Ever since I had seen the movie Minority Report over a decade ago, I have been eager to see for myself how does the world incorporate augmented reality and virtual reality to sell us products or show us the next best destination for our vacation. Fast forward to 2014 and the world is ready toContinueContinue reading “AR / VR : Which Destination Brings Its ‘A’ Game?”
Author Archives: Neha Wasnik
Best Luxury Travel Apps
Disruptive Travel. The two buzzwords since 2014 that have been thrown around among the jet-setting circles.The upper echelons of travellers show off the travel apps that adorn their smartphone than their destinations. What app you use is key to how savvy you can be when it comes to the fast pace of disruptive technology. InContinueContinue reading “Best Luxury Travel Apps”
Celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival with Mooncakes
There is no place like Asia to celebrate festivals and autumn season is a very popular time for Asian festivals. One of them being the Mid-Autumn festival or as many young people would relate as the Mooncake Festival. China, Vietnam Taiwan, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore and Macau celebrate this festival. Though every culture does haveContinueContinue reading “Celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival with Mooncakes”
Night Out in Hong Kong
London and New York of the East – Hong Kong has gained a reputation for its unquenchable thirst for financial markets, VC firms and world class cocktails and wine. Parallel to Singapore, Hong Kong is known for its electrifying vibe and energy with a party life second to no other city in the world. WhatContinueContinue reading “Night Out in Hong Kong”
Night Out in Singapore
There is a lift in my step and I am humming the latest tune from Calvin Harris – ‘This Is What You Came For’ while I sit down to fine tune this post. Well going by the music I am currently listening to, it resonates perfectly with Singapore’s after dusk vibe. You may have heardContinueContinue reading “Night Out in Singapore”
Top Destinations in Asia for Food Shopping
What is the one thing Asia is known for around the world ? Food. Indian, Chinese and Thai cuisine have been invading the dinner tables for decades and take top spots of the most popular cuisines according to Google Trends. Ever since the world started to shrink, thanks to travel and globalisation we have accessContinueContinue reading “Top Destinations in Asia for Food Shopping”
Beijing : Exploring the Imperial City
Well into the 21st century we have evolved into technologically dependent beings that can tackle little less than math at this point (all thanks to our dearest smart phone). But when you think how we got here, inevitably the roadmap of our future lies in our history and how we lived as a civilisation inContinueContinue reading “Beijing : Exploring the Imperial City”
Bleisure In Shanghai
In 2014 travel industry analysts invented a word for the urban dictionary – Bleisure. It was reported then that the world of travel was seeing a trend on the horizon of business travellers doing the unthinkable, mixing business with leisure and thereby committing to bleisure. Business travel is now seen more of an incentive toContinueContinue reading “Bleisure In Shanghai”
Discovering India : One Trip at A Time
Stereotypes. Imprinted on our minds by the entertainment industry, stereotypic projections lead us rather mislead us into shaping our views of a particular region in the world and its culture. It holds true for the western hemisphere as much as the east. However, social media has been swift in transforming the world at large intoContinueContinue reading “Discovering India : One Trip at A Time”
Royal Residences of Queen Victoria
To me Queen Victoria has always been a fascinating monarch than her successors or predecessors barring Elizabeth I and Henry VIII. I have read her narrative quite voraciously and the one thing that struck home to me was young Victoria all of 18 years was a creative soul trapped in the armour of a monarch.ContinueContinue reading “Royal Residences of Queen Victoria”
Taverns & Pubs in Shakespeare’s England
To Feast or Not To Feast that is the question. Or is it really when it comes to celebrating the world’s greatest playwright? From his early comedies and histories to his Sonnets and popular tragedies, the “Matchless Bard” has enthralled the literary civilisation for over four centuries. Ben Johnson has most precisely described him as,ContinueContinue reading “Taverns & Pubs in Shakespeare’s England”
A Day with Shakespeare in Stratford-Upon-Avon
Comfortably cocooned in obscurity the little market town of Stratford in the Avon valley had very little to celebrate during the Tudor age. By the time Regency era dawned on England this town in Warwickshire county, was catching the attention of literary class and thespians. Oblivious to the fact that it will offer modern Britain’sContinueContinue reading “A Day with Shakespeare in Stratford-Upon-Avon”
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