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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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Flying from Paris to Asia is a chance to experiment many luxury airlines with first class low rates such as Emirates, Qatar Airways or Etihad Airways. For a trip to Shanghai we decided to choose the Etihad Airways first class – called Diamond First – with a stop at Abu Dhabi, a 15-hour journey that allows us to try the…

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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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As luxury brands try to crack the exploding Chinese market and the Chinese seek to export their fashion stars to the West, Melvin Chua – bon vivant, image-maker and cross-cultural connector – is the man in the middle.

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As luxury brands try to crack the exploding Chinese market and the Chinese seek to export their fashion stars to the West, Melvin Chua – bon vivant, image-maker and cross-cultural connector – is the man in the middle.

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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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It is official that China has become the country with the second largest population of billionaires in the world, just behind the US.

Revealed by the World Entrepreneur magazine, a list of 2007’s top 500 Chinese magnates determined their combined wealth more than 587 billion dollars.

Though the list included many from Chinese mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao, the Kwok brothers of Sun Hung Kai Properties in Hong Kong topped the list.