The winners of the 2009 AsiaSpa Awards were announced at a glamorous gala awards ceremony held at Armani Bar Hong Kong last Thursday.

The majority of Asia’s spa destinations won an award, including properties in, Thailand, The Philippines, The Maldives, China, Cambodia and Hong Kong.

Following on from the success of the Asia’s leading luxury yachting lifestyle magazine, New Delhi based Exposure Media Marketing now launches under license the India Edition of Asia-Pacific Boating.

Asia-Pacific Boating India Edition prides itself on delivering the highest standards in luxury boating news from India and across the region.

International editorial content effectively encompasses the latest in global boating trends and developments in the fledgling Indian boating industry, not to mention the last word in luxurious lifestyles.

Asia-Pacific Boating celebrates 33 years of being on the water in Asia with a special edition for September-October.

In the coming issue, the editors and staff will offer a retrospective of some of their favourite destination photos in Asia.

Regular columnists will also be writing in with their views on how luxury yachting and yacht racing have evolved over the last three-and-a-third decades.

Our friends at LP Luxury Properties Magazine celebrated their third anniversary in HongKong recently and it seems they have now something else to celebrate : )

After just three years in print, they have won a Silver Medal ranking in Marketing Magazine Media Ranking Survey 2009, falling second to Times but edging past Forbes in the Property category.

Marketing’s “Magazine of the Year” survey looks at which titles have maintained their dominance amidst increasing pressure.

LP - Luxury Properties Magazine celebrated its third anniversary at Andante and Louvre Gallery in HongKong.

The evening started off with modern dance and private photo shoots with Maboussin.

Over 250 VIPS turned up and every glass of Grey Goose’s Lychee Martini and Dewar’s Whiskey.

Singapore was crowned Asia’s Maritime Capital at the fifth edition of the Asia Boating Awards, held at the prestigious Le Royal Meridien Hotel in Shanghai.

This is the second time the Lion City has been awarded the sought-after accolade – last year’s prize went to Qingdao, China.

The award recognises the tremendous effort that has been put into turning that city into a sailing and boating hub.