On the Bund, Shanghai’s urban riverscape, foreign embassies and
shipping companies once jostled for space with trading firms and
financial houses, each of them building towering citadels of stone and
iron as testaments to their power. Read more...
Room Atlas
Written by NecesCity Hong Kong,
on 05-03-2010 08:18
Booking travel online is not always the easiest thing in the world.
There are lots of packages and specials posted online all the time, few
of which end up being available when it comes to booking that weekend away. Finding a hotel that’s in
the right location and price bracket, all in one go, can be like naked
pogo-stick riding – tricky business. Read more...
Aman at Summer Palace
Written by NecesCity Hong Kong,
on 24-02-2010 00:00
One of the things hotel companies are realising about jetsetters like us, is that, from time to time, we like to live like the nobility. From castles atop Scottish crags and Indian palaces in the deserts of Rajasthan, to barges which once carried Thailand’s Kings down Bangkok’s Chao Phraya River, travellers looking to bunk down in regal style havemore choice than ever. Read more...
The Lalu
Written by NecesCity Hong Kong,
on 22-01-2010 00:00
In Taiwan, there is a lake where the spirits dwell and legends linger.
Sun Moon Lake, once a favorite escape for Chiang Kai Shek, is a place
where time stands still, where Blackberrys are silenced and where
emails go unheeded. In the lake’s centre, a solitary tree stands on a
tiny, sacred island that can only be visited by the priests of the
local aboriginal tribe, and mists swirl around the pagoda built for his
beloved mother. Read more...
New Majestic Hotel
Written by NecesCity Hong Kong,
on 11-01-2010 15:03
Despite what you’ve been told countless times by ex-girlfriends, your
drinking buddies, and perhaps even an overly-concerned science teacher,
size isn’t everything. You don’t have to be built like Andre the Giant
to catch the eye of the ladies, or walk like you have a VW Beetle down
your trousers to be the man of the moment. To use another famous
phrase, the best gifts – including yours – can come in small boxes. Read more...
