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Hong Kong Is The Most Expensive City For Billionaire Homes

Global real estate consultant Savills has launched a new international billionaire property index covering ten cities. According to the Savills report, Hong Kong has emerged as the world’s most expensive city in terms of

Luxury Brands Open New Stores In Asia And Australia

The East holds great promise for luxury brands these days. So it is hardly a surprise that international brands are falling all over themselves to establish new luxury stores in the emerging nations like

The Only Watch Charity Auction For 2011 To Be Held At Monaco

It hardly gets better than this for watch lovers. The Only Watch charity auction is ready to enter its fourth year in the coming month. And the event has already got over forty veteran

Jones Group Inc Purchases British Shoe Retailer Kurt Geiger

British shoe retailer Kurt Geiger is one of the most well known names when it comes to footwear and those stuff that you tie around your heels. Well, the British have always been a

Giorgio Armani Plans £300 mn Luxury Hotel In London

Girogio Armani has been dressing us in luxury for years. Now, the fashion powerhouse is hoping to make us live in luxury. Armani has already entered the luxury hotel sector through his subsidiary firm,

Four of the Top Ten Destinations for Luxury Retailers are in Asia: Survey

The luxury retailers are always keeping track of emerging luxury market which provides the greatest demand for their luxury brands. In the recent years the Asian economies have raced ahead of their Western counterparts.

YSL Spring/Summer 2011 Manifesto To Be Distributed In Hong Kong on 5 March

It is one of the biggest annual fashion events of the year. Yves Saint Laurent will be launching its much-awaited Spring/Summer 2011 Manifesto on 5 March. The global launch of the S/S Manifesto will

Hong Kong’s Rising Rents Make It The Third Most Expensive City

In recent times, real estate prices in Hong Kong have been soaring sky high. However, latest trends suggest that renting homes in Hong Kong has become even more expensive. A global survey of expatriate

Luxury Fashion Brand Versace Planning A Comeback To Japan

One of the most renowned and respected luxury fashion brands in the world, Versace, is now reportedly planning to re-enter the Japanese markets, after pulling out its operations from the country in the year

7 Events 7 Cities 7 Days for £125,000, Courtesy Adam Nathu from Barradoro

Punch is: Splurge £125,000 and explore Tokyo, Shanghai, Abu Dhabi, Istanbul, London, New York and Los Angeles in just 7-days with flying time mere 32 hours and 20 minutes. Bespoke itineraries or concierge events

Jean Paul Gaultier Creates Interesting Designs for Guy de Jean Umbrellas

Opening Ceremony, who has been retailing a range of products in Tokyo, New York and Los Angeles, since 2002, has put up a collection of umbrellas from the French label Guy de Jean. What

Chinese Tourists Driving the Sales of Luxury Goods Around the World

The Chinese consumer from the mainland has become the focal point for marketers of luxury brands and goods the world over. A recently conducted survey by reputed consultants Bain & Company reveals that more

Top Designer Labels Combine Food with Fashion in Tokyo

Tokyo can proudly lay claim to several of world’s first. And the dining establishments of luxury brands such as Chanel, Gucci and Bulgari are the only ones of its kind in the world. It

Rent the Entire Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Tokyo for $670,000 a Night

We have covered really ridiculous hotel offerings all this while but I have a feeling, this tops the list. A luxurious hotel in Tokyo, the Mandarin Oriental Hotel is going to let you rent

Toyota’s Lexus LFA sold out before even hitting the markets!

I am sure the people at Toyota are very very happy. At a time when most car companies are finding it hard to maintain their business, Toyota’s latest offering, the Lexus LFA , has

Dassault Falcon 7X Business Jet Now Available For Charter Via Air Partner

For those of you, whose professional lives revolve around high level corporate meetings and last minute appointments, there is a great news! One of the foremost military and civilian aircraft manufacturer, Dassault, has come

Computer-Choppers give the ‘Midas Touch’ to Xbox 360!

These days almost anything and everything can be made of gold! Another addition to that long list of commodities being plated with gold is the Xbox 360! We don’t need Midas anymore for his

“Mitch”: The Blinged-up scooter by Kymco will surely Dazzle you!

Day by day in this bling-crazed world we find the most “unblinged” things adorning those sparkling little things. Now who would have thought that your simple scooter could also be blinged-up! Kymco scooters have

Fly on Aladdin’s Carpet at the Tokyo Disney SeaWorld!

For all those who love Disney World rides, here is something more to love. The Tokyo Disney SeaWorld is introducing a new ride called Jasmine’s Flying Carpet. based on the Disney film Aladdin. Now

Tokyo: The New Luxury Destination for Middle Eastern Travellers?

Tokyo certainly isn’t the place that I would consider as a luxury destination. For many others too Tokyo is a city that is a Mecca for businessmen, entrepreneurs, technocrats and scientists. With that being

Wanna Go Live In Paris? Stock Up Your Bank Account First

Move Tokyo, it is Paris’s turn now. No that is no reference to the hotel heiress that goes by the same name and loves to make headlines on hanky panky. In fact, it’s a

Tryvertising Found another Application!

Having difficulty in finding the right shade of foundation or lipstick? The advent of digital tryvertising has apparently solved this problem. Every make-up amateur must have landed with the wrong shade of cosmetics, even

Experience The Spirit of Beauty In Tokyo

John Keats introduced us to the ‘truth’ connection with ‘beauty’. And here we are in the second decade of the 21st century looking at The Spirit of Beauty. This one can be seen at

Capsule Hotel Shinjuku 510 Sets Trend of Capsule Apartments in Tokyo

If you are as claustrophobic as I am, you would certainly not want to stay in Capsule Hotel Shinjuku 510 in Tokyo. It used to be a hotel where people and businessmen used to

Gold Is The Most Fashionable Color This Economic Season

For all that glitters IS gold! This could be the new adage if the current trends around the world are anything to go by. With the soaring rates of the yellow metal, folks have