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If you’re doing some spending in Macau, do it with your Mastercard and get a chance to enjoy a variety of exclusive discounts and promotions. Every time you spend MOP200 with your MasterCard in participating shops, you can participate in the 2006 Best of Macau lucky draw.
You can get a ‘Scratch-and-win’ card where you […]
Aside from not having meals served and limited services for passengers requiring special assistance, budget airlines also offer less baggage allowance. Usually these low-cost airlines only allow one checked-in luggage not exceeding 15 kilograms, and a hand-carried baggage not exceeding 7 kilos. For every kilogram in excess, one has to pay a hefty fee.
Good […]
Whether you’re in Phuket for golf, beachcombing, or for a spa treatment, if you book yourself a holiday in any of the five resorts at Laguna Phuket, you might want to consider getting the Laguna Phuket Plus priviledge card.
The card is valid for 14 days and will avail you of discounts and special treats on […]
Hong Kong is one the shopping capitals in Asia. And in the summer months of July and August, you can’t come and go without having been to the shops.
What did you say? You’d love to, but haven’t got the time to scour the sales? Well, if your tastes run to the likes of Armani and […]
June and July must be the toughest time for shopaholics in Asia. The Great Singapore Sale is still ongoing, until July 23, and yet, here comes another shopping event you bargain-hunters won’t want to miss: the Hongkong Shopping Festival, which starts tomorrow, til the end of August.
Fashion, jewelry, electronics, and other traditional Chinese accessoires… take […]
How does your credit card balance look like? Well, brace up, it’s again time for the annual Great Singapore Sale!
Now on it’s 13th year, this event has been one of the - if not THE - Singaporean event that has attracted the most tourists into the country. Last year, they say tourist arrivals increased […]
The last time I’ve been to Bangkok, the main shopping jaunts are the Chatuchak Weekend Market, and the hustling-and-bustling Baiyoke Center. Both are not made for discerning shoppers whose tastes run along the lines of Prada, Louis Vuitton, and D&G … which maybe explains why I have been shopping in those places! I’m your regular […]
Blogger Christine, who is a Filipino expatriate based in Singapore, wrote an article about Singapore as shopping haven. With the gamut of shops in Singapore, Christine provides a short primer of where to find what, bringing us to a cyber-shopping trip across Orchard Road, Marina Bay and the food jaunts at the Hawker Centers.
Go […]
In a previous post, I’ve enumerated the various shopping festivals in Asia. Well, brace yourself, year 2006 will start with a shopping spree… at the 11th Dubai Shopping Festival! I’ve had stop-overs in Dubai several times and I have to say, if the awesome array of fashion, electronics, cosmetics and especially jewelry at the Duty-Free […]
There’s an “art space” — store to us mortals — along Silom Road in Bangkok that’s gaining popularity for jewelry afficionados. You won’t find fancy yellow diamond rings in Kitti Manoonphol’s shop, but his creations have been seen on beauty queens and Hollywood stars. He calls his creations “contemporary ethnic arts”, making use of ancient […]
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