Issue: April 16, 2012 (Archive)

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State of the arts
The shop on the corner looks like one of the few traditional provision stores left in Singapore. But squeeze past the narrow aisles groaning with tins of condensed milk and instant noodles and a modern glass-fronted music studio awaits.

Luxury in Dalian
Hilton Hotels & Resorts has opened Hilton Dalian, its third property in China's northeastern region. The 370-room hotel is 13 kilometers from Dalian International Airport and adjacent to the new 210-room Conrad Dalian, which also opened at the same time.

Expat travel store
Leisure travel specialist Flight Centre opened it first local retail shop early this month. Located at 49 Caine Road in Central, it is the first Flight Centre-branded shop outside Singapore.

Big on bargains
Hong Kong shoppers know a bargain when they see one. They helped boost sales at Value Retail's nine Chic Outlet Shopping Villages by 58 percent in 2011 over the previous year.

Tea with the queen
Luxury London hotel The Berkeley is launching Pret-a-Portea - The Royal Collection to mark Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee this year. The tea will feature biscuits, fancies and choux buns resembling the most memorable hats worn by the Royal Family.

Your flight now boarding
A lot of hard work behind the scenes goes into every flight that you take. Take the new Boeing 777-300 ER that Cathay Pacific Airways just bought for example.

Garuda's ultimate offer
Citibank and Garuda Indonesia have teamed up to offer Citibank Ultima cardholders two tickets for the price of one on flights from Hong Kong to Indonesia and Australia.

Outdoor cooking classes
Choose where you want to have your cooking class at The Sarojin in Phang Nga - from the resort's own tropical gardens beside the shores of the Andaman Sea, to the banks of the nearby Takuapa River, or beside a jungle waterfall.

More rooms at Sands
Sands Cotai Central is taking bookings ahead of its opening in April. Sands China's latest offering will feature 600 rooms from Conrad and over 1,200 rooms from Holiday Inn. When fully completed next year it will also have an additional 4,000 rooms from Sheraton.

Virgin comes of age
As Virgin Atlantic celebrates 18 years of flying from Hong Kong to London, 18 employees who have worked at the airline since 1994 came together to share memories. Sharlynn Chan, cabin crew service supervisor, said: "There's never a dull moment and every flight is a surprise waiting to spring on you."

The Kawa Karpo Kora
Straddling the border between Yunnan and Tibet sits one of the Buddhist world's most holy mountains - Kawa Karpo, or "white pillar" in Tibetan. It's never been climbed (being worshipped as a deity) and remains a remnant and icon of the ancient bon religion; an animistic tradition based on the concept of a world pervaded by good and evil spirits that inhabit forests, rivers and mountains.

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