A giant model watch by watchmaker "A. Lange & Soehne", part of luxury goods group Richemont, is displayed during the opening day of the "Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie" (SIHH) a professional fair in fine watchmaking on January 21, 2013 in Geneva. Swiss manufacturer of luxury goods Richemont announced sales meet expectations for the third quarter of its 2012 fiscal year to Euro 2.8 billion, up 5% at constant exchange rates and 9% in the real exchange rate. ©AFP From COMPANIES May 3, 2013

China calls time on expensive Swiss watches

Exports to China down 26% in first quarter

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Auctions hammer home luxury property prices

US estates attract international buyers

From LEX Apr 23, 2013

Coach: worth holding

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A giant model watch by watchmaker "A. Lange & Soehne", part of luxury goods group Richemont, is displayed during the opening day of the "Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie" (SIHH) a professional fair in fine watchmaking on January 21, 2013 in Geneva. Swiss manufacturer of luxury goods Richemont announced sales meet expectations for the third quarter of its 2012 fiscal year to Euro 2.8 billion, up 5% at constant exchange rates and 9% in the real exchange rate. ©AFP Apr 23, 2013

Richemont’s annual profits set to soar

Swiss luxury group defies Asian slowdown fears

Mergui archipelago, Myanmar ©Alamy From ASIAN AND AUSTRALIAN DESTINATIONS Apr 19, 2013

The lost world

Is Myanmar’s undeveloped Mergui archipelago about to become the next frontier for Asian tourism?

The double-lotus bowl has set a world auction record for Qing Kangxi porcelain at Sotheby's ©Reuters From WORLD Apr 8, 2013

Imperial bowl fetches $9.5m in HK auction

Sotheby’s sale of ceramics pieces attracts hundreds

A model wears a design created by Mary Katrantzou during London Fashion Week, at Howick Place in west London, on February 17 2013 ©Getty From STYLE Feb 18, 2013

London Fashion Week: Day 3

Katrantzou gets melancholy, Saunders uses layers of texture, Westwood does holograms

From STYLE Feb 6, 2013

Stylish Attendees of the FT Business of Luxury Forum in New York

As New York Fashion Week commences, we look at some of the most stylish attendees from the recent FT Business of Luxury forum in New York - senior luxury executives, industry leaders and financiers

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

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

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

From COMPANIES 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

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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

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

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