Life is better at the beach / The 2015 Travelers’ Choice Beaches

Sun, perfect sand, tempting blue waters…  Life is better at the beach. If you agree check out the world’s best beaches, according to TripAdvisor travelers. These award-winning beach destinations are enabling travelers to make their warm-weather dreams a reality. The winners of TripAdvisor’s 2015 Travelers’ Choice awards for Beaches were determined based on the quantity … Read more

The top 6 most luxurious residential areas in London and Monaco

It’s little wonder that the world’s most affluent property buyers are attracted to London and Monaco. The cities’ property markets are like two peas in a pod, with very similar attractions, prices and buyer profiles. Each city has its own ultra-prime areas, plush enclaves with a feel very different to the rest of Monaco or … Read more

Welcome to Görlitz, the perfect German town that’s a movie star in its own right

The Grand Budapest Hotel has been nominated for nine Oscars – if only there was one for ‘best location’ so the eastern German town where it was filmed could win

Slower, but steady: that is the ‘new normal’ for the global luxury market in 2014. Study.

The 13th edition of the “Luxury Goods Worldwide Market Monitor” Not only will ‘Luxury 2025’ consumers be at the center of the customer experience; they will be the center of luxury itself – a critical part of the ideation, creation, and sales of luxury, says Bain & Company 2014 annual global luxury study. According to … Read more

Trump Hotel to develop a Baku hotel neighboring the Zaha Hadid-designed center

From 2015, Heydar Aliyev Center, the Zaha Hadid-designed cultural institution in Baku (Azerbaijan), will have a new luxurious neighbor – Trump International Hotel & Tower Baku. “When we open in 2015, visitors and residents will experience a luxurious property unlike anything else in Baku — it will be among the finest in the world,” said … Read more

Ireland to launch Belmond Grand Hibernian, first luxury touring train of the country

Belmond Grand Hibernian, first luxury touring train in Ireland, to be launched in 2016. Ireland expects to inaugurate its first luxury train in Ireland in summer 2016. Belmond Grand Hibernian will be the first luxury overnight rail experience of its kind in Ireland, which it is anticipated will tour the magnificent open countryside, dramatic coastal scenery and … Read more