Yves Saint Laurent beauty to open first beauty counter in China

Meeting the booming demand for luxury cosmetics in China, YSL cosmetics is expanding to China. YSL cosmetics owner L’Oréal Luxe (which has in its portfolio big players like Lancôme, Kiehl’s, and Yue-Sai) will open a beauty counter in the Shanghai high-end department store Isetan located on the city’s busiest shopping street. By 2015 YSL is … Read more

Ghibli resurrected: Maserati unveils smaller brother to its Quattroporte

Maserati resurrects the Ghibli Maserati Ghibli was a curvaceous sports coupe with shark-shaped nose released by Maserati in 1967. Ghibli was the most popular Maserati vehicle since the automaker withdrew from racing in the 1950s, outselling its two biggest rivals, the Ferrari Daytona and the Lamborghini Miura. Sports Car International named Ghibli number nine on … Read more

Singapore Changi Airport is named the World’s Best

Over 12 million air travellers from 108 nationalities voted Singapore Changi Airport the best in the world at the 2013 World Airport Awards, the global benchmark of airport excellence. The awards were announced at the Passenger Terminal EXPO in Geneva this week. Singapore Changi Airport serves 50 million passengers a year. Last year’s winner, Incheon … Read more

World’s first plug-in hybrid drive in the luxury class celebrates its world premiere

The Porsche Panamera is even more efficient, sporty, comfortable, and elegant. The 2014 Porsche Panamera, the World’s first plug-in hybrid drive in the luxury class, celebrates its world premiere at the Shanghai Auto Show, which opens its doors on the 21st of April 2013. Along with the 416-hp Panamera S E-Hybrid, two luxurious Executive versions … Read more

Icona Vulcano ultra powerful hybrid supercar revealed

Icona Vulcano ultra powerful hybrid supercar to be unveiled at the Shanghai Auto Show The 2013 edition of Shanghai Auto Show (running April 21-29) will see the unveiling of a new luxury one-off supersports car promising to deliver over 900 hp and a top speed of around 350km/h. Icona Vulcano ultra powerful hybrid supercar is the … Read more

Le Meridien’s “a new perspective” to encourage hotels to be creative hubs

A new perspective on modern China Le Meridien’s “A New Perspective” event series have previously explored contemporary Indian art, a photographic study of Bangkok captured by nine photographers from across the Asia Pacific world, and a project by Paris-based Chinese artist An Xiaotong creating Lego artworks inspired by her visits to Le Meridien hotels in Hainan, … Read more