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Kitzbühel dethroned France’s Val Thorens to be named the world’s best ski resort 2015

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The major winners of the World Ski Awards 2015. The A-ROSA Kitzbühel in Austria hosted the 3rd annual World Ski Awards (20th-22nd November 2015). Host Kitzbühel took the coveted title of World’s Leading Ski Resort, while The Vale Niseko was recognised as the World’s Best Ski Boutique Hotel and Sunweb took the title of World’s … Read more

‘We will be ready, inshallah’: inside Qatar’s $200bn World Cup

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Can the richest country in the world buy its way to footballing glory? We joined the Qatar 2022 hopefuls to find out

Polo and Business – introduction

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Sports used to be a healthy diversion for us. The amateur status was held in high esteem based on the ethos sana in corpore sano, meaning “a sound mind in a sound body.” In sports, professionalism was frowned upon. Somewhere along the line all that changed. Sports became big business. In 1968 the major tennis … Read more

David Beckham to develop resorts in Macao and Singapore

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  David Beckham (Beckham Ventures) to develop resort properties in Asia. Las Vegas Sands and David Beckham announced Asian partnership.       Former British football player David Beckham and one of the world’s most iconic men announced an Asian partnership with global integrated luxury resort developer Las Vegas Sands. As outlined at a press … Read more

World-class collector of automatons and astronaut Richard Garriott offers his eclectic collection at auction

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With items ranging from a historic rocket ship model to a full-sized Wells Fargo replica stagecoach, legendary video game developer and astronaut Richard Garriott will be offering pieces from his eclectic personal collection at an estates auction of significant artifacts and antiques. The auction includes a grand selection of antiques, fine art, oriental art, silver … Read more