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TripAdvisor Announces 2012 Travelers’ Choice Beach Destinations Awards What are the most desirable beach destinations in the world? Millions of travelers named one hundred eighty-one top beach locations around the world, covering 21 regions. The most highly rated beach destinations by travelers were announced as the winners of Tripadvisor’s annual 2012 Travelers’ Choice Beach Destinations … Read more
Louis Vuitton: The Exhibition “Whatever you try, clothes never really can live in the past. They are worn now so they are modern, with a modern take. I’m not nostalgic,” designer Marc Jacobs said backstage of the fall-winter Louis Vuitton runway show that featured models in Edwardian hats and a reconstructed Orient-Express. The show completed … Read more
Champagne sales increased significantly in volume in 2011, with emerging markets like Russia and China fuelling growth. In anticipation of rising global demand for Champagne, Moet & Chandon is undertaking a major expansion of its production facilities, reports decanter. The company has been focusing on the construction of a new winery at its existing press … Read more
Jean Paul Gaultier is the latest designer to collaborate with Diet Coke. The French designer has been named the beverage’s European creative director and is appearing in a series of short films for the brand. Gaultier is a therapist, a journalist and a private detective solving a puppet’s wardrobe dilemmas. Gaultier follows in the footsteps … Read more
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
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