Best in luxury: hotels, airlines, lounges, golf resorts and more

  Dubai’s Burj Al Arab, Shangri-La Hotel in Sydney, Le Touessrok in Mauritius, Waldorf Astoria (New York), and Four Seasons Hotel George V Paris have emerged as the favorite hotels of the world among readers of Ultratravel luxury travel magazine published by The Daily Telegraph. Burj Al Arab, the standard bearer in the luxury industry, … Read more

The most popular travel spots of 2013

The most popular destination for 2013: Top 25 Travelers’ Choice World Destinations Paris, New York City, London, Rome, and Barcelona are the most highly rated and loved vacation spots this year, according to members of the largest online travel community in the world – TripAdvisors’ Top 25 Travelers’ Choice World Destinations awards. Prague and Cape Town … Read more

Best wines of the year: France, Spain & Portugal triumphant at the world ‘tasting championship’

French wines triumphed at 2013 Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, the international wine contest held this year in Slovakia, the 1st Central European country to host one of the world’s top five wine competitions. The competition has revealed critical insight into the latest trends within the world of wine, providing a snapshot of the global industry that … Read more

The key for winning in the luxury market over the next 15 years, is “to get ready for Luxury 2.0″

Luxury revenues grew by 10 percent in 2012 (at current exchange rates), given the strong growth tailwinds present in the first half of last year, according to Bain & Company, the leading advisor to the global luxury goods industry, in the Spring 2013 update to its “Luxury Goods Worldwide Market Study”. All growth estimates for … Read more

Nicole Kidman is the new Jimmy Choo woman

Nicole Kidman starring in the latest campaign for Jimmy Choo 45-year-old Australian actress Nicole Kidman, one of the judge at the Cannes Film Festival 2013 and spokesperson for Omega Watches and Chanel No. 5, and British-based fashion label Jimmy Choo announced a new fashion collaboration. The photos with Kidman modeling the brand’s luxury shoes, stilettos … Read more

4 km of supercars on the Lamborghini Grande Giro

Lamborghini celebrates its 50th anniversary with the largest gathering ever of cars from the “House of the Raging Bull” – a convoy of some 4 km long and 190,000 hp on the road. Lamborghini Grand Tour began from the Sforza Castle in Milan and ends on Saturday at the Lamborghini’s headquarters near Bologna, where a … Read more