Category: Sport & Health
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Ritz-Carlton to attract Chinese golf enthusiasts with the largest public golf complex in the world
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company Tees-Up First Golf Resort In China. The tropical island of Hainan (China) will be the home for Ritz-Carlton’s first golf resort in China. Outlining plans to bring its global portfolio to 100 hotels by 2016, Ritz-Carlton announced the opening of its Mission Hills in late 2015. Mission Hills will be located in…
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Sales of shark fin in China drop by up to 70%
Traditionally a symbol of wealth and luxury, public attitidues towards shark fin are changing in China, according to a new report
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Victoria Beckham’s 600 private pieces of clothing at charity sale
Fashion designer, former Spice Girl, mother and style icon Victoria Beckham and e-commerce site outnet.com have partnered to sell more than 600 items of her clothing for mothers2mothers. All proceeds from this sale will go to a charity that raises money to train and employ ‘Mentor Mothers’, South African women living with HIV. The 600 iconic…
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Europe’s forests ‘particularly vulnerable’ to rapid climate change
New research shows forest ecosystems have been suffering intensified disturbance in Europe for decades, reports Climate News Network
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Exercise furniture for a dream gym. Technogym’s Personal Collection
Luxury home gym solution. TechnoHome, the creator of personalized in-home gym design packages, wants to fill a niche in the home market, and partnered with Technogym to offer the top 5% of affluent consumers a unique home gym solution. The innovatively designed equipment featured in the Personal Collection was designed by Antonio Citterio, a renowned…
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Biogas: can a green energy source be environmentally damaging?
Government efforts to protect sustainable agriculture may also cut off growth of the burgeoning British biogas industry