Archive for the ‘Travel’ Category
by OP-Mall on Thursday, May 28th, 2009 in Cambodia Property, China Property, Holiday Property, Hong Kong Property, Japan Property, Shanghai Property, South-East-Asia Property, Thailand Property, Tokyo Property, Travel, Vietnam Property

Randy Lynch, founder and seasoned traveller of U.S. based luxury travel firm Kipling & Clark has compiled a list of his favourite hotels in the Asian region which has now been released by the guide.
The list features the top ten luxury hotels in all of Asia where wary travellers can rest their bodies after a hard day of sightseeing or shopping. We have listed them in order of rank below:
by OP-Mall on Friday, May 1st, 2009 in Billionaire Homes, Holiday Property, Luxury Property, Travel, Turkish Property

Imagine a hotel with champagne that costs £36 a glass, offers remote controlled toilets (no kidding) when you go for your private business and is situated on one of the most remarkable coastlines of Europe – introducing the very expensive Mardan Palace on the Turkish coast of Antalya. Reminiscent of a European Dubai as the Times Online labelled the area, Antalya is fast becoming the latest tourist hub for sun starving tourists of northern regions.
by Overseas Property Mall on Sunday, February 8th, 2009 in Golf Properties, Property & Real Estate Press Releases, Travel
Jaz Hotels & Resorts, the Hospitality Arm of Travco Group, Introduces Yet Another Gem to its Red Sea Resort Madinat Makadi

On November 6th 2008, Jaz Makadi Golf Hotel welcomed its first guests – celebrity stars Melanie Brown and husband Stephan Belafonte – along with their families and friends, as they renewed their wedding vows in a dazzling ceremony that took place in a 4-day wedding event hosted by Travco.
by OP-Mall on Thursday, November 27th, 2008 in Kuala Lumpur Property, Malaysian Property, Travel

AirAsia X, part of Asia’s leading low-cost carrier AirAsia have announced their intention to provide low-cost, long-haul flights between Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. The intended launch is scheduled for March 2009 and will feature flight services between London Stansted and Kuala Lumpur.
by OP-Mall on Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 in Travel

Foreign Direct Investment published a top 20 list of the world’s best cities for an expatriate job posting. Many of these seem the perfect choice when it comes to lifestyle, the vibrancy of the community, the weather and the sights.
We have taken the liberty and rounded the list up to represent the top ten expat cities for the perfect way of life. So if your boss ever gives you a choice, you will have a good idea on where you like to be relocated to.
by OP-Mall on Friday, August 15th, 2008 in Research, Surveys, Travel, Trends

It seems 2007 was another massive year for travel as the Deloitte Global Hotel Ranking Report clearly shows. With a 6% increase in global travel over the previous year, 2007 has overtaken tourism forecasts for the fourth year in succession. It seems that despite the property gloom people are still travelling in huge masses.
by OP-Mall on Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 in Luxury Property, Middle Eastern Property, Travel

With the announcement of Europe’s first six star service hotel and residential resort Palacio da Quinta on the Portuguese Algarve a couple of days back, we set out to discover some more tasty accommodation morsels to show you what living in true luxury really means if you like to travel (and rest) in style.
It seems that five star hotels are no longer the norm when it comes to bedding our heads for the night. These days it is caviar, personal butlers and Bentley that are on the menu of savvy and wealthy globetrotters.
by Overseas Property Mall on Thursday, September 13th, 2007 in Green Property, Overseas Property Trends, Travel

A brief visit to the BP carbon footprint calculator gives our household a carbon footprint of about 7 (tonnes of CO2) compared to a national average of 9.85. We’re weak on energy saving improvements to the home but relatively strong when it comes car use. Those figures are without any foreign travel factored in. Add in three short haul flights a year to my putative second home and that footprint rises by about 0.5 of a tonne. Change that to an equally imaginary investment in Florida or the Caribbean and the total increases by 3.30 tonnes and that’s before you’ve done anything to air-condition your premises.
Despite all the talk, warnings about energy waste leading to environmental disaster are not going to make all the difference to people’s foreign travel habits, even though, second home ownership in Cyprus, for example, brings an average increase in one’s carbon footprint of 4.32 tonnes in its train. However, the likelihood that environmental awareness coupled to other factors such as security concerns, hassles with overseas property and increases in the expense of flying will bring about a change in sentiment is something that every property investor needs to be aware of.