SINGAPORE – Agoda.com, Asia’s leading hotel booking site and
part of Nasdaq-listed Priceline Group (Nasdaq:PCLN), is calling fans of jewelry,
gems and timepieces to Hong Kong for two events that represent the very best of
these specialized industries – the Hong Kong Jewelry & Gem Fair, and the
First Asia Haute Horlogerie Exhibition.
Held this year from September 11-15, the Jewelry & Gem
Fair is the world’s number one jewelry event, hosting over 50,000 buyers from
around the world who come to inspect the wares of over 3,500 exhibitors
displaying a huge variety of jewelry, gemstones, equipment and services.
In fact, the event is so big that it must be held in two
venues – the AsiaWorld-Expo and the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition
Centre – offering a total of 135,000 square meters of exhibition space.
Attendees can browse an unprecedented range of products, talk with exhibitors from
22 countries, and visit the 16,000 square meters diamond pavilion, assembled
under the banner of the Antwerp World Diamond Centre and the Israel Diamond
Institute.
And for those that aren’t familiar with the word horlogerie,
it’s simply a fancy word for watchmaking. Therefore, the First Asia Haute
Horlogerie Exhibition will be showcasing some of the best, the rarest, the
oldest and the most expensive watches in the world. This event – also at the
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre – will be held from September
24-27. Visitors can check out displays by renowned watch artisans, browse some
of the world’s top brands, and visit the Mastery of Time exhibit, which traces
humanity’s history of timekeeping.
Of course, visitors don’t have to spend all their time within
the confines of the two huge venues – each is located near to some of Hong
Kong’s most popular attractions. AsiaWorld-Expo is located at the Hong Kong
International Airport, which has easy access to the famous Tian Tan Buddha
statue, the Ngong Ping cable car, markets, shops and trekking paths. An easy
train journey takes guests to the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre
right in the heart of Hong Kong, which has access to all the famous food,
shopping, architecture and neon-lit pedestrian walkways that the city is famous
for.
For fans of finely-crafted jewelry, world-class metalwork
and precision mechanical engineering, these two events in one of Asia’s great
cities are too tempting to avoid. To make the most of a trip, take a look at
the specials on offer at these great Agoda.com hotels.
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