Meet the man behind Odette — one of three restaurants in Singapore with three Michelin stars
Odette is named after a revered matriach in Chef Julien Royer’s life: his grandmother. “She is really someone very important to me, and the person that actually showed me how much passion, pleasure, happiness and emotion you can give to…
Take a tour inside a Parisian hotel suite that costs $52,000 per night
There are 78 rooms at Paris’ Hôtel de Crillon, but only two “Les Grand Appartements.” The apartments can be combined, along with an adjoining room, to make a three-bedroom mega-suite that covers 335 square meters (3,606 square feet) of the hotel’s…
Covid caused a ‘massive spike’ in yacht sales — now some of those boats are back on the market
Oleg Breslavtsev | Moment | Getty Images Some pandemic-era yacht owners are headed back for dry land. The pandemic spurred a “massive spike” in yacht sales, said Richard Allen, chief operating officer of the Hong Kong-based yachting company Simpson Marine….
86% of expats report being stressed out, but study suggests they may also cope better with burnout
I moved from the United States to Singapore in 2024. Courtesy of Ernestine Siu Being a 16-hour flight from your closest family is daunting, but having the chance to completely immerse in a new culture and having the time to…
Mastercard Brings Commercial Cards to Digital Wallets
Continuing the industry’s migration of business payments and expense management to digital platforms, Mastercard announced today (April 18) that it is bringing its commercial cards to mobile wallets. The move comes in the form of a mobile virtual card app engineered to…