Johnny Tang is 22, has bleached blond hair, piercings and tattoos halfway up his arm. He might look like an unconventional waiter, but Tang's attitude is what really sets him apart. It's easy to...
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13 Oct 2011
I'm planning a holiday to New York in a couple of weeks, and apart from the problem of wanting to eat at more than 20 restaurants in six days, I'm having tip anxiety.
5 May 2011
Nowadays, Hong Kong is an international financial city. Often we miss the personal touch of someone who cares. Waiters in restaurants are usually just interested in taking orders and getting tips...
25 Apr 2010
Hong Kong's most widespread rip-off is worse than you thought.
It's one of the biggest rip-offs in Hong Kong. The 10 per cent 'service charge' in most upmarket bars and restaurants which ends up not in the pockets of the staff, but in their bosses' bank...
Gigi Chao (below), PR executive
Which destination have you returned to again and again?
Paris. I remember the first time I went as a teenager and I hated it. But as...
The city's highest court yesterday blocked an appeal by Wing On Travel and held that tips paid to tour guides should be counted as part of their wages when calculating claims for holiday pay.
...Verdict that service fees are income is final, says court
The Court of Appeal refused to give permission to Wing On Travel yesterday to appeal in the top court against a ruling that...
Tour guides facing pay cuts of about 60 per cent or more are threatening to stage a week-long strike from Saturday.
An increasingly expensive euro is prompting tour operators, who get paid in Hong Kong dollars, to demand more tips when taking tour groups to Europe.
The Travel Industry Council...
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