CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards 2012 goes to luxury cashmere label The Elder Statesman

CFDA/VOGUE Fashion fund prize winner Joseph Altuzarra admits that even though his tenure as the 2011 winner of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA)/Vogue Fashion Fund will end shortly, he doesn’t exactly see himself as stepping down. “I love welcoming new people to the club! Once you win, you get to keep the … Read more

From electric vehicles to performance and luxury designs: 50 premieres for 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show

The auto industry in North America is experiencing its best annual sales rate since 2008, and this positive growth can clearly be seen in the number of debuts at 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show. Nearly 50 vehicles will debut at LA Auto Show (November 28-29, 2012, when it opens for Press Days and November 30 … Read more

Priceless Cities operation is moving to Paris

Launched by MasterCard last year for cities like New York and London, Priceless Cities operation, which offers unique urban experiences, invites MasterCard clients to a Parisian Christmas exploration experience. Gastronomy, music and theater, museums and outings, travel and hotels, sports and wellness, and, shopping, around 500 special events will be set up over the following … Read more

Speaking about luxury with Richard Hatter – general manager Hotel Icon – Hong Kong

The just-opened Hotel Icon located in the heart of  Tsim Sha Tsui East, Hong Kong, is one-of-a-kind. Owned by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hotel ICON has been able to forge its own identity and serves as a resource center for the hospitality industry. Since its launch, it has earned numerous readers’ choice awards and … Read more

Sustainable solar floating luxury resort setting the good example

  The idea of floating sustainable islands based on solar energy is in the air. The latest Solar Floating Resort (SFR) is signed by the Italian Industrial Designer Michele Puzzolante, a designer passionated about the renewable energy and the development of affordable, inexhaustible and clean solar energy technologies. Michele Puzzolante imagined a hospitality non-polluting project … Read more

The Ritz-Carlton opens first luxury resort hotel to Japan. Photos.

The Ritz-Carlton, Okinawa pioneers luxury hospitality on Japan’s secret tropical getaway The Ritz-Carlton presents Okinawa – known as “Gusuku” which means “Castle”’ in the local dialect     Japan’s tropical island of Okinawa is the home to the first Ritz-Carlton luxury resort in Japan. Okinawa island has been the secret getaway for generations of Japanese … Read more