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The best of the British luxury industry in 2013. Walpole Awards for Excellence 2013
Walpole Awards for Excellence 2013 winners are… The Walpole British Luxury Awards for Excellence 2013 took place on Monday 18th November at Banqueting House in London. Walpole is a not-for-profit organisation founded in 1990 to promote British luxury goods, and its annual event recognizes some of the British luxury industry’s most exciting and innovative brands…
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Zaha Hadid’s take on that most traditional of toys sold for $22,000 at Charity Auction
A dollhouse designed by Zaha Hadid Architects sold for $22,000 at Bonhams for UK charity KIDS supporting disabled children, young people and their families. 20 of the world’s best architects and designers build a dolls’ house for the auction which took place on November 11th. Inspired by the dolls’ house that Edwin Lutyens designed…
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Light celebrated through photography and jewelry
Boucheron x Hiroshi Sugimo: the encounter of two art forms Japan seems to have a special resonance for Boucheron. Boucheron celebrated the 120th anniversary of its Paris flagship store on Place Vendôme with the Japanese artist Hiroshi Sugimoto. The Maison Boucheron’s sparkeling jewels met the moon in Hiroshi Sugimoto’s night-time seascapes in a precious…
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Sotheby’s x Park Hyatt to provide access to contemporary art
Park Hyatt hotels have invested in world class contemporary art, architecture and design as an expression of the personalized and individual experience offered in each Park Hyatt hotel since opening its first Park Hyatt hotel in Chicago over 30 years ago. Today, artwork at Park Hyatt hotels around the world includes Lucio Fontana’s 1984 sculpture…
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Best-kept ski secrets
From off-piste in Bosnia to wilderness skiing in Colorado… Susan Greenwood chooses the key resorts for 2014
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Top Luxury Casinos around the world
Every year thousands of people flock to the casino cities around the world such as Las Vegas, or if you’re looking for something even more extravagant, Macau in China or Monte Carlo. This is part of a new trend of mixing hobbies with holidays. If you’re going on a holiday to a casino destination, you…