2014 Forbes Travel Guide confirming an uptick in investment in the luxury hotel industry

Forbes Travel Guide’s Ratings: Luxury Brands Continue to Shine. Forbes Travel Guide unveiled its 56th list of Star Rating recipients worldwide, including 15 new Five-Star hotels, 16 new Five-Star restaurants and five new Five-Star spas. The total number of Five-Star hotels now numbers 97 worldwide, the most in Forbes Travel Guide’s history. This year’s list … Read more

Polo & The Automobile

The Golden Age of Sports has been described as that period of time from the 1920’s into the 1930’s when sports and sports heroes reigned supreme. The public followed their teams and individuals religiously, provided with details through newspapers and the then new technology of radio broadcasts. Coming after a devastating World War I, people … Read more

LVMH fashion prize’s panel of experts announced

LVMH’s “Young Fashion Designer of the Year” award will have 40 of fashion’s biggest names listed as experts, announced the luxury giant. The team will be working as a panel of experts whittling down the final 30 successful LVMH Prize applicants. The 40 experts include founder & executive Chairman of Net-a-Porter Natalie Massenet, supermodel and Givenchy … Read more

Top retirement haven in Europe and worldwide

Panama is the best place to retire, while Spain is top retirement haven in Europe Panama is the “World’s Best Retirement Haven in 2014” according to InternationalLiving.com’s Global Retirement Index 2014. Panama, Ecuador, Malaysia, Costa Rica and Spain are the top 5 best destinations for good-value living around the world. The index features 24 countries, … Read more

Maison Martin Margiela Crystalactite

Atelier Swarovski by Maison Martin Margiela.   For the 4th year in a row, haute couture collective from Maison Martin Margiela participated in Miami Art Basel and worked with French Artist Baptiste Debombourg on an exclusive on-site installation. Made out of cascading layers of shattered glass, the installation entitled ‘Stalker’ celebrated the launch of our … Read more

Methamorphosis/ Maria Pergay for Fendi

Fendi x Maria Pergay at Design Miami 2013. At Design Miami/ 2013, star designer Maria Pergay, a distinguished representative of the Arts Décoratifs, and Italian fashion house of Fendi presented a string of limited-edition art pieces, blending the artist’s vision and Fendi’s iconic values. The French artist have once again teamed up with the Italian … Read more