Best motor yachts builders – the finest elements of luxury seafaring

Motor yachts inspired by passion for the sea, passion for technology and passion for beauty. Every yacht is a balance of science, style and substance, combining tradition and innovation, creativity and the latest inventions in design. Passion, inspiration, and innovation is driving everything, but one of the first reasons why an owner chooses a motoryacht … Read more

Global luxury goods sector remains resilient: LVMH tops list of world’s largest luxury goods companies

Global luxury goods sector remains resilient, despite tougher consumer market, according to a new Deloitte report. The world’s 75 largest luxury goods companies generated luxury goods sales of $171.8 billion through the end of last fiscal year (fiscal years ended through June 2013) despite a slowdown in the global economy. The average size of the … Read more

Uffizi Gallery to reopen Renaissance art rooms after €600,000 gift

Fifty more paintings to be exhibited as Florence museum accepts donation from luxury goods firm Salvatore Ferragamo

‘This is not a harem’: the sheikh and his 60 attractive young personal shoppers

A wealthy Dubai sheikh is scouring Venice for a small army of female assistants to help him spend his cash

The watches of 2014 Baselworld. Swiss-Made at its very best. Part V.

Sophistication and robustness. Elegance and performance. Poetry and precision. Basel gets ready for Baselworld 2014. Only 1 day left until Baselworld – The Watch and Jewellery Show, opens its doors in Basel, Switzerland. The trade fair invites us to contemplate intricate mechanisms, jewels of the world, haute joaillerie, the finest examples of craftsmanship, and the … Read more

Bulgari to finance the renovation of Rome’s famous Spanish Steps, the widest staircase in Europe

To mark Bulgari’s 130th anniversary, the luxury jeweller announced it will come to rescue of Rome’s Spanish Steps/ Scalinata della Trinità dei Monti, a “special gift from Bulgari to its city”. Bulgari is following an appeal from Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi who called for private investors to help restore crumbling monuments of Italy. According … Read more