Passion for speed: De Rosa SK Pininfarina bike

In its design, the SK Pininfarina bike personifies the elegance and the pure lines that have always characterized Pininfarina and De Rosa’s creations. In designing the new bike, the designcentre in Cambiano, Turin, has captured the essentiality that is the trademark of Pininfarina’s creative research, interpreting the high-tech contents applied by the historic bicycle maker. Lines … Read more

Luxury skincare RéVive and Laura Mercier enter Shiseido portfolio

Shiseido Americas announced agreement to acquire Gurwitch Products, a marketer of global prestige cosmetics and skincare brands. Annual net sales for Gurwitch totaled $175 million in the fiscal year ending 2015. Under the terms of the agreement, Shiseido Americas will acquire 100% of the membership interests in Gurwitch, including Gurwitch’s portfolio of leading prestige brands: … Read more

Luxury Scotch Whisky embassy. Were to visit it

The airports are the best places offering access to some of the world’s finest Scotch Whiskies. Diageo is immersing visitors in something totally different from the norm in travel retail, giving them an exclusive insight into the Johnnie Walker with a “Johnnie Walker House.” If you are travelling through Lounge 2 of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol you … Read more

Bulgari Hotels and Resorts to open in Moscow

Bulgari Hotels and Resorts to bring the luxury hospitality brand to Moscow. There will be magnificent views of the Moscow rooftops and of the Kremlin. Jean-Christophe Babin, Chief Executive Officer of Bulgari Group and Russian investor Alexey Bogachev signed an agreement to open a Bulgari Moscow hotel in 2019. The new property will stand as … Read more

Lamborghini Miura celebrates its half a century on the roads of “The Italian Job”

Automobili Lamborghini kicked off celebrations for the 50th Anniversary of the Miura with an art exhibit entitled, “Velocità e Colore” (Speed and Color), which will be on display from April 28 to June 30 at Lamborghini’s historic museum in Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy. Local artist Alfonso Borghi from Campegine (Reggio Emilia) was invited to interpret the … Read more

Sofitel Luang Prabang: Old-world nostalgia enhanced by 21st-century amenities

History, heritage and French hospitality in Laos. Surrounded by a lush tropical garden, the new Sofitel Luang Prabang enhances the charm of a UNESCO heritage building with French luxury. Life is enjoyed slowly and vividly in Luang Prabang town and at the elegant new Sofitel hotel, the century-old former governor’s mansion protected by UNESCO, which … Read more