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I traveled to Bali with my husband and young kids to decompress. 2 years later, we're still here.
Alison Emerick and her family rent a modern, three-bedroom house with a pool in Bali for about $2,2…
Alison Emerick
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How millennials and the pandemic are powering India's used-car market, where 4 startups hit unicorn status in one year
The demand for pre-owned cars has soared across the world. India is an under-penetrated market: Onl…
Vasudevan Sridharan
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We're a millennial couple in Singapore, where real-estate prices are skyrocketing. House hunting was surprisingly easy.
We found a corner unit with spacious rooms in an area public transportation serves well. More impor…
Amanda Goh
6 mins read
A new, ultra-low-cost Indian airline just placed a $9 billion order with Boeing, and analysts say it could lift up the country's entire aviation segment
Unlike airlines that ground their fleets in capital Delhi or financial hub Mumbai, Akasa's fleet st…
Vasudevan Sridharan
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Nightclub doors at Singapore's '4 Floors of Whores' are closing for good in less than 30 days. Its nightclub owners and sex workers are trying to figure out where to go next.
"Singapore is quite sterile, so to have an establishment like Orchard Towers gives it some edge, a …
Marielle Descalsota
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How 3 Singapore travel companies stayed afloat when their entire business model disappeared overnight
Singapore is the size of NYC, has virtually no domestic travel, and has been closed to travelers fo…
Shamilee Vellu
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A French couple bought a villa in Bali in 2011 without ever having set foot on the island and spent 2 years turning it into a private compound. Take a look inside.
The couple told Insider they spent as much on renovations as they did on the original villa purchas…
Claire Turrell
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Vietnam's biggest island long held onto a seductive image as the country's 'last paradise.' Then came the clubs, a casino, and a safari.
Travelers who arrive on the Southeast Asian island may be forgiven for thinking they are in Venice,…
Raini Hamdi
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How a Singapore-based founder launched a staycation app during the pandemic that lets people book up 5-star hotels' empty pools and spas for day use
"If I did this in New York, this would have been such a battle and I don't know that I would have g…
Shamilee Vellu
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How a former DKNY designer launched an architecture firm in Bali that builds modern, million-dollar jungle mansions out of bamboo
The crowning jewel of Elora Hardy's Green Village is the Sharma Springs residence, a six-floor mans…
Claire Turrell
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Thailand sealed the island of Phuket off from the rest of the country to keep COVID-19 cases down - but it also separated families who don't know when they'll be able to reconnect
"Right now, we can't go anywhere outside the island," one restaurant worker said. "And I just can't…
Jason Shueh
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Maldives resorts are paradise for guests, but some staff say they feel like second-class citizens. One hotel giant is trying to change that.
Many employees face isolation and feel like second-class citizens as they work on an island in the …
Raini Hamdi
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4 friends bought a crumbling, 100-year-old mansion in the Sri Lankan jungle for $430,000 and spent years restoring it. Take a look inside.
The stone walls had collapsed, bats were roosting in the rafters, the windows were boarded up, and …
Claire Turrell
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Phuket, Thailand, reopened to vaccinated travelers on July 1. It has revealed split reactions among locals: Pride in their island - and fear for its future.
On the first day of Phuket Sandbox, flights touched down in the Thai island from Israel, the UAE, Q…
Vincent Vichit-Vadakan
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Meet Andre Chiang, the celebrity chef who gave up his Michelin stars in Singapore and moved back to Taiwan to train the next generation of chefs
"When I first became a chef, having the best restaurant in the world or three Michelin stars was my…
Claire Turrell
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Japan's ghost town problem, the bleak reality of 'Squid Game,' and how Vietnam destroyed its last paradise: our most popular stories from Asia
Insider launched its first Asia bureau one year ago. Here are 16 of the most popular stories from o…
Insider Inc, Singapore bureau
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A couple bought an inaccessible strip of land on a Bali clifftop and spent 10 years building a multi-tiered villa on it. Take a look.
"There was nothing to indicate there might be something special at the end of it," said Renee Zecha…
Claire Turrell
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I charter superyachts in Dubai. We're seeing more Russian clients, but they're not partying like they used to.
Carol Liew is a partner at Dutch Oriental, a super- and megayacht company. She says there are more …
Natalie Hore
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Casinos made Macau one of the wealthiest places in the world — but they also brought heightened inequality and crime. Now, China is cracking down.
Macau's gaming liberalization in 2002 was meant to make the city a world center for tourism. That d…
Raini Hamdi
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I moved to Tokyo after growing up in Northern Ireland. Here are the 10 things that surprised me most.
After relocating to Tokyo in 2018, I've learned the ins and outs of Japanese culture and cuisine, w…