JNA Awards calling for entries

The first of its kind in Asia, the JNA Awards is an international event to honour and recognise excellence and achievements in the jewellery trade with a focus on contribution and advancement in the Asian region. The Awards ceremony and gala dinner will be held on September 20, 2012, during the September Hong Kong Jewellery … Read more

New York Auto Show’s cars: lighter, faster, more technologically advanced and fuel efficient

New York Auto Show’s New Car Arrivals The 2012 New York International Automobile Show is packed with nearly 1,000 brand new vehicles. So, car-lovers with a taste for the absolute latest in technology and innovation are in for a treat April 6 – 15 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center. Today’s new cars and trucks … Read more

Richemont Retail Academy. No more poor customer service in China?

The French luxury group Richemont (Jaeger-LeCoultre, Van Cleef & Arpels, Montblanc, Vacheron Constantin and Shanghai Tang) opened a “retail academy” in Shanghai (China) aimed to fight against poor customer service, one of the biggest issues facing the luxury industry within China. Accepted applicants to the Richemont program will take part in nine weeks of training, … Read more

Park Hyatt Hyderabad, the first city Park Hyatt hotel in India

Hyatt Hotels Corporation opened the first city Park Hyatt hotel in India in Hyderabad. The financial, economic and political capital of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad is one of the richest cities in India and has been named the second best Indian city for doing business, according to a World Bank Group report. Park Hyatt Hyderabad isthe … Read more

E-type 2011 concept: the most beautiful car ever made in a modern reinterpretation

E-type 2011 concept is the work of Hungarian design student Laszlo Varga and another proof that Jaguar needs to build a new E-type. The classically proportioned E-Type 2012 Concept, a reinterpretation of the iconic Jaguar model, was developed at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. As Varga has explained “a modern E-type has to be reborn … Read more

The pulse of a new generation: Mario Götze and Benedikt Höwedes – the new Mercedes-Benz brand ambassadors

As perfect complement to the current Mercedes-Benz brand ambassadors in the football world – Joachim Löw, Oliver Bierhoff and Franz Beckenbauer, the new brand representatives the German national soccer team players Benedikt Höwedes and 19-year-old Borussia Dortmund midfielder Mario Götze were introduced last month as new ambassadors of the automotive brand. While financial terms were not released, … Read more