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Terrible Baby at Eaton HK is throwing a Back to the Future party on New Year’s Eve. Photo: Handout
What to do in Hong Kong

The best New Year’s Eve countdown parties in Hong Kong for ringing in 2026

Highlights include DJ Willer at The Aubrey, DJ Anil Ahuja at The Trilogy, and South Korea’s DJ Drako at Gossip.

Food and Drinks

Looking back on a bruising year for Hong Kong’s bar industry

Luxury travel

Private members’ clubs are adding rooms for the most discerning travellers

Asia travel

6 of the best hotels in Chengdu from which to explore the city or mountains

Whether you’re going there for the pandas and city vibes, or the mountains and teahouses, these are the best places to check into in Chengdu.

The Shangri-La Chengdu stands by the city’s river. Photo: Handout
New World Development

Rosewood opens French ski resort after sources say hotel brand is not for sale

Luxury hotel group announces Courchevel resort’s opening, just days after sources said the prized brand was not for sale.

Asia travel

Review | A luxurious stay in Phuket at Trisara, away from the hustle and bustle

Phuket is one of Southeast Asia’s most popular beach destinations, but at Trisara, one doesn’t have to compromise on privacy and luxury.

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Food and Drinks

Your 2025 guide to the best Christmas cocktails in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s bars are upping the ante with their festive cocktails, from exciting takes on mulled wine and eggnog, to gin ‘prescriptions’ and a cheesy pisco sour.

Hot Wine at The Aubrey, Hong Kong, one of the many seasonal drinks on offer in the city this year. Photo: Handout
Food and Drinks

‘Crazy cocktail menu’ at Macau bar honours bartender’s travels in Asia

At Wynn Palace’s Wing Lei Bar, Scottish cocktail maestro Mark Lloyd pours his spirit into tipples inspired by places from Seoul to Singapore.

Food and Drinks

3 Hong Kong bars serving festive cocktails with a twist for Christmas

From Bar Q88’s Jingle Bird to DarkSide’s The New Century and Rajasthan Rifles’ spiked masala chai, here are the hottest tipples to spice up your holidays.

Tourism

How Saudi Arabia’s mountains offer authentic delights rarely found elsewhere

Far from Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 development projects, the hills of Asir province and its capital Abha offer a place to ‘clear the mind’.

A view of Rijal Almaa village, located west of Abha in Saudi Arabia’s Asir province. This part of the country offers an arguably more authentic experience – and certainly a cooler one – than in the kingdom’s desert areas, where many of its elaborate Vision 2023 projects aim to draw tourists. Photo: Xinhua via Zum Wire/TNS
Christmas

Hong Kong’s best Christmas feasts, from traditional to more adventurous fare

Choices range from the Island Shangri-La and Four Seasons, to Feather & Bone, Little Bao and Tai Kwun’s Magistracy Dining Room.

Not your typical Christmas menu, at Hong Kong’s Osteria Marzia. Photo: Handout
On Our Radar

What to do in Hong Kong this Christmas, from feasts to circus acts

Our guide to some of the events lighting up the city this holiday season – plus the best takeaway menus for Christmas dinner at home.

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for December 12-14

Sample champagne and caviar at New World Millennium Hong Kong Hotel, celebrate Dead Poets’ second birthday, and drink wild sour craft beer at Blue Supreme.

Luxury travel

Is Hoiana Resort & Golf Vietnam’s ultimate seaside escape?

The luxury resort along the central Vietnam coast boasts over 20 F&B establishments, golf, a casino and endless activities for both grown-ups and children.

One of Hoiana Resort & Golf’s several pools. Photo: Handout
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for December 12-14

Enjoy alfresco fondue at Zoku’s The Terrace, a festive set dinner by Ask for Alonzo, and a one-day-only Christmas charity brunch by Ando.

Zoku’s sukiyaki cheese fondue in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
Style Edit

Style Edit: Boghossian opens a high jewellery boutique in Macau

Boghossian opened a flagship boutique in Geneva in 2008, and has since added stores in London, Hong Kong, New York, Monaco and Gstaad.

Christmas

Review | The Peninsula New York becomes a centre of seasonal cheer during the holidays

With luxe rooms, great dining and a 2024 refurbishment, the grande dame on Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan is always a great stay – but it’s even better during the holidays.

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Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for December 5-7

Kick off December with the return of après ski-themed event Chalet des Alpes, a Christmas Nutcracker afternoon tea at The Ritz-Carlton, and Italian specials at Trattoria Felino.

The Nutcracker Enchanted Afternoon Tea at The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
My Life

The Peninsula’s first female GM on burnout and the joy of reinvention

A colleague once told her she’d never make it at The Peninsula, ‘an old boys’ club’ – now she’s executive director of Hong Kong Design Centre, which runs Business of Design Week.

Style Edit

Style Edit: Louis Vuitton’s cruise 2026 in Macau – its first show in the city

The collection, by artistic director of women’s collections Nicolas Ghesquière, was shown at The Londoner Hotel after being launched earlier this year in Avignon, France.

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for November 29-30

Lean into winter comfort food with Honky Tonks’ festive turkey special and Samkeoli’s Korean hotpot this weekend.

The Rudolph Sandwich at Honky Tonks in Hong Kong is a new take on the classic Thanksgiving turkey dinner. Photo: Honky Tonks
Food and Drinks

On the Menu | Why the future of food in Asia is about comfort dishes and ‘relaxed dining’

Chefs at a Bangkok event epitomised a focus on heritage over haute that Marriott International’s Future of Food 2026 report says is trending.

Chef Aruss “Jai” Lerlerstkull served this elevated version of the Thai comfort dish phanaeng curry at The Ritz Carlton, Bangkok, as part of Marriott International’s second Luxury Dining Series. Top chefs are embracing traditional cooking techniques and ingredients in a big way in Asia. Photo: Charmaine Mok
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for November 28-30 – plus December 1

Say farewell to rum bastion The Daily Tot and enjoy Glass Gardener’s farm-to-glass, tea-inspired cocktails at Hexa in Harbour City.

Food and Drinks

Where to enjoy Christmas dinner in Hong Kong this festive season

For Christmas dining with flair, the city’s top restaurants Belon and The Magistracy, and hotels like Regent Hong Kong and Island Shangri-la, are laying on some delicious festive feasts.

Food and Drinks

Hong Kong bartenders spill the tea on putting together a guest shift

From Socio to Regent Hong Kong’s Qura Bar, a guest shift takes months of planning and painstaking work – here’s how bartenders do it.

Avoca, at Mondrian Hong Kong, hosted the team from Kuala Lumpur’s Three X Co (Asia’s 15th Best Bar 2025) in July. Photo: Handout
Fashion

Oh la la! This holiday season’s luxury must-haves, from Celine to Roger Vivier

Roger Vivier’s rose-detailed shoes, Celine’s reimagined bags to Olivia Von Halle’s silk collection and From Future’s fitness essentials.

Roger Vivier shoes. Photo: Handout
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for November 14-16

Level up your burger fix with foie gras, caviar fries and Dom Pérignon courtesy of Shake Shack and Regent Hong Kong, then rejuvenate with TCM-inspired dishes at JW Marriott Hotel.

Asia travel

Review | The Anam’s resorts blend luxury with a truly authentic Vietnam experience

The group curates a lush, local experience for guests through Vietnamese oil paintings and structures reminiscent of Indochine architecture.

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