CatchOn & Company

CatchOn is a strategic marketing communications consultancy specializes in travel, leisure and lifestyle, our team of multidisciplinary experts has a proven record of driving results.

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All's Not Well with "Wellness Syndrome"

All’s Not Well with “Wellness Syndrome”

In their new book “Wellness Syndrome”, authors Andre Spicer and Carl Cederstrom take aim at the wellness movement and claim that the “world’s wellness obsession has gone too far.”

The book perilously strings together random research to create a damning criticism of wellness. It argues that focusing on our happiness doesn’t make us any happier, workplace wellness programmes are a waste of money…

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Track to the Future: Destinations We’re Excited About in 2015 and Why

Track to the Future: Destinations We’re Excited About in 2015 and Why

As we’re planning our travel schedule ahead with a view of openings, exhibitions, and shows we won’t want to miss this year, we realized our top destinations aren’t really all that exotic or far flung.

So while others may be beating down the door to Cuba, Faroe Islands, Namibia, Patagonia, Northern Sri Lanka and other off-the-beaten track destinations (Myanmar is oh-so-last year!), topping our…

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The Journey of Sustainability

The Journey of Sustainability

What does the future hold for sustainable design and travel in China? We caught up with participants at the recent 5th International D.E.S.I.G.N. Hotels Forum in Shanghai to learn more.

The term ‘design hotel’ now has a refined definition generally shared by architects, designers, owners, investors and hoteliers in China. According to Dr. Lin Hao, lead architect of Sino-Ocean Taikoo Li Chengdu…

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Vicky Lau, Veuve Clicquot Asia’s Best Female Chef 2015

Vicky Lau, Veuve Clicquot Asia’s Best Female Chef 2015

Hurrah! Hong Kong’s own Chef Vicky Lau of Tate Dining Room & Bar has just been named Veuve Clicquot Asia’s Best Female Chef 2015. Part of the Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2015 programme, the award honours an outstanding female chef in the Asia region whose work has managed to win over even the toughest of critics. As big fans of her work ourselves, we just had to catch up with Vicky for a quick…

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Things We’re Excited About in 2015

Things We’re Excited About in 2015!! What are yours?? #doyouCatchOn #2015 #theMet #StarWars #Apple #Oscar #RoyalBaby #Milan

It’s only fitting that we kick off the new year with the events and happenings we’re looking forward to 2015.

Tech Trends at CES Las Vegas

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Kicking off today, the annual Computer Electronics Show is the ultimate trend bellwether. We’re anticipating the latest on wearables, drones, robots, audio gadgets, Oculus Rift technology and 3D printing.

A Mad Dash to the Movies

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WITHOUT RESERVATIONS

Check out our latest blog post - WITHOUT RESERVATIONS

CatchOn reviews six industry-changing trends that took hold in hotels in 2014  

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1. Dream Supreme

What’s Out: Sleeping rough What’s In: Sleeping soundly

Hotels are waking up to new ways to combat guests’ jet lag and travel-induced insomnia. Earlier this year New…

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‘Basic’ Instincts

More proof that the internet hates women - check out our new blog post.

It seems a new buzzword circulates on the Internet every minute, and for the most part only the useful ones stick (see: hashtag, selfie, emoji). Although we never expected the term “basic” to pick up speed, it has made itself very much at home on the web.

At first we dismissed it simply because it was confusing. Offences that earned you this label were laughably common: striking a certain pose…

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The Future of F&B: Wireless, Cashless, Painless

After mobile apps and cashless payments, what is the next big innovation for the F&B industry (Hint: you’ll never underestimate your tabletop again!) Check out out latest blog! #DoyouCatchOn

What is the next big innovation that will transform the F&B industry? At the CEATEC 2014 Tech showcase in Tokyo last week, a tiny makeshift café provided a glimpse into the future. Powered by Qi technology, every table surface in the café worked as a versatile power station. By simply placing them on the tabletop, food and drinks were kept warm, phones were instantly recharged, and kitchen…

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TREND WATCH: The New Corporate Boardroom - The Kitchen

New blog post is up! TREND WATCH: The New Corporate Boardroom - The Kitchen

Traditionally, companies looking to bump up their ‘employer of choice’ appeal offered flexi-time, an onsite gym or ‘recreation spaces’ — all mainstays of creative, design-based work environments. But something closer to home is fast becoming the coolest office feature: the kitchen.

Forget the token coffee bar, industrial-like canteen or soul-destroying cafeteria.

These kitchens are more intimate…

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Break the Ice

Would you like to know our opinion about the Ice Bucket Challenge? Check out our latest blog post! #doyoucatchon

If summer is the ‘Silly Season’, the frivolity reached new heights this year with the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Initially, it was amusing to watch videos of friends and celebrities dousing themselves with icy buckets of water for a worthy cause. It was charming to see Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Justin Timberlake spending their summers goofing around. Then it was entertaining to see the many…

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World-renowned Chefs Wolfgang Puck and Alain Ducasse Connect at CUT! #doyoucatchon #gourmetfood #FYI Award-winning chefs Wolfgang Puck and Alain Ducasse will join forces once again to host an exclusive dinner showcasing the best in contemporary American and French cuisine at CUT at 45 Park Lane on Friday June 27.

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Helen Kaminski’s Mad Hatter’s Tea Party

Helen Kaminski’s Mad Hatter’s Tea Party! PLUS a chance to win a one of these stylish hats! #doyoucatchon

Last week, premium hat brand Helen Kaminski invited fashion journalists and stylists to a “hat-bulous” tea party to introduce its Spring Summer 2014 ‘Kaleidoscope’ collection. The must-have summer accessories embody the brand’s philosophy. Designed with a conscience, the hats are created using handcrafted techniques and natural materials.

Hats Entertainment: Helen Kaminski’s General Manager,…

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Paws to Reflect

Since CatchOn’s office is close to Victoria Park, we’re fortunate enough overlook this leafy oasis every day. Today, however, our patch of green has been flooded with a sea of black and white. Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock the last few weeks (and with this heat, who can blame you?), you’d know that Hong Kong has been overrun by 1,600 pandas. The creation of French sculptor Paulo…

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Sound Advice

Scan the MTR during any weekday commute in Hong Kong, and you’ll see carriages full of commuters with furrowed brows and twitchy fingers. I imagine online gamers who pass the time on the train playing hypnotic, reflex-straining apps like Candy Crush arrive at work jittery and anxious.

Here’s our tip: log out of the online games and tune in to the ever-growing catalogue of free podcasts. Whatever…

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Cruise Control

If you ever needed proof of how celebrity culture has changed in the last nine years, we direct your attention to an insightful LA Weekly article titled ‘How YouTube and Internet Journalism Destroyed Tom Cruise, Our Last Real Movie Star’. In the well researched piece, writer Amy Nicholson recalls Tom Cruise’s infamous appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Showand argues that his couch-leaping…

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CatchOn is a strategic marketing communications consultancy specializes in travel, leisure and lifestyle, our team of multidisciplinary experts has a proven record of driving results.