Many of Asia's trendiest adventure packagers use technology to whisk the vacationer into dreamlike escapes. The company organizes sky-scraping trips in the Himalayas at an average height of nearly 5,000 meters. Heli-skiing is the sporting equivalent of their professional lives. An added benefit is that the vast majority of heli-skiiers leave with killer cocktail party stories to tell. Okay, slow down a second.
Some Asian executives do prefer tranquillity to full-thrust throttle.
For them there are innumerable underwater escapes. The waters surrounding Papua New Guinea boast some of the world's best and most remote diving. Diving, explains Collins, is often as much about one-upmanship as it is exploring the seas. Nearly all our divers want to get as close as possible to the big fish and sharks. Diving is perfect for Asia's competitive set because it's based largely on personal achievement, like finding that particularly elusive sea creature no one else has.