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Part 4 - Dinner at Duck de Chine
When in Beijing (f/k/a to Westerners as Peking), make sure to try a good Peking Duck. (Also make sure to order it in advance!)
The first night my client arrived, I took him his son (who was traveling with him) to Duck de Chine. I'd heard of the restaurant a few times, but had never been there myself. A proper Peking Duck would be an appropriate first meal for new visitors to Beijing.
The restaurant had been described to ...
Part 3 - Peninsula Beijing
This was my first time staying at the Peninsula Beijing. The lobby, and two levels below it, are basically heaven for high-end boutique lovers. Retailers from Harry Winston to Tiffany to Brioni was represented...with many others there too. Perhaps this sort of retail mix is a sign of affluence in Beijing, but the privacy and serenity of a typical Four Seasons property (or other Peninsula properties) lobby is what I greatly prefer.
Part 2 - CA982 JFK to PEK in Business Class
I've flown Air China once before. I slept the entire way on that prior flight (PEK-SYD), so I decided to give them another try on this route. They operate 747s on the JFK-PEK route, which allows for sitting upstairs in business, which I quite prefer.
As luck would have it, the day before my departure, a morning meeting came up in Newark, NJ. I tried to switch from the CA flight to the UA flight (which leaves from ...
You may be aware that Singapore Airlines (a) doesn't offer all of its "low miles" award space to *A partners - in fact, much they do not release to partners and (b) is updating their reservation system this weekend. It looks like this weekend, B trumps A! All Singapore Airlines low miles award space appears open for partner booking at present.
Trips such as JFK-FRA, or EWR-SIN, over peak Christmas holiday dates for 2012 - in Singapore's Business Class cabin - are available ...
1-Introduction
2-Air China JFK-PEK in Business Class CA982
3-Peninsula Neijing
4-Dining Highlight
5-The shortest visit by an American to the Great Wall
6-Air China PEK-JFK in Business Class CA981
7-Conclusion and Reader Gift
Is it worth flying to Beijing for a one hour meeting? It depends on how much money is involved.
A key rule of any deal is it isn't real (read: isn't going to happen) until the principals have met in person. ...
Overview: An in-city hotel that delivers a solid luxury hotel experience
Strengths: Service, views, dining/bars, pool
Drawbacks: Maze-like feeling in many corridors, location outside of Tokyo’s main business hub
After stops in Singapore and Taipei, the final stop in my mid-May Asian roadshow brought me to Tokyo. Since I was traveling with a customer, I was able to book at any hotel I wanted (not limited to just our normal pre-approved list). Since I’d ...
