Escape Hong Kong: 3 Luxury Luggage Choices for the Weekend Adventurer

Hong Kong is hot, humid and hectic; time to pack your bags.

Fact: It’s hot. Hot and humid in Hong Kong right now!

The workweek drags on and it seems the heat will never break. Don’t lose your cool; pack your bags and get out-of-town. As all true travelers know, a man is only as strong as his luggage.

So, if you’re hopping a plane to Thailand or just heading to Macau for the weekend, these bags will get you there in style.

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Forget the Ferry, Hop In a Helicopter to See Hong Kong and Macau

Join the elite set and take to the skies.

Nothing says you’ve made it like commuting by helicopter.

If you haven’t experienced the heady feeling of urban helicopter travel, part Jetsons and part Gordon Gekko, the time is now. Although commuting across the harbor by air is certainly the height of the good life, those who want more than 2 minutes to enjoy their time in the in the sky should take one of Hong Kong’s exclusive helicopter tours. Or, how about a quick hop over to Macau?

You might even win enough to fly back.

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Audiophiles and Travel Buffs Flock to Tumi and Bowers & Wilkins Travel Symphony VIP Event

A great night had by music and travel lovers at our VIP event last week.

Last Thursday, audio lovers were given a rare chance to experience the full power of Bowers & Wilkins’ ultra high-end sound systems in the exclusive B&W showroom.

Avid Neonpunch VIP’s sipped sparkling wine while getting their hair blown back in listening room one. They watched the most epic action sequences from Quantum of Solace and Iron Man 2, hearing every piece of gravel ping off of Bond’s windshield and feeling Iron Man’s repulsor blasts in their chests, with sound quality most have never heard before.

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LUXE City Guides and 1O1O Brings Every City into the Palm of Your Hand

An A to Z city guide on your mobile phone.

Tired of lugging around a big old guide book with you when you go on holiday or a business trip? Want a city guide book that is pocket sized and doesn’t weigh like you have the entire Encyclopedia Britannica in your jacket pocket? 1010 Mobile network users can rejoice in the fact that they can now download to their mobile phone LUXE City Guides.

Currently 1010 users can download these ten popular destinations including New York, Hong Kong & Macau, Paris, London, Shanghai, Singapore, Rome, Bali, Sydney, and Bangkok and more cities to become available in the future. Each guide is highly researched and contains info on the finest dining, leisure, culture, accommodation and city secrets that most visitors would simply never find.

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Life-size Tetsujin, English FF XIII and Street Fighter Goes Super

A titanic trio in this week’s round-up of must-see vids!

First up: Six months after Street Fighter, here comes Super Street Fighter coming to your console in 2010!

You probably saw the Final Fantasy XIII trailer last week in Japanese, well here is the English subtitled one.

And finally, after Gundam in Tokyo, now its Tetsujin 28 in Kobe with its official launch happening this Sunday.