‘All I want is chocolate’: Jamie Oliver and other top chefs on their Christmas wish lists

Tinned fish, ceramic tableware and cornettos – Santa’s sack is full of unusual treats for our chefs and food writers

Dubai Is Home to World’s Longest Cantilevered Building, The Link, Standing 226 Metres High

    With its two towers connected by a steel bridge structure, which will extend as the world’s longest cantilever, One Za’abeel is set to become the next iconic building in Dubai. The Japanese architects designed a cantilever that is “off” the towers, not “on” like most buildings with a bridge  between the top of … Read more

Australian Fashion Laureate 2020 awards trade gloss for grit in challenging year

Old categories dropped in favour of new honours commending sustainability and social enterprise, to highlight ‘industry’s resilience in the face of crisis’

Burberry attacks move to scrap tax-free shopping on eve of Brexit

Brand says move to install 20% VAT will encourage 1.2m visitors to shop in Europe instead

World of Pure Beauty pop-up:The best total age-defying serum launched on the Chinese Hawaii

  The Chinese market is fast expanding, and skincare has accounted for 80% of travel retail sales in this market since the beginning of the year. Parfums Christian Dior World of Pure Beauty pop-up reinvents travel retail in Hainan, China. To surmount the unprecedented crisis that hit travel retail with the Covid-19 pandemic, Parfums Christian … Read more

Five major whisky-making regions helped create the first-ever world blended whisky

    The first-ever world blended whisky was made with whisky from top five most renowned distilleries. Beam Suntory, the third largest producer of distilled beverages worldwide behind Diageo and Pernod Ricard, has announced the launch of the first-ever world blended whisky, Suntory World Whisky ‘Ao’, exclusive to global travel retail. ‘Ao’ is the first innovative whisky launch in global … Read more