What’s motivating second home buyers?

Location is the most important factor in the purchasing decision for second homeowners (67%) and aspiring homeowners (70%) when buying a second home. 64% of Buyers Desire to Travel Four Hours or Less to Their Second Home. 71% of buyers plan to visit their second home less than 7x per year. Pacaso, a technology-enabled real … Read more

Cannabis-related tourism is on the uptick

 Leave all judgments at the door – unwind, reset and reconnect. Visit Mendocino County Taps Into $1.7 Billion U.S. Cannabis Tourism Niche. California’s Legendary Emerald Triangle Steps up With Campaign to Cultivate New Visitors, One Toke at a Time. It’s a budding industry and one that tourism destinations are quickly cultivating given legal cannabis sales … Read more

Who is the high-end tourist? These are top countries for high-end tourists to visit

Understanding the value of high-end tourism. High-end tourism, worth up to £30bn to the UK, presents a critically important opportunity to rebuild the post-pandemic economy and support future prosperity across the country, based on a virtuous circle of hospitality, culture, travel and retail. In Walpole’s recent report “What It’s Worth: Enabling The Return Of The … Read more

The Cars series: Legendary liaison between Andy Warhol and Mercedes-Benz

 “ANDY WARHOL: CARS ” – MERCEDES-BENZ ART COLLECTION” features some of the most iconic and valuable cars in the world. Since the highly acclaimed presentation at the Guggenheim Museum New York in 1988, Andy Warhol’s Cars series has been a guest in major museums around the world. After more than 30 years, it will now … Read more

Avant-Garde Visionary Iris Van Herpen Debuts World’s First Haute Couture Vegan Dress Made from Cocoa Beans

Magnum ice cream, the first handheld ice cream targeted as a premium adult offering, partners with Cindy Bruna and Iris Van Herpen to Debut the World’s First Haute Couture Vegan Dress Made from Cocoa Beans. Magnum ice cream, the chocolatiers of ice cream, has partnered with luxury Dutch fashion designer, Iris Van Herpen – one … Read more

Luxury-Housing Market in the U.S. is Cooling Down. Luxury-Home Sales Analysis

Luxury-Home Sales Sink 18%, the Biggest Decline Since the Start of the Pandemic. Redfin analysis finds the luxury-housing market is cooling down amid a slumping stock market, rising mortgage rates and economic uncertainty. Sales of luxury U.S. homes fell 17.8% year over year during the three months ending April 30, the largest drop since the … Read more