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
The expectations of the demanding high-end UAE customers cand cost up to $9 million when it comes to aircrafts. Abu Dhabi luxury flight firm Royal Jet has spent this amount doing up just a single 46-seater Boeing Business Jet. The company said it is splashing its cash on improved inflight entertainment including live TV and … Read more
382 apartments with interiors designed by Pininfarina will rise in Miami, Florida in the 1100 Millecento Residences project. With architecture inspired by Carlos Ott and luxury interiors by famed Pininfarina, the 42-story tower will feature an array of urban amenities located in the center of Brickell; and just steps from Mary Brickell Village and the … Read more
Las Vegas musical fountain for your garden If you love Las Vegas aquatic choreography at Bellagio hotel, a musical fountain for your garden will be a perfect gift. The professionally choreographed orchestral fountain by Hammacher Schlemmer is like a small copy of Fountains of Bellagio. The hand-made fountain projects lighted waterspouts that are synchronized with … Read more
Versace Wave For all design and fashion enthusiasts who will visit Salone del Mobile in Milan, April 2012, Italian house Versace prepared an innovative seating – a dormeuse inspired by the Italian architecture. The dormeuse named Versace Wave is a perfect combination of fashion and design that draws its lines and the elegance from Versace … Read more
Luxury $70 million superyacht launched The 77-metre luxury superyacht Smeralda, the world’s longest aluminium motor yacht, was launched at Australian Marine Complex, reports perthnow. The yacht was built by Perth-based company Hanseatic Marine and had taken over two years and 550,000 man hours to build. It’s the third superyacht produced for Hanseatic’s owner, German entrepreneur … Read more