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London’s Grosvenor courtesan’s boudoir – an homage to its once infamous visitor

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London’s Grosvenor Hotel reveals Cora Pearl Suite – an homage to its once infamous visitor The Grosvenor Hotel, near Victoria Station, has revealed its past connection to one of the most risqué residents of 1870s London – the scandalous Miss Cora Pearl – one of the most feted courtesans of her time, notorious with ‘entertaining’ … Read more

Britain’s richest woman has taken delivery of Vava II – one of the largest superyachts ever built in the UK

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Kirsty Bertarelli, Britain’s richest woman, has taken delivery of £100m superyacht. The Vava II superyacht is the biggest ever built in the UK at 96 metres. Wealthy couple Ernesto and Kirsty Bertarelli commissioned the luxurious vessel two years ago. The super yacht Vava II was intended to replace the couple’s old boat, which measured up … Read more

Enjoy a Private Tennis Lesson with Andre Agassi and Stefanie Graf

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Enjoy a Private One Hour Tennis Lesson with Andre Agassi and Stefanie Graf in Las Vegas. The lucky bidder can improve his tennis game with a dream opportunity. The proceeds for this auction benefit Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) – world’s largest voluntary health agency dedicated to blood cancer. LLS funds lifesaving blood cancer research … Read more

Asia travel trends

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Himalayan holiday, Myanmar, Indonesia and South Korea among Asia travel trends of the year While luxury travel to China, Japan and Thailand remains perennially popular, a handful of locales are stealing the spotlight for Asia luxury travel. Remote Lands, the New York and Bangkok-based Asia ultra-luxe private tour operator, predicts the hottest Asia travel destinations … Read more

Greece to sell a part of Corfu island

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Greece launches tender for land on Corfu island Greece tries to raise 19 billion euros by 2015 through privatizations and concession sales. The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund, Greece’s privatization fund, has launched a tender for the exploitation of a large seaside plot on the western resort island of Corfu. The fund is seeking to … Read more

Near-space flight experience in a space balloon

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Inter-galactic business ventures. Clean-tech gate to near-space with a Space Balloon Low-carbon space travel is almost real. It is calm, it is quiet, it is private and it is bloon. zero2infinity from Spain is providing the dream of seeing the Earth from near-space and raising awareness of our place in the cosmos. bloon’s experience consists … Read more