A selection of some unusual mooncakes from Asia

Mooncakes Shangri La Hotel Bangkok 2012

Mooncakes are synonymous with the Mid-Autumn Festival, originally a harvest festival celebrated by the ethnic Chinese across Asia, dating from over 3,000 years ago.

The second most important festival after the Lunar New Year or Spring festival to the Chinese, this event, also known as Mooncake Festival, takes place on every 15th day of the eighth month of the Lunar calendar, which will fall on September 30 this year.
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Louis Vuitton City Guide 2013: San Francisco

Louis Vuitton City Guide San Francisco

The 2013 Louis Vuitton City Guides are on their way! Catch a glimpse of what awaits with this look at the wonders of the San Francisco Bay, which will be available for the first time as an individual volume.
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Refugia is Chile’s new luxurious lodge

Refugia Lodge

The new Refugia Lodge, opened this month, brings a luxurious establishment to the Chiloé archipelago, an island in southern Chile.
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World’s first biofuel jet flight to take off in Canada

Aviation biofuel

The world’s first flight powered entirely by bio jet fuel will take off next month from Ottawa, the fuel makers announced Thursday.
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JW Marriott lands in Peru at an altitude of 11,154ft

Machu Picchu

This October luxe hotelier JW Marriott is opening a 153-room hotel in Cusco, at an altitude of 11,154 ft (3,399 m) above sea level.
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Simon Baker is Longines’ Newest Ambassador

Simon Baker Longines

At this year’s Prix de Diane in Chantilly (France), Longines introduced The Mentalist’s Simon Baker as their “Ambassador of Elegance.”
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