Tag: London
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Luxury real estate sales surged around the world.
Trends shaping the luxury real estate market globally. Christie’s International Real Estate report. With more millionaires and billionaires in the world than ever before, pent-up demand and increasing consumer confidence, luxury real estate sales surged in 2013 around the world, according to a recent report by Christie’s International Real Estate, the real estate arm of…
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What is it like to live on Britain’s most expensive street?
London’s Kensington Palace Gardens is the most expensive address in the UK. Its vast mansions are a symbol of the growing gulf between ordinary people and the super-rich. Our reporter tries to meet the locals
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Top 10 classic cocktail bars in London
London’s cocktail scene is booming, with new bars opening all the time – but if you want to treat yourself to a flawless classic then head to a hotel bar. Cocktail expert Jared Brown chooses the best, plus some cutting edge places where top mixologists are producing drinks destined to become the new classics
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London is the billionaire’s preferred European residence – study
The combined fortune of the ultra-wealthy has doubled since 2009, and their property portfolio typically includes a £22m London home
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The 5 richest families in Britain prove the theory that money follows money
The rich get richer not because they work hardest, but thanks to their stupendous resources, productive assets and property
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The new London’s Shangri-La to open at the Shard
Shangri-La Hotel, At The Shard, London will open 6 May 2014 From May 6, London will have the tallest hotel in Western Europe and the first high-rise hotel in the UK’s capital. Hong Kong-based luxury hotel group Shangri-La will open its third hotel in Europe in The Shard. In 2010, the luxury hospitality chain debuted…