Airport. Cool and funky HK-designed products from  Semk, Living Gear and one of our favorite HK toy lines Toy2R.

Check it out on Level 7 of the Departures Check-In Hall at the HK Airport your next way out.