Lifestyle

Luxury goods: Chopard’s recycled steel watches at Watches & Wonders

Watches and Wonders 2023 got off to a glittering start with actress Julia Roberts all smiles about Chopard. The Swiss watchmaker has ethically sourced all of its gold since 2018 and has been working on creating traceable supply chains for a number of its gemstones.

28 March 2023

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Watches and Wonders: the world’s largest watchmaking summit opens in Geneva

Discover the first trends of the watchmaking event of the year.

27 March 2023

Lifestyle

Watches and Wonders 2023: Travel through time and watchkeeping

Watches and Wonder is one of the most eagerly anticipated events on the watchmaking calendar for the industry but this year's edition in Geneva is heralding a first by opening up its doors to the public.

23 March 2023

Culture news

Meet the timepiece shaking and polarising the watch industry

H. Moser & Cie, which has been producing luxury watches for almost 200 years, has shaken up the rather conservative Swiss watch market by introducing a new physical timepiece that offers access to a digital world of NFTs, blockchain and metaverse. We met its CEO at its Schaffhausen factory.

6 March 2023

Design

Why is Bentley discontinuing its iconic 6.0 Litre W12 engine?

Luxury carmaker Bentley is discontinuing its 6.0 litre W12 engine, which powers its most prestigious vehicles, to accelerate towards a more sustainable, electric future.

22 February 2023

Qatar 365

Diving for pearls: from Qatari seabeds to glittering display cases

In partnership with Media City

Pearls were Qatar's first major export commodity. And despite competition from oyster farms, divers still go in search of nature's treasures

22 February 2023

Lifestyle

Is Audemars Piguet's 'Ultimate Complication' watch worth €2 million?

Can you put a price on having the luxury of time? If yes is the answer then you can probably proudly wear Audemars Piguet's latest 'Ultimate Complication' in a way that's much more simple than its name suggests.

15 February 2023

Culture news

Here's how you can spend a night with Seth Rogen in a luxury LA home

Seth Rogen is inviting overnight bookings at a luxury Los Angeles home filled with ceramics he has made himself - and will join paying guests for part of the evening, to offer pottery pointers.

1 February 2023

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Opening ceremony of Atlantis The Royal in Dubai

Atlantis The Royal, billed as the world’s most ultra-luxury resort has opened in Dubai.

24 January 2023

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Why more and more brides are going down the aisle in Dubai

Partner content presented by Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing Dubai

The Middle East destination wedding market is estimated to be worth more than €4 billion and for increasing numbers of couples their journey down the aisle is leading them to Dubai.

21 January 2023

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Dubai sees a bumper year for property sales

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Dubai sees a bumper year for property sales in 2022 with over 97,000 properties changing hands.

17 January 2023

Culture news

Nepo-luxury: The world’s richest man names his daughter CEO of Dior

This won't stop the "nepo baby" chat... LVMH’s Bernard Arnault, the world’s richest man, names his daughter CEO of Dior

12 January 2023

Culture news

Artist Sacha Jafri on how to link humanity, charity and Rolls-Royces

"My work is quite average, when it's not linked to humanity." Sacha Jafri explains the meaning behind his collaboration with the luxury car manufacturer.

9 January 2023

Culture news

Who are Europe's richest people?

Unsurprisingly, some of the richest people in Europe are also the money behind the continent’s most famous brands: L’Oréal, Louis Vuitton, Zara, Chanel and Nutella.

28 December 2022

Residences

Europe’s most luxurious hotel openings of 2022, revealed

The World's Best New Luxury Hotels 2022 have been unveiled by The experts at Luxury Travel Intelligence.

27 December 2022

Art

World's 'smallest work of art on a diamond' unveiled in Amsterdam

If diamonds are forever and a girl's best friend, then adding the world's smallest artwork,to what already shines should makes them even more special.

23 December 2022

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A passion for perfumes: BDK Parfums launches new fragrance in Dubai

Partner content presented by Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing Dubai

David Benedek's grandparents moved to Paris from Transylvania in the 1950s where they opened their first boutique in the Palais-Royale area.

9 December 2022

Culture news

Got a spare €20 million for a dinosaur skull?

As the holiday season ramps up, Sotheby's auction house in New York is getting ready to auction off some of its highest value luxury items, ranging from multi-million dollar pieces of jewelry to historical artifacts and even a one-of-a-kind dinosaur skull fossil

5 December 2022

Moments

Travel is set to get more personalised in 2023. Here’s how

Hyper-personalised travel is on the rise as holidaymakers reject cookie-cutter itineraries.

1 December 2022

Business Series

Why Spain’s black truffles are so popular

In partnership with ICEX

Spain is rich in black truffles. Most of the production can be found in the northeastern Girona forest and central Teruel. Not only is there an abundance of these aromatic treasures to be found in the country, but Spain is also the world’s biggest producer of black winter truffles.

25 November 2022