Kering luxury group announces healthy performances, powered by tourist shoppers in Western Europe and Japan

Kering’s third-quarter 2015 revenue published last week shows sustained 15% growth in the first nine months. Kering posted revenue of €2,895 million in the third quarter of 2015, up 12.0% on the third quarter of 2014 as reported and up 3.1% on a comparable Group structure and exchange rate basis, in line with the 2015 … Read more

Park Hyatt x NYTimes to pair up “cultural trailblazers” at live events around the world

Park Hyatt and NYTimes announced “The New York Times TasteMasters“ live talk series with chefs, artists and designers.The collaboration will feature three events around the world that bring together a pair of cultural trailblazers in an intimate live conversation moderated by a New York Times journalist. Each duo will be an unexpected pairing of talent … Read more

Global demand for cruising has increased 68 percent over the past decade. Cruising’s Top Ten Countries

Global demand for cruising reached 22.04 million passengers in 2014, up 68 percent from 13.1 million passengers in 2004, according to a new study from Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the largest cruise industry trade association and the leading authority of the global cruise community. Since 2013, demand for cruising grew 3.4 percent, from 21.3 … Read more

Rodarte x & Other Stories: next season’s best high-street collaboration

Swedish brand & Other Stories have announced a collaboration with one of fashion’s favourite designers – Rodarte. From Black Swan to day lace, here what’s we can (probably) expect

Green news roundup: coral die-off, wildlife in Chernobyl and Africa’s largest windfarm

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