Prices for London’s best homes continue to rise: Knight Frank. London property prices rise, but buyers are becoming more value sensitive, according to Liam Bailey, Global Head of Knight Frank Residential Research. The leading independent global property consultancy reports that prime central London residential prices increased by 0.3% in May and are up 3.2% so far … Read more
Four Seasons Hotel Riyadh at Kingdom Centre is the latest hotel to open a space designed only for women. The Bella Sky Hotel in Copenhagen and The Dukes Hotel in London reserved an entire floor that bans men from use. Four Seasons Hotel Riyadh caters to the comfort of female travellers with an exclusive new … Read more
Dubai’s Burj Al Arab, Shangri-La Hotel in Sydney, Le Touessrok in Mauritius, Waldorf Astoria (New York), and Four Seasons Hotel George V Paris have emerged as the favorite hotels of the world among readers of Ultratravel luxury travel magazine published by The Daily Telegraph. Burj Al Arab, the standard bearer in the luxury industry, … Read more
J.K. Rowling’s Personally Annotated First Edition of the Harry Potter book fetches $227,000 at auction A first edition of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” annotated by author J.K. Rowling fetched the highest price to date for a printed book by Rowling. The 1997 book has sold for a record 150,000 pounds ($227,421) at “First Editions, Second … Read more
Master patissier and star of Channel 4’s Baking Mad series Eric Lanlard, replicates the mixed beauty of nature into his new Mon Beau Papillon afternoon tea at Chinoiserie at the luxury Jumeirah Carlton Tower London. Eric’s new afternoon tea is inspired by his observation of butterflies flitting between beautiful flowers and the different petals they … Read more
Burj Al Arab Hotel, Dubai’s most iconic building, featuring the world’s tallest atrium (180 meters = 590 ft), introduced bespoke 24-carat gold iPads for its in-house guests. The exclusive launch makes Burj Al Arab the first hotel in the world to offer the Interactive Customer Experience (ICE) software available on the 24-carat gold iPads. The … Read more