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Oct 15, 2012
Luxury goods to slow as Chinese spend less
LVMH reports weakest sales growth since 2009 as demand wanes
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Oct 14, 2012
Ermenegildo Zegna expects a bumpy ride
Italian fashion house warns of Chinese market slowdown
Oct 12, 2012
A long weekend on the ocean wave
A new breed of short-break cruises offers a quick taste of life at sea
Lucy Kellaway
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AFRICAN DESTINATIONS
Sep 28, 2012
Lords of the jungle
Wild lions and tame elephants at a luxury safari camp in Botswana
Sep 21, 2012
Short cuts: The spirit of Shackleton, luxury in Baku and a peek inside the Foreign Office
A 56-day trip to Antarctica, the Azeri capital’s first Four Seasons hotel and public access to London’s architectural treasures
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EUROPEAN DESTINATIONS
Sep 14, 2012
Greece resorts to luxury
A lavish, €900-a-night hotel launches in the crisis-hit country: a crass mistake or a vote of confidence? Claire Wrathall investigates
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Aug 27, 2012
Tiffany cuts full-year profit forecast
Falling sales in Americas and Asia blamed on economic weakness
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Aug 8, 2012
Ralph Lauren forecasts stormy seas ahead
Note of caution despite better than expected results
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Jul 19, 2012
China’s appetite for luxury unsated
Hermès and Rémy Cointreau see strong demand
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Jul 3, 2012
Vivarte appoints new chairman
Former Lancel chief executive joins with immediate effect
May 19, 2012
The expert selection: Europe’s most luxurious trains
Italy’s high-speed Italo offers leather seats and even a cinema car. But how does it compare to its European rivals?
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UK DESTINATIONS
Apr 28, 2012
Hotel on the high seas
A Victorian fort, built to guard Portsmouth harbour, reopens as Britain’s most unusual luxury retreat. Tom Robbins checks in
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EUROPEAN DESTINATIONS
Mar 30, 2012
Palatial in Puglia
Forget seaside villas, says Rebecca Rose – this summer the cognescenti are renting ‘masserie’, or fortified farmhouses, in an unspoiled region of southern Italy
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ADVENTURES
Feb 17, 2012
Submergers and acquisitions
Elisabeth Eaves goes for a dive in the latest must-have plaything for billionaires – a personal submarine
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ASIAN AND AUSTRALIAN DESTINATIONS
Dec 2, 2011
Shepherd chic
A new camp in New Zealand combines luxury with extreme isolation – after all, the only way to get there is by helicopter. Tom Fordyce reports
Oct 21, 2011
The Goldfinger spa
A dazzling new beauty treatment at an ancient thermal spa in Tuscany involves covering the entire body in 24-carat gold
Sep 12, 2011
Next Dorchester
The famous hotel group’s new 45 Park Lane has Cut, Wolfgang Puck’s first restaurant in Europe, at its heart
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Sep 9, 2011
Not just any port
For superyacht owners, the competition venues are every bit as important as the racing
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