2013 Trends on Attitudes of the Ultra Affluent: Where, How & Why They Spend
Over the next 10 years, 95,000 people are predicted to break the US$30m wealth barrier—a cumulative 50% rise, which will take the total number of ultra high net worth individuals across the globe to around 285,665.
Interview With Joe Poulin: CEO & Founder of Luxury Retreats
I had the chance to pick the brain of this young, ambitious CEO to find out exactly how this venture got started, what makes this company stand out among the competition, and where we can expect to see more Luxury Retreats villas putting down roots.
One of the hottest summer rooftop scenes in Manhattan can be found at Sanctuary Hotel, a new Midtown property owned by Brandon Freid, in partnership with his father, longtime hotelier Hank Freid. The space is evocatively named Haven, and it’s gone...
One of the latest European brands to be ‘rescued’ to foreign investment, Aquascutum’s new management has chosen to part ways with design director Joanna Sykes.
According to WWD, Tim Dally, Aquascutum’s new chief executive officer said her...
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness...
When John Keats wrote these lines in 1818, he did not know how right he was, and just how much that his words anticipated an emerging cultural...
Bernard Lackner has been named the new CEO of the exclusive Fisher Island Club. The upscale club and resort, which is located on a private beach community just off the coast of Miami, made the announcement this week.
Mr. Lackner brings a wealth...
The second installment in our series on emerging hoteliers who are changing the lodging game spotlights a man whose success in brand creation is a product of his tireless creativity and innately hospitable nature.
Sit down at a table with Enrique...
All the latest from on-going counterfeit, copyright and patent disputes, instigated by Louis Vuitton, Herm?s, Richemont, Christian Louboutin & Gucci
For the modern luxury brand, the accessory du jour has shifted from a game of creative-director...
Luxury clothes company Brooks Brothers Group, Inc., and Reliance Brands Ltd. recently teamed to form a joint-venture partnership in India, where Brooks Brothers’ product will be available throughout India in exclusive one-brand stores that will...
The Latest Appointments at Hilton Hotels, Sotheby’s, Barney’s New York, Tiffany & Co, PPR, Smythson, Aquascutum, Departures & Vogue Australia
A little more than one year after being announced as Pringle of Scotland’s design director, Alistair...
Contemporary art becomes ‘the gold of the new rich’, following record breaking auction sales in New York for Rothko, Klein, Lichtenstein and other post-war artists.
Fine art has been billed as the asset likely to offer the best returns this year...
Veteran CEO and Marketing Executive John Vanderslice is Hilton Worldwide’s Global Head of Luxury and Lifestyle Brands. In this role he has expanded the Waldorf Astoria and Conrad brands, and has expanded those brands within the past few year so...
It seems redundant to say that pioneers are drawn to travel, and vice-versa. Yet the business of hospitality, of lodgings—of putting a roof over many transient heads—tends to get more formulaic, even as it gets more successful. There’s a sizeable...
Dr. Wolfgang Schreiber, 54, will become the new chairman and chief executive at Bentley Motors effective September 1, 2012. Dr. Schreiber leaves his current role as CEO of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and succeeds replaces Wolfgang Dürheimer, 53,...
Jumeirah launches its first European property in Mallorca, Park Hyatt debuts in India and Montreal’s Ritz Carlton unveils $200 million worth of renovations.
Alongside new openings in Doha, Alappuzha and Phuket, a host of existing properties have...
Fisker Automotive released its first business update statement today. Highlights include company revenues exceeding $100 million in four months to April 30, 2012, and 1,000 vehicles delivered to customers since the launch of the luxury electric-car...
The 2012 American Express Publishing Luxury Summit was just completed, and one of its main concentrations was, as it has always been in the past, relevant research about wealth and affluence—based on surveys, interviews and focus groups conducted by...
At the end of the day, research value is often determined by methods of data collection used. We have written before on Ron Kurtz, CEO of The American Affluence Research Center and his research, as his is the type of work that stands the test of...
A few years ago, at the opening of CityCenter Las Vegas, MGM Resorts International CEO and President Jim Murren explained his vision of a future Las Vegas becoming a cultural hub, like San Francisco, New York and Hong Kong. When we heard this, we...
The Latest Appointments at Starwood Hotels, Christie’s, Bergdorf Goodman, Cartier, YSL Beauté, Sonia Rykiel, PPR, Bentley Motors, Akris & Cacharel
The Dior saga is finally over. After one year of speculation – where everyone from Riccardo Tisci,...
India’s union cabinet is standing by its local sourcing clause when it comes to foreign direct investment, making it difficult for luxury brands to enter the market on their own terms
“These [BRICS] countries are 25 per cent of the global gross...
Giuseppe Aquila is the CEO of Italy’s oldest writing instrument company, Montegrappa. His family has owned this company since 1912. Recently, I interviewed him as part of the Montegrappa Centennial celebration in Bassano del Grappa, where he...
Can’t get away for a long-haul trip in the next few months? Three films coming out this spring provide diverse viewpoints of the opposite side of the world; and their subject matter is compelling enough to merit a viewing even if you don’t have...
David Burden, CEO and Founder of Timbers Resorts in Carbondale Colorado (43 minutes from Aspen) is no stranger to complex and successful development projects. One Steamboat Place, The Preserve at Botany Bay, The Rocks Luxury Residence Club, The...
Bentley Motors has appointed Andrea Baker as its new head of media relations. The announcement of the hiring was made this week by the media department of the luxury automaker. Ms. Baker assumes her new role effective May 12, 2012. Ms. Baker, 36,...
The world-renowned auction house selected Jinqing Caroline Cai to be its first managing director in China. Ms. Cai will effectively assume her new executive level position with Christie’s on June 1, 2012. She will manage the office and oversee all...
There are those who have a serious attraction, probably bordering on addiction, to Winter skiing, and never think of keeping their skis out after the first day of Spring. But then there are those who wait for a certain time, when the weather is...
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