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If you are tired of living in your present home then how about labeling a unique estate to your name? Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to be precise! Featured to the right is the tallest penthouse of the city. Offering a magnificent view of the city’s Twin Towers and city skyline, this penthouse is a worthy asset. News is few steps away, the four seasons development is about to start. This breathtaking estate provides a revolutionary lifestyle. Generous in architect and interiors, this splendid penthouse is expected to be furnished at the owners demand and choice of belongings’. The renowned designers engaged in the interior designing of the building are as Christian Liaigre, Ann Likoh and Yasumichi Morita. They say even a floor can be tailored to fit the concerned needs and desires.

Erected at a 12,330 square feet of well-designed living space, the starting price of this penthouse is $18,600,000.

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The AB 140, the newest and largest model in the AB line of jet-propelled yachts.

The yacht combines a powerfully rugged and concealing exterior with plush living, dining, and social areas that mask an underbelly and architecture made with optimal performance in mind.

The entire yacht stretches 42 meters long and reaches maximum speeds of 46 kn on three engines. It also includes a jet ski for three people,sun-deck with table, black wraparound sofa, and a sun-bed.

The  air conditioned saloon is divided into a living room and dining room with a table and chairs to accommodate a party of up to 12 people. An entertainment center, including a retractable 50″ flat-screen plasma TV, video-recorder, DVD player, stereo system, and satellite decoder, sits in between both sections and separates the saloon from the wheel room.

The lower deck includes a master cabin in the rear that spreads across the entire beam of the boat, a VIP guest room with double bed, and two guest cabins with two single beds each down the hall. All cabins include wooden beds (doubles in the Master and VIP, single in the guest rooms), bed tables, drawers, a closet, an attached bathroom separate from the other cabins, separately controlled air conditioning systems, and a mini entertainment center. The lower deck also includes two crew cabins and a gallery that can accessed directly from the wheelhouse, separating guest and crew living quarters.

Ever wanted to swap your home just for a short time? Now you can with HomeLink, the world largest home exchange organisation. HomeLink International was established in 1953 and continues to lead the way in home exchange holidays. Here you can pick your desired destination and then fill in your search criteria, from a non smoking home, to somewhere that pets are allowed. You can then browse the homes up for exchange with their desired destination.

The idea is that you swap your home with another HomeLink member for the duration of your holiday. You stay in their home while they stay in yours. You don’t pay rent and neither does the other person. It’s a free exchange, and they call it a HomeLink holiday.

Take a few days in Amsterdam, two weeks in California or a tour of Australia. Exchangers are most interested in the location. As one journal said about exchanging cottages and mansions, “size doesn’t matter, so long as the place is right”.

Anual membership for HomeLink is from £115 depending on how many pictures you have and how detailed you advert is.

Now thats what I call a cheap holiday! Click here to go to their website

The famous Pushkin Golden Autumn Ball will be held on 11 October 2008, at the Catherine Palace in the town of Pushkin, so named, because this is the place where the great poet studied and made his first impressions as the future star of Russia.

Guests will also have the extraordinary opportunity to tour the splendors of the Palace including the world renowned Amber Room. The most elegant and glamorous event of the fall season in St. Petersburg, the Pushkin Golden Autumn Ball attracts elite Russian and international guests from the realm of business, politics, and culture.

You can get a three night stay at the Grand Hotel including tickets to the Ball for 65,100 RUB per person.

The package includes:

• 3 nights stay at the Grand Hotel Europe
• Airport transfer to/from the Hotel
• Daily Grand Buffet Breakfast
• Tickets to the Pushkin Ball
• Glass of Champagne in the Lobby Bar
• Transfer to/from the Catherine Palace
• Dinner in L’Europe restaurant (excluding beverages)

Virgin Atlantic owner Sir Richard Branson purchased this previously uninhabited island between Tortola and Anegada in the ’70s. He has slowly developed several residences in addition to the main house, an airy Balinese Villa. Branson spent some $10million turning the 74-acre island into a top-notch retreat, including two private beaches and stunning views. A favourite with royalty, rock stars, and movie stars, Necker Island is the ultimate private tropical vacation getaway in the Caribbean.

On Necker you can eat whatever you like, whenever you like.  Chefs will prepare guests favourites, or wow them with their Michelin star cuisine. Every evening is an adventure as guests dine in some of the most stunning locations around the island - Beach BBQ’s on Turtle beach, Sushi in the pool or Gala evenings in The Great House.

And the cost of a trip to this exclusive island? Rates start from US $322,000 for 7 nights, there is a 5-night minimum stay and can also  be hired privately for up to 28 people for $47,000 per night.

Fairmont Heritage Place, Ghirardelli Square offers all of the pleasures and rewards of owning a spectacular vacation home without the burdens of maintaining a traditional second home.  The primary reasons that make Fairmont Heritage Place best in class is the luxury, the exclusivity and the services and amenities provided are said to go far beyound anyones expetations.

Even more exclusive…Each year for as long as Fairmont Heritage Place owners own their Fairmont Heritage Place home, they  earn the privilege to become part of The President’s Circle, which is limited to invitation-only admission of the most important patrons worldwide of Fairmont Hotels & Resorts.

Owners of Fairmont Heritage Place, hold the key to Fairmont’s residenceclub of privacy and privilege, safety and security.  One of the critical differences between Fairmont Heritage Place and a hotel is the “key”.  Unlike a hotel where you return the key upon checkout, owners keep the key and return to their second homes with it, in addition to having a legacy to pass down from generation to generation.  The key is a symbolic gesture of ownership and a symbol of Fairmont’s exemplary hospitality to owners who hold the key to this oasis of privacy and privilege.

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