Hong Kong

Understated luxury for travellers is the goal.

Overall arrivals contracted by 10%.

Arrivals have slightly improved, but spending remained tight.

Watch and jewellery sales are the biggest laggards.

It's second to London on a global scale.

80% have explored external financing options.

Hongkongers sure love keeping in touch.

Hong Kong is famous for its crowded streets, its great transportation network, and its incredibly expensive apartments. But those aren't the only things Hong Kong is famous for: it is also at the very heart of Asia Business Events industry.

The sales pace should moderate in 2016 as investors play it safer.

It's been powering demand despite slowing leasing momentum.

Investors were turned off by weak economic environment.

Sentiment dropped to another record low.

This pushes attrition rate higher.

Mercedes-Benz announced the newly renamed compact roadster the SLC which signifies state-of-the-art technology and out-of-this-world appearance. The name change acknowledges the close relationship with the C-Class, from which the roadster is technically derived. The event was held at Mercedes me Store Hong Kong, the lifestyle extension of Mercedes-Benz, in Central and was attended by over 200 VIP customers and media guests.

Nowadays, the traditional nine-to-five workplace routine has been slowly replaced by the growing trends of remote/flexible working and work-sharing. In fact, a great number of well known multinational companies, such as Facebook, have already put "flexible working" in place, encouraging employees to work on-the-go so as to boost productivity and friendly workplace culture.

Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx) released consultation conclusions regarding Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Reporting Guide last December, announcing the upgrade of ESG disclosure requirement from recommended best practice to "comply or explain" in two phases.