Following its success and overwhelming popularity in 2009, Asia’s second Superyacht Conference is to be held from the 12^th – 14^th October this year in Singapore.

This unique event was the first of its kind last year and was set up by the Asia-Pacific Superyacht Association to encourage collaboration, opportunities and networking for superyacht owners, captains, builders, brokers, designers, repair yards, marinas, consultants, financiers, lawyers, government and regulatory bodies and the tourism industry.

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If you are conscious of ensuring that your money is safe then Biometric Wallet Technology may be the ultimate purchase for you.

Biometrics is changing how we manage our valuables from passports to home security, and pocket change is no exception. We are so used to carrying credit cards in the place of real cash these days, but recent technological developments provide a way for us to feel secure when carrying notes as well as plastic. A responsive strip opens the wallet with the touch of your personal fingerprint, so with everything safely locked away in a portable vault you will be safe from pick pockets.

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Orbital Technologies, a Moscow-based firm have proposed the idea of a Commercial Space Station to serve as a hub for travellers and as overspill accommodation for the International Space Station.

The plan is to create a four-room guest house that will be in orbit by 2016. Guests would be ferried from Earth to the hotel in a shuttle that is usually used to transport cosmonauts to the International Space station (ISS). It will follow the same orbit as the ISS and promises to provide greater comforts to space tourists in the place of the often cramped conditions within the ISS. Orbital Technologies have also revealed that guests will also be able to look at the Earth through large portholes.

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The QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup returns for its 46^th edition in October and the Cote d’Azur has been chosen as the centre of the world’s leading bowlers.

Having recently been relocated from Zagreb, Croatia, it is to take place in Toulon, Provence at the western end of the French Riviera. This charming area is also renowned as a major centre for fishing and winemaking. The World Cup will be held at the Bowling de Provence bowling club, a sports club that boasts around 44 bowling lanes. It is also the third time that France has welcomed the Bowling World Cup, having taken place in Paris in 1967 and then again in LeMans in 1992.

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A train establishing a direct link between Moscow and the French Riviera was launched in September 2010 and is set to fulfil a growing demand for luxury railway travel in Russia.

The route between Russia and France has existed since the late 19^th Century and was used to transport wealthy Russians to resorts along the Cote d’Azur, but it was then abandoned in 1914. Now, after a century’s break, the train line has been restored by Russian railway company RZD who aim to provide an alternative to plane travel. Trains are the most popular method of transport in Russia and these luxury carriages will no doubt appeal to affluent Russians that wish to visit the South of France. The 12-car train will depart once a week and will travel a distance of 3,000 miles. The journey takes just over 50 hours to reach its final destination in Nice, including stopovers in Belarus, Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Italy and France.

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