LVMH Métiers d’Art continues its expansion and announces the creation of LVMH Métiers d’Art Japan. Founded by the LVMH luxury Group in 2015, LVMH Métiers d’Art brings together and invests in talented manufacturers and craftsmen, creating a profession unique in the world. Today, LVMH Métiers d’Art has presence in the leather, exotic skins and metal … Read more
The Okura Tokyo has been awarded second place in the top hotels in Japan category and clinched the top spot in Tokyo in the Condé Nast Traveler 2022 Readers’ Choice Awards. In addition, The Okura Fitness & Spa was voted the “Top Spa of Japan” at the Crystal Award 2022. In the run-up to the … Read more
Issey Miyake’s work and ideas transcend genres and continue to attract interest worldwide Famed Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake, the creator or the pleated style of clothing that never wrinkles, dies at 84. Miyake, whose name became a byword for Japan’s economic and fashion prowess in the 1980s, died on Aug. 5 of liver cancer, … Read more
Understanding the value of high-end tourism. High-end tourism, worth up to £30bn to the UK, presents a critically important opportunity to rebuild the post-pandemic economy and support future prosperity across the country, based on a virtuous circle of hospitality, culture, travel and retail. In Walpole’s recent report “What It’s Worth: Enabling The Return Of The … Read more
The World’s Most Powerful Passports have the Least Travel Freedom By comparing the current level of travel freedom with the most severe Covid-related restrictions imposed over the past few years, the results from the Henley Passport Index, which is based on official data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) show that the world’s most … Read more
Asia’s leading brand distributor and operator Bluebell Group released the second volume of the “Asia Lifestyle Consumer Profile“. Based on an Asia-wide survey covering 2,100 premium lifestyle consumers across 6 markets – Mainland China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia (Singapore and Malaysia) – the study outlines five leading consumer personas and … Read more