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Calendar is our monthly update of news, events, publications, books, industry developments and goings-on to keep you fully briefed on what we’re doing in China – and on our travels through Asia.

February 2008
Photography
·Editorial project in Beijing shooting Rem Koolhaas for Vanity Fair Germany.
·Portrait feature and article about Fabio Capello for South East Globe magazine.
·Location shoot in Macau of Calvin Ayre, a multi millionaire with a web site for gambling.
 
Journeys
·This month, we visited (and worked in!) Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Macau.
 
Corporate Services
·Edited promotional brochure text for new ski resorts in north China.
 
 
Features
·Reviewed Suzhou’s new architecture; Hong Kong's latest haute-Japanese restaurants, Megu and Zuma; and 2008’s hottest China hotel openings for Beijing-based Urbane magazine.
·Prepared Beijing online guides for Sherman’s Travel and Smart Travel Asia.
·Wrote features on: China’s highest hotels for New York Times’ T Magazine: Travel; Chongqing for Silk Road;and Shanghai’s new Wine Residence and carbon-neutral hotel Urbn for Centurion magazine.
·Contributed Shanghai content for the 2008 Time Out guide.
 
 
 
 

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Contributors to: Luxe Guides, Vanity Fair, ZAGAT, ForbesTraveler.com, CNN Traveller, New York Times T Magazine, National Geographic, Platinum, Nota Bene, Food+Wine, Marie Claire China, GEO Japan. Contact: gary@scribesoftheorient.com dir