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Not so long ago, a wellness holiday meant spending endless hours lounging by the pool, signing up for a relaxing spa session and maybe taking a mindful yoga class – if you somehow managed to wake up at the crack of dawn.Today, many luxury holistic retreats have injected a Type A personality boost to their wellness programmes to allow travellers to turbo-charge their vacays with as many feel good vibes as they can fit in.Besides having purpose-built wellness centres that are outfitted with gyms, treatment rooms and other facilities, there are wellness consultants that can create bespoke programmes, speciality chefs to whip up “detox” meals, trainers to conduct fitness classes and even a slew of alternative treatments such as colonic cleansing and moxibustion for those who are inclined towards such procedures.It might sound like a lot of work for a holiday, but that post-retreat glow you’ll bring back home is priceless.If intensive wellness escapes like these … [Read more...] about How to get fit, detox and be pampered all at once while on vacation

Obsessions The Alarm Travel Time (Ref. 5520P) has a two timezone function, plus a mechanical alarm that’s on par with Patek’s legendary minute repeaters. 22 Mar 2019 06:30AM Bookmark When Patek Philippe launched the Calatrava Pilot Travel Time (Ref. 5524G) in 2015, nobody knew what to make of it. Here was a vintage aviator-styled timepiece that didn’t exactly fit in with the rest of its brethren in the Patek family.But it didn’t take long for the watch fraternity to realise that being different wasn’t all bad, and the 5524G quickly became a firm favourite. So much so that it even spawned a (smaller) women’s version last year. It’s known as a women’s piece, but really, the 37.5mm case (compared to the original 42mm) would look just as good on a slim-built man’s wrist.Riding on the 5524G’s popularity, Patek is now introducing the 5520P, the Alarm Travel Time. Adding a mechanical alarm wasn’t so easy, though; the … [Read more...] about Baselworld 2019: Patek Philippe introduces a watch made for globetrotters

CHAIYAPHUM (Thailand) • Thailand holds its first election in eight years on Sunday under rules concocted by a junta to keep it in power, but with the appeal of both old foes and the new millennial vote posing an unpredictable challenge. The junta seized power in 2014, vowing to rescue the country from a treadmill of coups, short-lived civilian governments and protests. But the kingdom goes to the polls as divided as ever. Standing in its way are supporters of its nemesis, former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, who has dominated Thai politics since his first election win in 2001. He was toppled by an earlier coup in 2006, but his affiliated Pheu Thai party taps a deep seam of loyalty from the poor but populous rural north and north-east. Thousands of rice farmers gathered in a school yard earlier this week for a Pheu Thai rally in rural Chaiyaphum, applauding promises of better times ahead under an elected government and whistling disapproval at every mention of the junta. "We still … [Read more...] about Millennials pose challenge for Thai junta in upcoming general election

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday (March 21) welcomed US President Donald Trump's "historic" pledge to recognise Israel's disputed annexation of the Golan Heights, which it seized from Syria in 1967. "At a time when Iran seeks to use Syria as a platform to destroy Israel, President Trump boldly recognises Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights," he wrote on his personal Twitter account. "Thank you President Trump!" Mr Trump's statement of intent on the strategic plateau Israel seized in the Six-Day War came after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Jerusalem and stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Mr Netanyahu at the Western Wall in the city's Israeli-annexed eastern sector. It was the first time such a high-ranking US official had visited the highly sensitive site in the Old City, part of the mainly Palestinian east of Jerusalem, alongside an Israeli premier. Both US gestures serve to boost Mr Netanyahu's campaign for a fifth term, less than … [Read more...] about Netanyahu hails Trump’s ‘historic’ pledge on Israel sovereignty of Golan

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday (March 21) welcomed US President Donald Trump's "historic" pledge to recognise Israel's disputed annexation of the Golan Heights, which it seized from Syria in 1967. "At a time when Iran seeks to use Syria as a platform to destroy Israel, President Trump boldly recognises Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights," he wrote on his personal Twitter account. "Thank you President Trump!" Mr Trump's statement of intent on the strategic plateau Israel seized in the Six-Day War came after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Jerusalem and stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Mr Netanyahu at the Western Wall in the city's Israeli-annexed eastern sector. It was the first time such a high-ranking US official had visited the highly sensitive site in the Old City, part of the mainly Palestinian east of Jerusalem, alongside an Israeli premier. Both US gestures serve to boost Mr Netanyahu's campaign for a fifth term, less than … [Read more...] about Netanyahu hails Trump ‘historic’ pledge on Israel sovereignty of Golan