London Business School and Walpole to unveil innovation in luxury business plan competition

London Business School and Walpole To Unveil Luxury Industry Competition London Business School and Walpole, the organisation that represents the British luxury industry, have launched the Innovation in Luxury Business Plan Competition, to help promote and inspire innovation in the British luxury industry. Through the new programme, applicants from London Business School are being invited … Read more

Canon EOS-1D X and new EOS 5D Mark III high-end cameras for pros and serious enthusiasts

Canon EOS-1D X digital SLR high-end camera, re-designed from the inside out Canon launch $3,500 EOS 5D Mark III D-SLR EOS-1D X is the new leader in Canon’s arsenal of professional DSLRs. The model is a high-speed multimedia juggernaut replacing both the EOS-1Ds Mark III and EOS-1D Mark IV models in Canon’s lineup. Enhancing the … Read more

Aston Martin – Mobiado luxury cellphone

Mobiado teams up with Aston Martin to release luxury cellphone – Grand Touch Aston Martin Merging state-of-the-art technologies with the tradition of phonemaking innovation High-end car maker Aston Martin released the second mobile phone in partnership with luxury mobile maker Mobiado. The Grand Touch Aston Martin body is precision CNC machined from solid aircraft aluminium … Read more

W Hotels debuts in France with W Paris – Opera

Highly-anticipated W Paris – Opera made its debut in Paris marking the launch of W Hotels Worldwide in France. Owned by Barcelona-based Meridia Capital, the luxury hotel is set inside a historic 1870s Haussman-era heritage building near Opéra Garnier, Galeries Lafayette and Place Vendome in the eclectic, historic 9th Arrondissement in Paris. The opening of … Read more

Indonesia will become the largest luxury market in southeast Asia: LVMH

Indonesia to be largest luxury market in SE Asia: LVMH Indonesia will become the largest luxury market in southeast Asia over the next few years, Ravi Thakran, LVMH`s head for South Asia, South East Asia and Middle East told CNBC. According to Thakran, Indonesian consumers currently buy their luxury goods mostly from Hong Kong and … Read more

The historic Café Royal London, now part of the Set luxury collection, to open in June

Café Royal to become five-star hotel in June The historic Café Royal on London’s Regent Street is to reopen as a 159-room hotel this June, and will form part of The Set, a collection of luxury properties including Hotel Lutetia in Paris. Home to the National Sporting Club for many years as well as being … Read more