The rise of the super-rich in the BRIC countries, India’s terrible roads and nightmare traffic led to a high helicopter demand in India. That’s despite the cost of $1.5 million to $15 million per chopper. A joint venture of AgustaWestland and Tata announced that they’re building a new helicopter factory in Hyderbad to keep up … Read more
Visitors to London will find hotel prices doubled this year thanks to the 2012 Olympics A study by Hotels.com, part of the Expedia group of companies, found prices for booking for London 2012 Olympics are 102% higher than for the same months in 2011. The study says the average price of a hotel room in … Read more
James Bond returned in UK in in print and e-book format in a 10-year book deal Ian Fleming‘s 14 James Bond 007 books as well as two non-fiction titles will be published in print and e-book format in a 10 years partnership signed by Ian Fleming’s estate and the Random House Group. The Bond catalogue … Read more
Most expensive hotels in the world: study. Switzerland is on top of the rankings According to the new Hotel Price Index (HPI) released by global hotel specialist Hotels.com, Switzerland has the most expensive hotels in the world. Dublin is the least expensive capital city in Western Europe. The most expensive capital city in the world … Read more
Luxury $70 million superyacht launched The 77-metre luxury superyacht Smeralda, the world’s longest aluminium motor yacht, was launched at Australian Marine Complex, reports perthnow. The yacht was built by Perth-based company Hanseatic Marine and had taken over two years and 550,000 man hours to build. It’s the third superyacht produced for Hanseatic’s owner, German entrepreneur … Read more
Weighing just 11.5kg the YikeBike is the smallest folding electric bike in the world. With the ability to fold up or unfold in just 15 seconds and travel at 23km/hr you will never have to worry about getting to that meeting across town again. This urban toy can be charged from any power outlet in … Read more