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92 Pages·2017·8.05 MB·English

ISSUE LUXURY HOTELS TECHNOLOGY AND ETHICS
The challenges facing top brands Where is AI leading us?
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VIETNAM’S TECH DREAMS THE FUTURE OF PUBLISHING
Can it become the next Silicon Valley? How the book deal went viral
THE
ANTIBIOTICS
CURSE
As antibiotic
resistance rises,
once easily cured
diseases have
become potentially
lethal. Science has
began the fightback
– but is it too late?
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CONTENTS
UPFRONT
16
SHOEMAKERS
An English cobbler
with heritage LIVING
74
22
HOTEL
BANGKOK LUXE A classic Paris
A villa with a hotel with views of
difference in the heart the Eiffel Tower
of the Thai capital

79
30
INVESTMENT
MOST WANTED PIECE
The must-have items Why comic books
for the one per cent can be a smart
investment
38
84
BOUTIQUE
BATTLE GOING VEGAN
Why the big hotel How London’s
brands are jumping restaurants are
on the boutique embracing veganism
bandwagon
88
EXHIBITION
A must for Van Gogh
fans in Dubai
90
COLUMN
How to develop
as a leader
09
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CONTENTS
FEATURES
42
ANTIBIOTIC ANTIDOTE
Scientists aim to prevent the overuse
of antibiotics
50
PRIVATISATION PROBLEMS
Governments try to solve the problems
of privatisation
56
CAT PERSON AND WRITING 2.0
How a New Yorker short story could herald
a new era for book publishing
62
ETHICS AND THE FUTURE
The ethics of the fourth industrial revolution
68
EASTERN RISING
Vietnam emerges as Asia’s most
entrepreneur friendly tech hub
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