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Bangkok, Thailand’s capital city, has distinguished itself as the least affordable city in the world for renters, as per the Housing Affordability Review 2025. The report, compiled by Germany’s DWS, indicates that the average middle-class family in Bangkok…
Surging global oil prices will pose a first big challenge to India’s new government, whoever wins an election now under way, especially as domestic prices have been allowed to lag, meaning consumers are in for a painful surge as they catch up. For oil-import…
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, the luxury car brand under the BMW Group, said Wednesday it will introduce one of its 35 limited-edition Silver Ghost Collection models in South Korea this month. Rolls-Royce made the limited edition cars to pay homage to the original…
Central, Hong Kong’s frenetic business and retail heart, crammed with skyscrapers, swanky malls and luxury hotels, is the most expensive district for renting office around the world. Although the office rent in Hong Kong’s Central district is already the…
Hotel room rates in Hanoi and HCMC, at around $110 a night, are the second most expensive in Southeast Asia behind only Singapore. Real estate services firm CBRE Vietnam said at a recent conference that the performance of the four- and five-star hotel…
Cathay Pacific Airways mistakenly sold Vietnam-U.S. first class and business class tickets at economy prices, but will honor them. The Hong Kong flag carrier made this announcement in a Twitter post Wednesday after customers reported Tuesday that they were…
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