A place to unwind: Audi Design Luft chair for Poltrona Frau

  Walter de Silva, Head of Volkswagen Group Design, has joined forces with the Audi Concept Design Studio in Munich to create an armchair called “Luft” – the German word for “air,” produces in partnership with Italian luxury furniture maker Poltrona Frau. A curved aluminum element – symbolizing Audi lightweight construction – lends the armchair … Read more

David Yurman’s signature luxury retail experience brought to Charlotte

David Yurman Announced Opening of Charlotte Boutique.  David Yurman, America’s premier fine jewelry and timepiece designer, is pleased to announce the opening of its boutique at SouthPark Mall in Charlotte, North Carolina Conceptualized by the renowned architectural firm of Gabellini Sheppard Associates, the flowing 2,009 square-foot store features classically modern architecture. Every element of the … Read more

Daniel Radcliffe: ‘There’s no master plan to distance myself from Harry Potter’

He was the boy who brought Harry Potter to life – and feared he’d killed his own career in the process. Daniel Radcliffe talks about hairy legs, growing up in the spotlight, and why he never watches the films that made him famous

How the other half fly (to New York)

No tiresome queues, soggy sandwiches … what is it like to part of the A-list? Eva Wiseman reports from a luxury flight to New York (via Shannon)

Overseas shoppers: who spends what in the UK

Simplification of visitor paperwork could boost UK revenues generated by Chinese shoppers by an estimated £1.2bn – but who spends the most?

Guardianship of La Margna St. Morritz passed to Grace Hotels

Grace Hotels capitalizes on St. Morritz. The hospitality group bought one of the landmark hotel buildings in St. Moritz.     Grace Hotels, the privately owned luxury hotel group, has acquired the historic La Margna hotel in the heart of St. Moritz, Switzerland.  During 2014 the company will undertake an extensive programme of renovation and transformation … Read more