House of Harry Winston collection ©Reuters From COMPANIES Jan 14, 2013

Swatch buys jewellery group for $1bn

Swiss group adds Harry Winston of Canada to its brand

Destination inspiration

Survival expert Bear Grylls during the shoot for the Dos Equis Most Interesting Academy webisodes which feature Grylls? top urban survival tips and will be available online at MostInterestingAcademy.com on June 18. Bear Grylls is a distinguished instructor for the Dos Equis Most Interesting Academy?s ?Survival in the Modern Era? course. (Casey Rodgers / AP Images for Dos Equis) **EXCLUSIVE****EXCLUSIVE**
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The Alpina Gstaad From WINTER SPORTS Jan 11, 2013

A century on Gstaad gets more glitz

Tradition is taken seriously in the Swiss resort, so a new five-star hotel is causing a stir

From COMPANIES Jan 10, 2013

Swatch clocks up 14% sales surge

Swiss watchmaker shrugs off fears over Asian demand

‘Tulip’ chairs in the lobby of the Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht From EUROPEAN DESTINATIONS Dec 7, 2012

The Dutch touch

The outlandish decor of Andaz, designer Marcel Wanders’ new Amsterdam hotel, has a determinedly local flavour

Oct 15, 2012

Luxury goods to slow as Chinese spend less

LVMH reports weakest sales growth since 2009 as demand wanes

Models walk the runway during the Z Zegna show as part of Milan Fashion Week Menswear Spring/Summer 2013 ©Getty From COMPANIES Oct 14, 2012

Ermenegildo Zegna expects a bumpy ride

Italian fashion house warns of Chinese market slowdown

Silver explorer 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

An aerial view of Sanctuary Baines’ Camp, Botswana Lucy Kellaway from AFRICAN DESTINATIONS Sep 28, 2012

Lords of the jungle

Wild lions and tame elephants at a luxury safari camp in Botswana

The Four Seasons in Baku 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

View from the terrace of one of the guest pavilions at Amanzoe, close to Porto Heli on the east coast of the Peloponnese From 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

From COMPANIES Aug 27, 2012

Tiffany cuts full-year profit forecast

Falling sales in Americas and Asia blamed on economic weakness

From COMPANIES Aug 8, 2012

Ralph Lauren forecasts stormy seas ahead

Note of caution despite better than expected results

From COMPANIES Jul 19, 2012

China’s appetite for luxury unsated

Hermès and Rémy Cointreau see strong demand

From COMPANIES 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?

From 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

From LEX Apr 20, 2012

Bordeaux wine: good things come . . .

Recent moves by premier winemakers are not good news for bargain-hunters

From 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

From ADVENTURES Feb 17, 2012

Submergers and acquisitions

Elisabeth Eaves goes for a dive in the latest must-have plaything for billionaires – a personal submarine

From 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

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