WORLD’S BEST STREET FOOD CITIES: NO NEW YORK
According to the editors at VirtualTourist.com, a user-generated travel site with 1.2 million registered members from 220 countries, the world’s best city for street food fare in Bangkok. Members specifically recommend Soi Rambuttri in the old district of Bangkok and Soi 38 near Sukumvit for its evening food markets which are open until 3 am. All over Bangkok you can snatch up freshly prepared favorites like Pad Thai, green papaya salads, mango sticky rice, and chicken with green curry for USD 1-2. While the Thai capital came in first, two other foodie cities in SE Asia took second and third place: Singapore and Penang respectively. Luxuo notes that Singapore is […]
WORLD’S FIRST, GREEN, LUXE AUTO FOR SALE ON WEB
BMW i3 and i8 electric and hybrid cars launch in 2013 and 2014 respectively. They are to be the world’s first to sell directly to customers online. According to Bloomberg, BMW, the world’s largest maker of luxury vehicles, is using the Web to find “an inexpensive way to reach more buyers to recoup spending on its electric models.” The sales site allows BMW to cut out the middle man and deliver a 5 to 7 percent savings to buyers. “If all goes well, the online retail project could expand to include models in the brand’s regular line-up,” notes Luxuo. BMW opened its first i showroom in London where prototypes are […]