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Shanghai is an amazing city steeped in history with many different districts, plenty of activities and more globally a high propensity to luxury. Indeed we counted dozens of five-star hotels – we chose to stay at Shangri-La Pudong and Mandarin Oriental Shanghai – as well as shopping malls with best fashion brands. If you take into account all green spaces, you…

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Luxury is a concept that can crumble over time, especially if we are used to finest things around the world ; fortunately, some places are able to reboot your own definition of indulgence and that’s the case of the Mandarin Oriental Shanghai, which gave us one of the greatest Wow Factor we ever had. Writing these words I am looking…

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For a first stay in Shanghai, the choice of the hotel was quite difficult as there is a huge competition between five-star places and all of them look very nice. We decided to start our Shanghai tour with the Pudong Shangri-La located close to the Huangpu river in the Financial district, staying at the Grand Tower for two nights. This…

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Intercontinental brand is always a good choice for business stays and the Intercontinental Seoul COEX is a perfect illustration. Located in the Gangnam-gu district – the most luxury part of Seoul – and connected to the COEX centre, it is a good place for both business and shopping purposes as all luxury brands stores and major company headquarters are there.…

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South Korea is a very surprising country and Seoul is probably its best representative. This megacity hosts 10 million people, is the 3rd biggest city in the world and allows you to discover both water and earth sea aspects thanks to Han river and Namsan or Bagaksan mount. Seoul is also the place where we spend 5 days for a business trip in…

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I booked my stay at the very last-minute (2 days before arrival) and was a bit afraid about this property. Indeed, the “Cherry Blossom” event is very famous in Japan and all luxury hotels were full since a long time… New Otani was the only one with available room and usually it is quite a bad omen ! However I…

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​Second time in Hong-Kong and first time in Tokyo ; actually first time in Japan also. Stay for business purpose but still very nice and pleasant, as usually when you travel in Asian countries. People are just amazing, so friendly and warmful, you can easily see that welcome guests is in their DNA. In Hong-Kong I took the occasion to…

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​First time in these countries thanks to a business trip. Unfortunately you can’t see plenty of pictures because I hadn’t so much time but essential is here: 2 different atmospheres, “modern and business” style for Hong-Kong and “in-development” style for Taipei. By the way both countries are so welcoming and luxury-fan travelers will find what they like: beautiful malls, best…

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Usually for a business trip I don’t care about the hotel ; I book the closest one from the place I have to go and that’s it. Well, I was very lucky that the W Taipei was the nearest one because it rises directly my TOP 3 for all worldwide hotels I ever stayed in ! Simply incredible, from the…

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For my business trip in Hong-Kong I simply chose an hotel close to my office at Time Square ; Crowne Plaza Hong Kong Causeway Bay is in the town center of HK and more precisely in the shopping/business district. It means you can easily walk to the subway or even to Convention Center and this is very pleasant. Globally the…

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​A 2-week VIP trip in Thailand, the best than ever in term of luxury: from the airplane class to the hotels’ suites or villas, I took the highest categories in order to check what was a complete (and expansive) luxury travel and if spend so much money was mandatory for this. Answer: no ! By the way Thailand is Thailand,…

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Located in the east coast of Phuket facing Andaman sea, Banyan Tree Phuket is the brand’s flagship and a multi-awards winner, especially for its SPA ; it is part of the holding Laguna Resort which groups Banyan Tree Phulet, Dusi Thani Phuket, Angsana Phuket. We booked a DoublePool Villa – the category you see on magazine each time they deal with…

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