World’s 50 Best Restaurants adds first ‘Slow Food Restaurant of the Year’ award

The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards, now in their tenth year, is organised and compiled by Restaurant magazine. The Awards has added a new category that will recognize the most outstanding sustainable restaurant. Highland Park single malt whisky, and Slow Food UK, introduced this innovative new award, the Slow Food Restaurant of the Year Award, … Read more

Marriott to double the number of hotels in the Caribbean and Latin America within the next five years

Marriott aims to double footprint in the Caribbean and Latin America by 2017 Marriott International plans to double the number of hotels in the Caribbean and Latin America within the next five years. The company said also it expects to double its presence in Colombia with the additions of Marriott hotels in both Cartagena and Cali. … Read more

Starwood Hotels to open a ski resort in China’s leading ski area

China’s Changbai Mountains – home to Starwood’s dual-branded ski resort complex Changbai Mountains is one of China’s leading ski areas and it is no wonder that Starwood Hotels & Resorts choosed to its first dual-branded ski resort complex in Changbaishan. The Westin Changbaishan and Sheraton Changbaishan Resort will open in August 2012, adjacent to the slopes of … Read more

Helsinki, 2012 World Design Capital. The events not to be missed.

Helsinki, the 2012 World Design Capital, is hosting over 300 events related to design and fashion – exhibitions, conferences, festivals and gallery showings throughout 2012. For the City of Helsinki, design has for decades been a pivotal enabler to building an open city. The concept of ‘Embedded Design’ has tied design to innovation and has … Read more

The future in “By VOLTA” vision – speaking with Olivier Bergeron – CEO and Creative Director By Volta

They anticipate things to come and create an exciting future. 1,618 Sustainable Luxury Fair gathered the visionary talents in the “Prospective Innovation Space”. This section of the Parisian event dedicated to sustainable luxury development allowed visitors to grasp the planetary challenges ahead, through prospective, inspirational and discovery installations. An interview taken by 2LUXURY2 during 1.618 Sustainable Luxury … Read more

BMW “i” range – Speaking with Antoine Bourbonneux – BMW i Strategy Implementation Manager BMW France Group

Immediately after Geneva Motor Show, the “i” concepts from BMW were exposed at 1.618 Paris Sustainable Luxury, marking the dawn of a new era in personal mobility for the automotive industry. Antoine Bourbonneux, BMW i Strategy Implementation Manager BMW Group France gave us a broad overview of “i3” and “i8” concepts in an exclusive interview. The BMW “i” range … Read more