Palazzo Versace set to fetch around $80 million

Palazzo Versace on Queensland’s Gold Coast  is going on the market   Built nearly 12 years ago, the 200-room Palazzo Versace luxury hotel on Queensland’s Gold Coast is going on the market. Owner the Sunland Group expects the hotel to bring at least $80 million. Sunland also owns a $25 million central Brisbane development site. The … Read more

World’s best restaurant comes to London. A Taste of Noma at Claridge’s

Chef René Redzepi is exporting his acclaimed restaurant Noma to London   Luxury hotel Claridge’s, the iconic London establishment, recruited chef René Redzepi to open a temporary outpost of his famous Noma restaurant, called the best restaurant in the world. Noma has topped the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list for two years running (2010 and … Read more

Louis Vuitton Classic Serenissima Run: Yves Carcelle to offer first Louis Vuitton Classic Award

 Louis Vuitton Classic Serenissima Run 2012 43 classic cars leave from Monte Carlo and finish in Venice  Louis Vuitton has always been close to art of travel in style. For this reason, the French luxury house decided to launch the initiative of the Classic Run. Designed in the ’90s (the first was the Vintage Equator … Read more

Italo – Italy’s first private high-speed train. Actually the most modern train in Europe

Italy’s Italo private high-speed train features interiors styled by Italdesign Giugiaro   Italo, Italy’s first private high-speed train billed the most modern train in Europe, will begin running on April 28, and will initially start with services on the Napoli – Roma – Firenze – Bologna – Milano corridor. The network will be later extended to Salerno, … Read more

Starwood continues to grow luxury brands in China

Starwood Hotels & Resorts tops 100th hotel milestone in China Starwood Hotels & Resorts surpassed the opening of its 100th operating hotel in China with plans to open 15 additional hotels by the end of this year. With eight hotels already opened in the first quarter of 2012, Starwood will open a total of 23 … Read more

65th Festival de Cannes: the official competiton for Palme d’Or

Wes Anderson’s ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ to open 2012 Cannes Film Festival The Official Selection of the 65th Festival de Cannes was announced during the press conference held by Gilles Jacob and Thierry Frémaux at the Grand Hôtel in Paris. The 65th Festival de Cannes will open on May 16 with the world premiere of Wes Anderson’s ‘Moonrise … Read more