Thailand to scrap import duties on luxury goods

To help the country compete with Hong Kong and Singapore, Thailand’s government announced intention to scrap import duties on luxury products, visitors from China being key target of the new measure. The duty on some luxury goods will be cut to zero from 30 percent by the end of the year, Permanent Secretary for Finance … Read more

The Masai Mara: ‘It will not be long before it’s gone’

As lodges and shanty towns proliferate in Kenya’s Masai Mara, drastic and urgent steps are needed to save this beautiful game reserve from becoming an environmental disaster

Ocean Paradise – a design boat at the leading edge of technology

Minimalist, but never cold, and always connected with the sea – superyacht Ocean Paradise launched by Benetti.  This new creation of the Italian boat manufacturer Benetti, a 55M steel hull/aluminum superstructure , will debut with its world avant-premiere at the next Monaco Yacht Show 2013 (25-28 September). The design boat at the leading edge of technology … Read more

Paranoia in Armani

Italian designer Giorgio Armani dresses the upcoming high stakes Hollywood thriller ‘Paranoia’ (Director: Robert Luketic), providing the set with interior design elements from his Armani Casa line. Armani created suits for the characters Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman alongside up-and-comers Liam Hemsworth and Amber Heard. Hemsworth’s luxurious apartment is decorated with signature Armani Casa sofas, … Read more

Great Britain Team Yacht for 2013-14 edition of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race

Great Britain Team Yacht to demonstrate the UK as a place to visit and invest in. GREAT Britain Team Yacht launched in Trafalgar Square.  The GREAT Britain yacht will be flagship of Clipper Round the World Yacht Race fleet as longest ocean race on the planet prepares to depart London 1 September. The yacht was … Read more