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|By Steve Weisfeldt
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|March 29, 2012 06:00 AM EDT
In Part 1 I described how the cloud is revolutionizing load testing and the advantages it provides to ensure that your web applications perform well in production. We also looked at what capabilities you should seek out when selecting a load testing solution.
In Part 2, I will offer the limitations of a test strategy that relies solely on cloud-based testing, highlighting the need for a complementary internal load testing solution. I will also discuss several best practices for load testing in the cloud. Understanding how to apply the right tools and practices to make the most of the cloud is fundamental to cloud-based testing and vital to ultimately going live with total peace of mind.
The advantages to load testing with the cloud are clear, but internal testing still has its place in the overall test plan, particularly when testing from outside the firewall is not feasible. Internal testing also helps you to isolate effects that are due to your own application or infrastructure from those that are outside your firewall and potentially beyond your control.
The advantages to load testing with the cloud are clear, but internal testing still has its place in the overall test plan, particularly when testing from outside the firewall is not feasible. Internal testing also helps you to isolate effects that are due to your own application or infrastructure from those that are outside your firewall and potentially beyond your control.
Isolating Root Cause
When load testing uncovers a problem, the next step is identifying which layer in the delivery chain is causing the problem. You can use monitors to check performance metrics such has hits, average response time per request, and average bandwidth for each layer or piece of equipment in the chain. You can also employ application performance management (APM) solutions to identify bottlenecks in the code. These techniques work reasonably well when there is a single source for the performance slow-down.
When there are multiple problems, both inside and outside the firewall, it can be difficult to sort out the root causes because the symptoms are often commingled, making them difficult to isolate and resolve individually. For this reason it's important to have a cloud load testing solution that you can also apply within the firewall. You can then separate the problems that exist within the firewall from those caused by layers outside it. The ability to test a subset of the delivery chain in this way makes it much easier to find the root causes of performance problems.
Reproducing Tests
Often, you need to precisely measure the effect of changes made to the application code or settings. For example, you may need to determine the performance improvement that results from resolving a specific defect or evaluate performance for a range of cache sizes and other settings.
With cloud load testing, such precise measurements are difficult because of variations in Internet traffic and bandwidth availability at the data center level. Such variations can make it almost impossible to duplicate conditions from day to day or even within the same day.
As with isolating root causes, this situation also highlights the need for internal testing, in which you can better manage the conditions of the test, stabilize the testing environment, and take precise measurements to get more reliable performance metrics for comparison.
Conducting Small Scale Tests
Not all load testing requires hundreds of load generators. Even applications that anticipate many thousands of concurrent users are initially tested with a small population. These smaller scale tests require only a few machines may be easier and less expensive to conduct internally if the machines have already been purchased and are available for use. These tests can be carried out within the firewall to conduct tests that don't require a heavy load or the full delivery chain. To keep cloud expenses down, use available real machines when they can provide the information you need, and employ load testing with the cloud when necessary for larger scale, more realistic tests.
Testing Inside the Firewall
Of course, some testing use cases preclude the use of the cloud. If you're developing an enterprise web application that was not designed to be accessed from the Internet, then it's not a good idea to expose it outside the firewall solely for the purpose of load testing with the cloud. Likewise, if your pre-production environment is not set up to be accessed from the Internet, you'll want to have an internal testing solution that can be used within the firewall. Ideally, you want to use the same load testing solution for both internal testing and testing with the cloud, so that the scripts you developed for internal pre-production testing can be reused in production cloud-based testing. Using different tools for internal and cloud testing would not only require a rewrite of the scripts, it would also increase licensing and training costs.
Best Practices
The following best practices can help you maximize the advantages - and minimize the challenges - of load testing with the cloud.
Employ a Two-Stage Process
A two-stage process for load testing enables engineers to employ internal and cloud testing in the situations for which they are most effective and appropriate. In the first stage of the process you conduct internal tests with a medium load to quickly identify and resolve preliminary performance issues. Then increase the load incrementally with one or more load generators in the test lab. After the performance has been validated internally, proceed to the second stage, cloud-based load testing, for large scale tests that validate the entire delivery chain of the application.
This hybrid approach addresses the key challenges facing organizations that attempt to rely on testing from the cloud only:
- It enables teams to isolate problems. The source of any performance issue identified in the first stage is clearly within the firewall (because no other systems are involved in the test). It's easier to pinpoint and fix internal problems when they are not being compounded by other issues that originate outside the firewall.
- It enables earlier testing. With the two-stage process, you don't have to wait for the application to be deployed and accessible from the Internet to test it. You can test internally earlier in the application lifecycle when defects are easier and less expensive to fix.
- It enables reproducible tests. With internal testing you have much more control over the environment, so you can precisely measure the effect of code or configuration changes on application performance.
- It provides a better understanding of each major area of the delivery chain. You can compare the results of the same test scenario run internally and from the cloud to get a clearer picture of how the application server and network infrastructure contribute to overall response times.
- It lowers costs. Cloud testing is based on a pay-per-use model. When you can test internally on hardware you already have, you can reduce the amount of testing that you need to perform from the cloud and cut costs.
Use Different Cloud Providers
There are several advantages to using multiple cloud providers. First, it helps you test from more geographical regions, which provides more realistic results that capture the effects of various third-party servers and content delivery networks. Second, it's more scalable. For exceptionally large scale tests, you can engage multiple providers simultaneously to bypass limitations that a single provider may place on bandwidth or the number of machines in use. Third, it enables you to detect potential network issues at the cloud provider level. If test results from virtually all providers show acceptable performance, but you're seeing significantly worse performance from machines on a particular provider, then you can safely conclude that there is a temporary problem with only that provider, not your application. Load testing solutions that are locked into a single provider limit the test engineer's ability to conduct realistic, reliable, large-scale tests.
Secure Your Data
In internal pre-production testing, the data used is often fake - not actual customer or user information. Further, you can be reasonably assured that any real data used is safe because testing is being conducted within the firewall. This is not the case when testing from the cloud on production data. You'll need to take steps to ensure that any accounts, scenarios, detailed error messages, and other sensitive data involved in your tests are secured.
Encrypt the communication between your controller and load generators. This helps secure data sent to the load generators during the test (including account information) as well as the data that is retrieved (including error messages). If possible, use SSL to secure the communication between the browser and the tested server. Last, ensure your load generators are secured with their own firewalls to protect them from outside threats.
Tune Load Generators
To ensure that your load generator machines in the cloud are capable of generating large loads, you must properly tune the system to support the creation of a high number of sockets and threads per process. In addition, allocate an appropriate heap size for Java-based load generators. The default settings for a typical machine allow all programs to share its resources fairly. In the case of load generators, the machine is dedicated to a single task, so you can improve performance by allocating a significantly larger share of the available resources to the load generation tasks.
Monitor Your Servers
Once you've identified a performance bottleneck, you need information to track down its root cause. This information should be gathered during the test by monitoring each component of the infrastructure including application servers and database servers. Specifically, you want to monitor both the system - including the operating system, disks, and network - and the server software - including connection pools, threads, cache hits, and indexes.
Linking all the information gathered during the tests with the tests themselves is much easier when the monitoring is integrated with your load testing tool. This enables you to correlate the response times and errors generated by load testing with the monitored data to track down the cause of problems quickly. A cloud testing solution that has no ability to monitor activity inside the firewall cannot integrate and correlate the tests it initiates from the outside with what is happening on the inside. With such a setup, test engineers will not have all the information they need to quickly identify the sources of performance problems.
Summing It Up
Even with all its potential benefits, cloud testing cannot meet all the challenges facing performance test engineers. In practice, cloud testing is most effective when combined with internal load testing in a two-stage process that makes use of multiple cloud providers and both internal and external infrastructure. You can be optimistic about using the cloud, but don't get caught up in all the hype. The key is to think of cloud testing as the delivery mechanism that is just one (albeit an important one) part of an overall load and performance test strategy.
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- Scottish Terrier
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"Hi, my name is Luka, i live on the 2nd floor... and i've got a doggy - my girl Tigra. We live in Riga, Latvia (Baltic Sea region), we like to participate in dog shows and sometimes even get prizes.. Dear dog-lover, write to us some frendly words."
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|Aug 14, 1931
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|Twichell Beatrice C
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|Twichell Beatrice C
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Patented Jan. 2, 19341 1,941,518 ART PICTURE Beatrice C. T'wioheu, Miami, Fla. Application August 14, 1931.' serial No. 557,137 1 claim. (ol. i1- 34) The primal object of my invention, broadly bre and fronds, lichens, barks, and, in fine, all stated, is the production of new, unique, and or-l or any appropriate varieties of plants, insects, namental works of art, which are pleasing to animal and inanimate materials. However all ones eyes and appealing to ones sense of arof said materials are iirst treated, pressed, and
- y tistry, and which are signiiicant of a particular dried, and some of them are entirely changed into 60 locality. the nature of a fibre and then cut to the shape More particularly stated, my object is the prodesired. Said details are, preferably, formed of duction of individualistic hand-drawn artistic natural and untreated materials cut to have the pictures, combining in their assembly the producappearance of the full size object from which 1o tion of hand drawn objects in articial colors they are formed. 65'
which provide the background, with other fea- And further I permanently secure the details in tures associated therewith formed from natural their respective positions upon the background,
products by treating, cutting, and assembling, to form an artistic ensemble.
and retained in their natural colors or tinte, and In the drawing numeral 1 denotes a frame, in lisformulated to assume the appearance of cerwhich is fitted the transparency or glass 2. :fol tain familiar objects which are peculiar to that Numeral 3 deIlOleS a Sheet 0f CardbOaId, 011 the locality, the same to be associated with and to face 0f Which Jlle baCkgrOurld 0r picture iS Daintstand out from the hand-drawn background as ed. a cameo; the whole forming a composite work of Numeral 4 deIlOteS the Cardboard backing fOr .20 art. the member 3. 7,5A
And, finally, my object is the production of The members 2, 3 and 4 are secured in the Works of art which can be produced and assemframe by means 0f SprgS 5, 01 Otherwise. And bled with a minimum of time and expense do.. numeral 6 denotes a sheet of art paper which is voted thereto, whereby they may be sold at a pasted Over the back 0f the member 4, and it `2,5 comparatively low price, and which will bring eXtendS 0U-lo OIIO the back Of the frame 1, t0 PIO- 80 Y out a maximum of artistic beauty, tect the artistic features of the ensemble from Other special objects and particular features dust, insects, et cet. of my invention will be brought out in the source All eXamlOle 0f One 0f my prOduCtOrlS iS SllOWn of the following description, and that which is in the drawing, but I am not to be limited to the 3o new will be correlated in the appended claim. particular design as shown, as there will be in- 85.
' In the accompanying drawing, forming a part numerable variations thereof in carrying out the of this specication, Figure 1 is a face view of an Draece 0f my invention. example of my invention completo, Painted upon the card 3 is a background com- Figure 2 is a cross section, as taken on the line pricing, in this example, a portion of land '7,
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similar indices designate like parte throughout in conjunction with the inner periphery of the the three views shown in the drawing. rame 1- 40 In order that the formation and the manner The SuDermpOSed features 0f JEhe picture ecm- 95 of making my invention may be fully understood prise the representations of buildings 12 and 13, and appreciated, I will now take up a detailed the light-heuse 11, tlle Sllrubbery 15, the trees description thereof, in which I will set forth the 16 and 17, and the birds 18, 19 arld 20, all 0f same as fully and as comprehensively as I may, which are formed from natural products usually My invention comprises a scenic background, in their natural colors. 100
usuauy painted in articial colors to give an ar- Said natural features are Secured in Xed positistic and natural color eiect to the appearance OIIS 011 the painting, Or background, above dethereof; then providing details or other scenic scribed, by means 0f adheSVe material 21, prefrepresentations, as buildings, boats, trees, shruberably pure chicle gum, as it answers every rebery, animals, or other features, superimposed quirement for that purpose Without any of the upon and secured to said background, and standobjectionable features found to all other adheing outwardly therefrom in the nature of a cameo, Sives which I have tried.
Said superimposed details are usually formed The method of procedure consists in painting` from natural products such as sea-weeds, moss, upon the card 3, in artificial colors, the scenic 5,5v sand, fish, beetles, grass, banana leaves, coconut representations desired. Next preparing the nat- 11,0
ural features and securing them in position on the painting, by means of adhesive material 21 or simply by the Contact of the transparency 2 therewith. Next taking the frame 1, placing the transparency 2 therein. Next placing the assembled scenery which is contained on the card 3, in the frame 1, whereby it will be visible through the transparency 2, that is with the superimposed members next to the transparency whereby they will be visible therethrough. I next insert the backing 4, and secure the members 2, 3 and 4 rigidly in compact form in the frame, whereby they will be pressed together, and nally covering the back of the assembled parts with the protective material 6.
It is to be understood that the expression natural colors means not only the color bestowed by nature, but also colors or tints which may be added thereto to make the part appear as in its natural color, or colors.
Various other changes or Variations may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.
Having now fully shown and described the preferred means for carrying out the principles of my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-
An art picture comprising, in combination, a scenic painting in colors forming a background, natural appearing objects formed in miniature with relation to the respective objects which they represent, and formed manually in miniature from their respective natural materials in their natural colors superimposed upon said background, means for retaining the natural appearing objects upon the background, and means for enclosing all of said parts in displaying condition, all substantially as shown and described.
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|Aug 10, 1953
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|Dai Nippon Insatsu Kabushiki Kaisha
|Plastic card having metallic luster
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Built it yourself, On your OWN, just form a brigade of "democracy spreaders" voluteers and get your whiny lazy cowardly rear ends over their and fight for your favorite dictator, monarch or maybe join up with the IDF, in which case maybe YOU can murder Americans citizens like Rachel Corrie or the 3 dozen crew of the USS liberty murdered with napalm and machine gun fire in a deliberate attack.
"three Israeli French-made Mirage III fighters attacked with 72 rockets, napalm and machine guns. They wounded McGonagle and killed the chief NSA officer Allen Bloom. The attack was filmed in its entirety through the Andrew Jackson's periscope.
Documents released in 1977 under the Freedom of Information Act show clearly that Israel knew the Liberty's identity and that General Moshe Dyan ordered the sinking over the protest of close advisors. "
go there your selves you tush limbaugh #$%$ heros... and redistribute your own money to the mid east . what a bunch of nazi cksukers you are. just charge, you stupid #$%$wipes, and spread democracy in the mid east, build it on you own, hypocrites.
The Bummer stood by his inane remark but other Donkeys like you won't. Your bozo is bit a community organizer, admit it libiots.
Two Israeli pilots refused to attack. They were punished heavily. This also proves they knew it was an American ship. The piece of human excrement known as LBJ ordered planes that had been scrambled for the defense of the Liberty back to the carrier. He said he "Didn't want to embarrass "Israel". Just goes to show who really runs things in this country.
"When news of the attack reached Washington, the Joint Chiefs of Staff ordered a counterstrike by U.S. A-4 Skyhawks on the Israeli MTB (Motorboat/Torpedo Base) at Haifa but the order was countermanded by President Johnson. ..........
..................Former U.S. intelligence officials said later that the White House had not pressed Israel harder because Israel was party to several U.S. covert operations meant to oust Nasser of Egypt which Israel would release to the world, poisoning the American position in the Arab world. Apparently the threat worked"
hikemanymiles, since you are one of the biggest lunatics who thinks the USA can control the lives of hundreds of millions of muslims in several countries, why don't you and your ilk just own it and "build it" all on your own, you can volunteer and go there to support your favorite dictator, monarch, or perhaps join the IDF, in which case at least you will get Israel's universal healthcare with free abortions.


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Backscatter x-ray machines "tear apart DNA"Christopher Null
Yahoo Tech
Nov. 01, 2009
Swedish Police Release 'Don't Touch Me' Wristbands to Fight Migrant Sex Assault Epidemic
16yo Thug Sucker Punches 12yo White Boy With Brass Knuckles, Posts Video to YouTube
Swiss Do the Unthinkable: Deny Muslims Citizenship
Census Shows Most Common Age of Whites Is 56, For Hispanics It's 9
Scumbag Soros Blames Brexit On Angela Merkel's Refugee Policy
The latest airport security trend is the backscatter x-ray machine, touted as a powerful way to virtually frisk a traveler for contraband without the embarassment of a strip search.
Though touted as completely safe because the level of radiation is so low, travelers have been nervous about the devices -- and not just because it shows off a nice outline of their privates to the people manning the machines -- but because they remain scared of the health problems they might propose.
Looks like a little healthy paranoia might have been a good thing. While the conventional wisdom has held that so-called "terahertz radiation," upon which backscatter x-ray machines are based, is harmless because it doesn't carry enough energy to do cellular or genetic damage, new research suggests that may be completely wrong.
Specifically, researchers have found that terahertz radiation may interfere directly with DNA. Although the force generated is small, the waves have been found to "unzip double-stranded DNA, creating bubbles in the double strand that could significantly interfere with processes such as gene expression and DNA replication."
I'm not a doctor, but that just doesn't sound good.
The question now is whether this is or isn't safe. Terahertz waves occur naturally in the environment, and we're hit with them all the time. But should we bombard ourselves with them willingly every time we pass through an airport? No one knows how much terahertz radiation is OK for the body to absorb: Just like sunlight, a little may be fine, while a lot may be deadly. Where does the line get drawn?
Who knows? I, for one, am given a little pause by the news, and hope research continues on before these machines become commonplace.


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LAS VEGAS — An off-duty California Highway Patrol officer about to head home from his bachelor party was killed and his brother-in-law was severely injured when they tried to stop a man from stealing the officer's pickup truck from the valet area outside a Las Vegas Strip hotel, authorities said Monday.
Jesus Manuel Magdaleno Jr. ran after the pickup, shouted that he was a CHP officer and jumped into the cargo bed with his sister's husband, Felix Brandon Cruz, while the driver sped wildly away from the Flamingo hotel-casino, according to a police report.
Magdaleno and Cruz had been loading luggage with the engine running and the driver door open.
"They were heading home after an enjoyable time, and they became victims of a horrible crime," Las Vegas police Lt. Ray Steiber said.
"A vehicle is being stolen. His friend is in the bed of the vehicle. He runs to the aid of his friend who is in danger," Steiber said of Magdaleno. "He gave his life for someone else."
A witness on the 17th floor of a nearby casino heard the commotion and told police she saw the white 2009 Ford F150 accelerate away from the Strip, mow down construction cones and speed through red lights on an Interstate 15 overpass.
The woman heard the two men in the back of the truck shouting for help before the pickup collided with a 2001 Ford Escape SUV and slammed into a traffic signal pole about 11 a.m. Sunday in front of the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino, about a mile west of the Flamingo.
Magdaleno and Cruz were thrown from the bed of the truck.
Magdaleno, 33, an eight-year CHP veteran from Visalia, was killed. He was due to be married in September.
Cruz, 31, was in extremely critical condition Monday at University Medical Center in Las Vegas, authorities said.
The alleged car thief, James Robert Montgomery, 29, of Tustin, Calif., was arrested and hospitalized after the crash and booked into the Clark County jail on felony murder, kidnapping, auto theft, battery and robbery charges pending an initial court appearance. It was not immediately clear if he had a lawyer.
Three people in the SUV were treated for minor injuries, police Officer Laura Meltzer said.
Montgomery told police he remembered walking around the Flamingo and being in a car crash, but couldn't remember anything in between, according to the arrest report.
Montgomery spoke with a taxi driver before climbing into the driver's seat of Magdaleno's pickup, the arrest report said. Surveillance footage showed Magdaleno chase the vehicle and jump in the bed when it stopped for traffic.
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Flamingo owner Caesars Entertainment Corp. spokeswoman Debbie Munch issued a statement extending sympathy to the families and friends of the two men. She said the company was cooperating with the police investigation.
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(b) He becomes confused about why he is there.
(c) He has a great feeling of peace.
(d) He realizes he no longer has a place in the temple.
2. How do Jehangir's parents react to being called to school on his behalf?
(a) They do nothing.
(b) They give him extra chores.
(c) They sign him up for summer school.
(d) They ask Nariman what to do.
3. What does Edul say he must use to repair Nariman's room?
(a) A steel girder.
(b) A new wood beam.
(c) Heavy aluminum panels.
(d) Many coats of plaster.
4. How does Mrs. Kapur act when Yezad asks about his Christmas present from Mr. Kapur?
(a) She says if Yezad can find it he can have it.
(b) She says Yezad is fortunate to have had such a good boss.
(c) She says Yezad must have been mistaken about Kapur's intention.
(d) She says he would never give such a valuable gift.
5. What does Jehangir have to do after putting old and wrinkled money in the budget envelopes?
(a) Wash his hands.
(b) He is not required to do anything.
(c) Carefully seal the envelopes.
(d) Ask his mother to double check the envelopes.
Short Answer Questions
1. What request does Jehangir make one evening as he is having supper with his family?
2. What excuse does Kapur give for not running for municipal office?
3. What is Kapur's reaction when Yezad asks for an advance?
4. What does Roxana smell on Yezad when he comes home one evening?
5. What arrives at Kapur's store that he get all excited about?
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2. What effect has acting as homework monitor had on Jehangir?
3. What are Mr. Kapur's wife's reasons for not wanting him to run for public office?
4. As the family leaves Pleasant Villa for the last time, Roxana and Jehangir look out the car window and see the same bird, but each one interprets it differently. How do Roxana and Jehangir see the bird differently?
5. Why does Jal take money from his account and go to visit Roxana?
6. What are some of Yezad's thoughts and actions in Chapter 15 that show he is changing?
7. Describe why both Roxana and Yezad are puzzled about the amount of money in the budget envelopes.
8. How does Jal try to placate Edul Munshi's wife while Edul finishes the work in Jal and Coomy's apartment?
9. When Yezad wakes up during the night with chest pains, what does he attribute the cause to?
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Exclusive lodges such as Blanket Bay in Queenstown, where Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston honeymooned, and Huka Lodge in Taupo, where the Queen and Barbra Streisand have stayed, typically keep mum about their rich clientele but industry insiders say more and more of their guests are Chinese multimillionaires eager to enjoy the high life.
"They want to stay in the very best lodges because they want to be able to go home and brag to their friends - status is very important to the Chinese and they're willing to spend a lot of money to get the best," one insider said.
Pierre Gervois, who runs a Hong Kong-based marketing and public relations company specialising in targeting high net-worth individuals, agrees and believes New Zealand should be doing more to promote the luxury arm of its tourism sector.
His company has been engaged by Auckland International Airport as part of its campaign to attract more wealthy Chinese to New Zealand and has been instrumental in setting up a Chinese language website, www.xindaohualv.com, to showcase New Zealand's luxury offerings.
Gervois said there were 960,000 millionaires in China with a net personal worth of over $2m - 4000 with a net worth of more than $200m - and travelling was their favourite leisure activity.
They wanted the high life, to travel in helicopters or limousines, stay in the best lodges, shop in the best stores and dine in the best restaurants. During their stay in New Zealand they could be expected to spend anywhere between $50,000 and $200,000.
"There is a new generation in China of very affluent people with very big incomes," Gervois said. "They want to enjoy a luxury trip and budget is not really an issue. They want the best quality and they are prepared to pay for it."
In a bid to capitalise on the aspirational Asian market, Lodges of New Zealand - the body which represents the country's top 27 luxury lodges, is next month attending the invitation-only ILTM Asia tourism trade show in Shanghai, which attracts luxury travel buyers from around the Asia Pacific.
Lodges of New Zealand chairman Murray McCaw said the trade show was like no other when it came to the inbound luxury tourist market and it was important New Zealand was there to showcase its luxury offerings.
McCaw said luxury was not only about the property but the experience in its entirety and New Zealand's top lodges were not only sited in exquisite locations but also provide first-class, personalised service and the finest Kiwi cuisine.
"Asian tourists have an expectation when it comes to service and the feedback we've received from Asian guests is telling us that we're getting it right," said McCaw, who believes the way to attract more Asian tourists is to show them the outstanding offering available in New Zealand.
"New Zealand will never be a glitzy Monaco or Paris but what we do have is open space, mountains and spectacular landscapes, all of which people from around the world have been visiting New Zealand to see for decades."
Queenstown's Blanket Bay, consistently voted one of the world's best lodges, costs from $1590 to $2950 per night during the peak season but you get use of the lodge's sports equipment and facilities, breakfast, pre-dinner cocktails and dinner.
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At historic Otahuna Lodge, on the outskirts of Christchurch, couples can expect to pay between $1700 and $2100 a night. For that money you will get full use of the lodge's facilities, pre-dinner drinks and canapes, a five-course degustation dinner with wine pairings to accompany each course, and breakfast the following morning.
Note: Rates do not include GST.
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The charity drive, which mirrors the adventure at the centre of classic 1981 Kiwi film Goodbye Pork Pie, is being held for the third time, with 47 Minis driving from Kaitaia to Invercargill over the Easter weekend.
So far the event has raised $160,000 for Leukaemia and Blood Cancer New Zealand.
About 100 Mini enthusiasts were taking part in the 2500 kilometre drive, which started in Kaitaia on Thursday.
This morning, the contingent all boarded the Interislander ferry in Wellington to continue their journey. They expect to arrive in Invercargill on Wednesday.
Annie Hemsley, and her husband Murray, organised the first charity run in 2009 with their friend Rod Harris to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Mini.
''Murray and Rod are both Mini mad and had both done various Mini events over the years. This just seemed like something a bit Kiwi to celebrate, and make some money for charity as well.''
The run was held every two years, and was a huge amount of fun to take part in, Ms Hemsley said.
''We're having such a great time. You've got to be a bit out there to get involved with this, but you meet some fantastic people.''
As in previous years, there had been a few funny moments and a couple of breakdowns on their way down from Kaitaia, she said.
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