Flight comparison site Skyscanner revealed the results of its poll of 1,000 travelers’ seat preferences. The poll questioned respondents on their seat preferences (aside from extra legroom seats) including which section and whether they chose window, middle or aisle seats. The poll also delved deeper to find out if choices were influenced by lucky numbers … Read more
Occupying 1,200 square meters of space, the Evian SPA at Palace Hotel Tokyo will be the first ever in Japan — and a future must for wellness in Tokyo. Palace Hotel Tokyo opens May 17th in Marunouchi on a stunning, moat-side setting by the Imperial Palace. In a country not otherwise known for its spa culture, the … Read more
Villa on the sea: Ferretti launches latest Custom Line 112 superyacht for Chinese owners Ferretti announces the launching of the Custom Line 112’ Next, a 34 metre vessel in the planing category and the twenty-eighth model of the 112 inch models. The launching of the maxi yacht owned by the Chinese real estate company Xanadu South … Read more
France accounts for about 8 percent of the total annual luxury-goods sales, according to consultant Bain & Co. French election frontrunners President Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist candidate Francois Hollande have both pledged tax increases. The measures may damp the feel-good factor, a driver of luxury-goods consumption, as has happened elsewhere in Europe, according to CA … Read more
Painter and designer, that smile, Blandine deliciously breathe it on her creations. Her intuition, her talent can be audacious, always. Autodidact assumed, she does not yield to temptation, the better, she causes! One shoulder neckline, leg guessed in a gilded frame, a cherry tree, a wolf, a story to tell. Animals friends, dancer, scintillating frescoes, … Read more
Damien Hirst’s eco-homes vision to regenerate Ifracombe town Hirst ‘s pioneer project in eco-housing development English artist, entrepreneur and art collector Damien Hirst (b. 7 June 1965), reportedly Britain’s richest living artist, has unveiled plans to build more than 500 landmark eco-homes in his adopted hometown of Ifracombe, which he hopes will regenerate the region … Read more