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Where art thou: Charles Saatchi's controversial Saatchi Gallery, which introduced the world to Damien Hirst's pickled shark, Tracey Emin's soiled bed and Rachel Whiteread's inside-out house, is moving from its middle-of-nowhere North London venue to a new, 30,000-sq-ft home in the burgeoning South Bank area. Opening mid-April in County Hall, where the Dali Universe permanent exhibition is located, and a stroll away from the Tate Modern, the new gallery will confirm the area as one of Europe's main centres of modern art. It will house the advertising guru's impressive art collection bought over the past 15 years as well as exhibit other collections. Visit www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk for more details closer to the time.
Smells like team spirit: The Sheraton Grande Laguna Phuket is offering a four-day/three-night package combining meetings with a half-day 'Quest Laguna Challenge' team-building activity, where participants foster teamwork and corporate spirit. Priced at US$410 (HK$3,200) per room, the package features a welcoming Thai cocktail and fruit platter; accommodation in a Lagoon Room; daily breakfast; the use of a meeting room for a day and a half (including two business lunches, three coffee breaks, bottled water and essential meeting equipment); use of the 24-hour fitness centre, tennis courts, windsurfing, sailing and canoeing; and complimentary inter-resort transportation to the four other hotels in the Laguna Phuket complex, Laguna Phuket Golf Club and Canal shopping village. The offer is available until December 20, with a minimum booking of 15 rooms. Contact Laddawan Somniyam, director of sales events on [66 76] 324 1017 or [email protected] for more details (www.starwood.com/phuket).
Keep it in the family: On April 20, the Regal Airport Hotel is holding a 'Easter Family Fun Package' priced at $545 per person (based on twin share) and $118 per child under 12 sharing the room. The cost includes one night's accommodation; access to game booths and balloon twisting on the ground floor; dinner buffet in the Grand Ballroom with a fun fair; 15 per cent discount on beauty treatments at its Topform health spa; and round-trip Airport Express tickets for the whole family. If you book before April 8, you'll receive a further $100 discount, and a second night is available for $499 per room. Call 2286 8688 for more details (www.regalhotel.com).
Something for the weekend: Fancy a last-minute getaway? Farrington Express has a range of three- and four-day weekend packages to Bangkok (from $1,899), Hanoi (from $2,499), Shanghai (from $2,499) and Taipei (from $2,490) throughout March and April. Packages generally include return economy flights, transfers, accommodation and daily breakfast with extras such as free upgrades, afternoon tea, dinner, travel insurance and discounts on beauty treatments available with certain deals. Visit www.amextravel.com.hk or call 2808 2828 for more details.

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