Harry Winston luxury segment increased 19% in the prior year

Harry Winston Diamond Corporation Reports Fiscal 2012 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results Harry Winston Diamond Corporation announced its fourth quarter and year-end results for the period ending January 31, 2012. The annual results highlights include: Rough diamond production for the calendar year 2011 was 6.7 million carats compared to 6.5 million carats in the prior calendar … Read more

Gyroplanes: PAL-V flying car could be the future of personal transportation

The ideea of flying car is in the air and it becomes clear that it is shaping the future of urban mobility. After the US-based Terrafugia said they had successfully tested their own street-legal plane called the “Transition”, the gyrocopter of a Dutch company has just proved it can handle the skies as well as … Read more

High-end design: the inaugural edition of Design Days Dubai

In front of the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, Design Days Dubai gathered a total of 22 galleries from around the world. The four-day inaugural edition of Design Days Dubai, the Middle East’s and South Asia’s first fair dedicated to collectible and limited edition design, attracted over 8,500 visitors. As an integral part of Art Week ( … Read more

No financial compromise: The Roja Parfums and Fabergé set

Perfume with diamonds: Roja Parfums collaborates with Fabergé for Easter Perfume house Roja Parfums, the createur of one of the finest fragrances in the world, is teaming with Faberge jewelry house for a limited edition bottle of the Roja Parfums Diaghilev scent created in 2010. The exclusive fragrance retailed at at €20,389 (100ml) will be … Read more

Four Seasons, Hilton and Marriott top second annual Digital IQ Index: Hotels

A brand’s site remains hotels primary revenue generator. Hotel brands indicated they would spend 34 percent of their 2011 online budgets on site redesigns and optimization; however, the second annual L2’s “Digital IQ index: Hotels” research demonstrates that the industry is slow to adopt best practices. Four Seasons, Hilton and Marriott Top the Digital IQ … Read more

Gourmand World Cookbook Awards: ‘Cookbook of the year’ explores Patagonian cuisine

  ‘Cookbook of the year’ explores gourmet Chilean cuisine “Patagonian Cuisine: Rivers, Lakes and Chiloe District” by Francisco Fantini has been named the cookbook of the year at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in Paris. The winning cookbook that takes readers on a gastronomic tour of Chile beat out 11 other titles around the world including … Read more