Resorts

China Digest, December 6, 2012

6 Dec 2012

Since the 2008 Beijing Olympics, more than 1.7 million volunteers have been registered to help maintain social stability in the capital, Xinhua reports.

Young at heart

16 Nov 2012

When holidaying with children, it's vital to find a hotel that caters to their needs. TripAdvisor picks its top five family-friendly lodgings in Asia.

Club Mahindra Kodagu Valley

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Personal touch

13 Nov 2012

My butler is upset. I've neglected to call him and tell him that I was strolling down to the main restaurant for lunch.

Disney mulls new hotels and tipped to make first profit

9 Nov 2012

Disney is considering adding three hotels to Hong Kong Disneyland, which is set to turn a profit for the first time.

The Best Advice I Ever Heard

30 May 2012

When you believe in something, says Martin Sklar, believe in it all the way. Sklar should know what he's talking about. The 78-year-old is a Disney legend.

Opinion

Wang Xiangwei

Super ministries may not be the right answer for mainland China

Alex Lo

Church developers remain unbowed by government rules

George Chen

A house is not a home until it becomes affordable

Events

Today: British Chamber of Commerce breakfast: 'Hong Kong port - Navigating choppy waters'. Hong Kong Club.

American Chamber of Commerce breakfast: 'Lessons learned from building...

Ground-breaking ceremony set for Shanghai Disney

Work is set to begin at the long-awaited Shanghai Disney theme park, with the municipal government and the US-based entertainment giant to hold a ground-breaking ceremony on Friday.

Shanghai's Disney 'must avoid pitfalls of HK park'

Shanghai must ensure its long-awaited Disney theme park avoids the 'Hong Kong model' and guarantee that the city gains a larger share of the park's income, a delegate to the municipality's top...

Disney expects new attraction to open within three years

Hong Kong Disneyland expects to open its first new themed area under its expansion plan in two to three years, a top park executive says.

It's a small Disney after all for Shanghai

So much for best laid plans of mice and men: after being billed as the mother of all theme parks, Shanghai's new Disneyland will be the smallest yet.

The search for greatness

Mao Zedong once said that 'there's a time when it has to rain, and there's a time when a woman has to get married'. There is no reason why people in Hong Kong should be upset by, or shocked at,...