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Co-working goes collaborative

A group working space for creative start-ups aims to expand networking and cooperation opportunities as well as a shared venue.

08 March 2021

Providing creatives with a support platform, Hong Kong co-working space V-Co aims to offer something different from the usual co-working environment.More

Topics: Real Estate Services, Hong Kong, commercial real estate, real estate

Women seize apron strings

Female staff will take charge at a Michelin-starred restaurant to mark International Women’s Day.

01 March 2021

Two Michelin-star Hong Kong restaurant Écriture will unveil a special tasting menu for International Women’s Day on 8 March, conceived, developed and executed by its female staff. More

Topics: Food & Beverages, France, Hong Kong, food, Hospitality

Young investors take to whisky

As tastings move online, the age and gender profile of scotch holders updates.

22 February 2021

Fine single-malt Scotch whisky casks have been the highest-performing alternative asset of the 21st century, according to the 2020 Knight Frank Luxury Investment Index, which found the return on investment (ROI) from whisky grew 586% in the past decade.More

Topics: Food & Beverages, Finance & Investment, Hong Kong, beverage, investment

Art showcase goes digital

The M+ Museum in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District has already built a strong online presence in the run-up to its autumn opening.

16 February 2021

As the first exhibition centre for global contemporary visual culture in Asia, the M+ Museum is poised to enrich Hong Kong’s cultural scene when it opens at the M+ Building in the West Kowloon Cultural District in autumn.More

Topics: Architecture & Planning, Hong Kong, e-business, art

Peak prospects undimmed

An Italian restaurant opens at a tourist-heavy hotspot in Hong Kong despite the pandemic.

08 February 2021

As Hong Kong’s tourist market remains under a COVID-19 cloud, setting up a restaurant in prime tourist territory such as the Peak is going to be difficult.More

Topics: Food & Beverages, Hong Kong, food, restaurant

AmCham plots fresh course

As a new administration launches in Washington, a fresh leader of the US business community in Hong Kong considers the year ahead.

01 February 2021

The United States and its relations with the world, especially with Mainland China and Hong Kong, have been very much in the news recently.More

Topics: Association & Government, Hong Kong, International Relations, trade

Hygiene big seller at airport

A SARS-inspired move to set up a sanitising products and services firm proves salutary.

25 January 2021

Lifestyle outlet Cleanfreak.Store, which debuted as a pop-up at Hong Kong International Airport in July last year, is meeting demand for sanitising products and services created by the COVID-19 pandemic.More

Topics: Medical & Healthcare Services, Hong Kong, start-ups, health

Survival, island style

A healthy-living focused start-up finds original solutions to pandemic challenges.

18 January 2021

The word “island” conjures up images of palm trees rustling in the wind while waves lap a golden beach – peace and tranquillity.More

Topics: Tourism & Hospitality, Health & Beauty, Thailand, Italy, travel, health

Bar draws green circle

A cocktail outlet seeks to eliminate all waste.

11 January 2021

Inspired by the farm-to-bar movement currently taking the culinary world by storm, Hong Kong bar Penicillin champions a closed-loop production model – sourcing most ingredients locally, repurposing surplus cocktail ingredients in its kitchen, using lab food and sending scraps to its fermentation room.More

Topics: Food & Beverages, Environmental Protection, Hong Kong, Green eating, Environmental Conservation

Beauty works from home

As the pandemic keeps salons shut, a Hong Kong start-up finds eager buyers for DIY beauty treatment products.

04 January 2021

As social-distancing rules during successive waves of COVID-19 in Hong Kong alternatively close or impose restrictions on beauty salons, many women have chosen to carry out beauty treatments themselves.More

Topics: Health & Beauty, Hong Kong, health, beauty

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