Travel Insider: Colin Grant
Pure International founder and CEO Colin Grant landed in Hong Kong as a young tennis star and never left. A born entrepreneur, he launched a tennis racket-stringing business and Movieland, a chain of video rental stores, when he was still a teenager, before fundamentally shaping the region’s health industry with his yoga studios and gyms.
HK Magazine: What inspires you to travel?
Colin Grant: When I need headspace, I need to getaway and relax.
HK: What are some of your favourite destinations?
CG: Whistler in Canada and the Banks of Masai Mara River in Kenya.
HK: Most valued travel tips for yourself and/or others?
CG: Something nice to read and listen - bring along a good book to read and a good playlist.
HK: What do you miss about Hong Kong while you are away?
CG: My two dogs and the overall energy of Hong Kong.
HK: What aspect of traveling do you find the most difficult to do?
CG: It's difficult to handle the jet lag and time differences.
HK: How do you maintain health and fitness when you are away?
CG: I do yoga – I have my own sequence to stretch and a couple of salutations.