Search results for: “luxury train”
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Business of Luxury: Why Apple and Tesla should Merge
It took 40 years for Kodak to die. They had invented the digital camera in 1975 but pulled it when it had the potential to cut into film sales. 14 years after that decision, Kodak looked healthy with assets amounting to $7.7 billion in 1989 and over 100,000 employees. It didn’t look like a company…
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Rihanna to Work with LVMH on New Luxury Collection
Transcending her role as a singer, Rihanna has dabbled in several industries – acting, modelling and building her brand. Her formidable influence is perhaps best exemplified in the time Dolce & Gabbana’s jewel-encrusted headphones sold out within 24 hours after Rihanna tweeted herself in it. Rihanna is one otherworldly human who could wear a coat made out…
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Cartier Strengthens Business Relationship with Polo Luxury Group
Nigerian luxury goods company and authorised retailer of the Cartier Brand, Polo Luxury Group, recently hosted the executive team of Cartier from Geneva, Switzerland led by its Managing Director, Africa and Israel, Alessandro Patti, on the official visit of the brand to Nigeria The initiative was to boost business relationships between both brands. Known for…
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Inside The New Magashi Luxury Tented Camp in Rwanda
Six stunning and spacious tented guest rooms offer spectacular views over Lake Rwanyakazinga while Magashi’s main area includes a luxurious lounge, dining and bar area, wine cellar and pool, as well as an expansive viewing deck with fire pit. Wilderness Safaris will launch a new luxury camp, Magashi, in Akagera National Park in the late Spring of 2019.…
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Exploring Thanda Island; Tanzania’s Private Luxury Resort
Thanda Island off the coast of Africa is one of the world’s newest private resorts, but it’s already won international acclaim. In 2016, the private marine reserve was voted the World’s Leading Exclusive Private Island by the World Travel Awards. Dan Olofsson and his wife, Christin, decided in the early 2000s to build a winter home someplace…
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African Luxury Is Getting Into Anthropologie, Harrods And Vogue
The McKinsey Global Institute once famously described the African economies as “lions on the move.” But today it’s the continent’s “Lionesses” who are moving luxury markets around the world. Akosua Afriyie-Kumi, Swaady Martin and Adèle Dejak are all members of Lionesses of Africa—an entrepreneurship community with over 600,000 members that recently hosted Start-up Night! Africa in…
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Cancer Safe Treatments To Be Offered at Luxury Beauty Salon Owned By Mum and Daughter
A £1.3 million luxury beauty salon will be offering specialist treatments for people with cancer when they open later in the year. Beauty and the Bistro is scheduled to open in Basford in October, but work is already going on behind the scenes to plan what treatments and services will be delivered. Mum and daughter…
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#CNI Luxury Conference Day 2: The Nature of Luxury
The word ‘nature’ is at the heart of the 2019 Condé Nast International Luxury Conference in South Africa. And, Suzy Menkes says, nature should – and must – be the focus of 21st-century luxury. To help shine the spotlight on the talent pool in South Africa, Menkes invited Vania Leles, founder of VanLeles Diamonds, and…
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The Luxury Destinations Making a Big Impact in 2018
What’s the best way of predicting the up-and-coming luxury destinations of 2018? Take a look at where new products are coming online, as well as chatting with travel agents and tour operators working exclusively with the affluent. Based on these criteria, there are four markets to keep an eye on this year. JAPAN, Tourism Rising…