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The popular awards ceremony will take place again this year at OWO at Raffles London and will return in 2025 with a number of new improvements. Tom ParryContent ProducerTom ParryContent ProducerEntries are now open for the TTG Luxury Travel Awards 2025 The TTG Luxury Travel Awards, in partnership with Silversea, will return in 2025 with 20 categories recognising the travel industry’s most outstanding, innovative and hard-working travel companies and individuals. New this year is a supplier category called Luxury Expedition Cruise Line of the Year, which joins the lineup to reflect the growth of the sector and is designed for…

Balmain has launched its first beauty creation, Les Éternels de Balmain, a collection of eight gender-neutral eau de parfums. The fragrance collection is inspired by Pierre Balmain’s Parisian heritage and Olivier Rousteing’s contemporary influence on fashion and beauty. The collection is inspired by Balmain’s first bottle, created in 1946, a masterpiece of simplicity and timelessness. Duality is expressed in the design, with contrasting circular and square element shapes, the distinctive black and gold colours and a label that spans two sides. The new bottle offers a luxurious and modern multi-sensory experience: a square shape stretched into a diamond shape. Balmain’s…

At first glance, Brooklyn’s luxury market last week may have looked similar to last year. According to Compass’ weekly report on Brooklyn homes priced over $2 million, 15 listings went under contract in Brooklyn between Aug. 19 and Aug. 25, the same number as this time last year. The deals included one co-op, eight townhouses and six condos, with an average asking price of $2.8 million, slightly up from last year’s $2.7 million. However, days on market fell to 83 days from 142 days last year, continuing a monthly trend of Brooklyn luxury deals spending less days on market compared…

As China’s appetite for a luxury lifestyle grows, a new frontier in luxury chocolate is emerging, led by brands like Louis Vuitton and Godiva. The convergence of fashion, artisanal craftsmanship and confectionery is redefining the luxury experience in China, as consumers seek out small indulgences that go beyond typical luxury items.Earlier this year, Louis Vuitton expanded into the gourmet chocolate world with the opening of its first Chinese luxury chocolate stores in Shanghai and Beijing. With stores opening in Paris and Singapore, these “Le Chocolat Maxime Frédéric” boutiques aim to be more than just retail spaces: they are an extension…

Luxury Heritage Hotel MarketThe latest market intelligence report published by WMR titled “Global Luxury Heritage Hotels Market 2024, Growth Opportunities, Forecast” provides actionable insights into the manufacturing and construction industry. The report offers demand analysis, industry insights, competitive intelligence, and customer database.The research report on Luxury Heritage Hotels Market presents a complete judgment on the market through strategic insights on future trends, growth factors, supplier landscape, demand landscape, year-on-year growth rate, CAGR, pricing analysis, etc. It also offers numerous business matrices such as Porter Five Forces Analysis, PESTLE Analysis, Value Chain Analysis, 4 P Analysis, Market Attractiveness Analysis, BPS Analysis,…

PINALEN, an all-purpose cleaner brand from AlEn USA, has launched PINALEN Luxury Scents, a luxury-scented all-purpose cleaner line. The line is comprised of two scents created by the luxury fragrance house’s master perfumers and modeled after popular luxury perfumes: Sunrise Memories and Opulence Bloom. Sold in 22-ounce spray bottles and 28-ounce pour-over bottles, both formats and scents retail for $3.99. These latest products come alongside the original PINALEN 2X concentrated formula, which comes in Fresh Pine, Lavender Soothe, Lemon Lift, and Floral Delight scents. PINALEN Luxury Scent products not only smell great, they’re also powerful cleaners. As dynamic deodorizers and…

August 27, 2024 1:34 PM Billionaire Joy Alukkas added another Rolls-Royce to his luxury car collection earlier this year. Joy Alukkas, chairman of jewellery group Joyalukkas, recently reminisced about his first Rolls-Royce purchase and the events that prompted him to buy the luxury car. Alukkas, 67, is India’s 50th richest person with a net worth of $4.4 billion. After dropping out of school, Joy Alkus moved to the Middle East and opened her family’s first international store in Abu Dhabi in 1987. (File) It was in the year 2000 that a Malayali businessman visited a Rolls-Royce showroom in Dubai, United…

Balmain Beauty/ Les Éternels de Balmain (Photo by: Balmain Beauty/ Richard Pierce)Balmain Beauty/ Les Éternels de Balmain (Credit: Balmain Beauty/ Richard Pierce/ Carlijn Jacobs/ Nicholas Alan Cope)Balmain Beauty/ Olivier Rousteing (Photo credit: Balmain Beauty/ Carlijn Jacobs)Balmain Beauty/ Carbone (Photo by: Balmain Beauty/ Carlijn Jacobs)Creative Director Olivier Rousteing builds on Balmain’s legendary history of fashion and perfume to redefine the meaning of beauty for the future.PARIS, Aug. 27, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Balmain today announced the launch of its first beauty creation, Les Éternelles de Balmain, a collection of eight all-gender eau de parfums. This pioneering fragrance experience is inspired by Pierre Balmain’s Parisian…

The first shipments of fresh durians have arrived from Malaysia for the huge Chinese market, competing for demand from eager consumers accustomed to buying the prickly-smelling fruit from Thailand and Vietnam.According to Malaysia’s state news agency Bernama, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Arthur Joseph Krupp said on Saturday that exporters had begun shipping 40 tonnes of fresh durian in three phases.China is the world’s largest buyer of durian, importing 1.4 million tonnes last year, 68 percent of which in US dollar terms came from Thailand.But Malaysia met China’s phytosanitary requirements to ship fresh durian in June and may…

According to the 2024 Resale Report by The RealReal (TRR), a US-based online luxury resale marketplace, the most searched-for brands this year were Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Prada, Gucci, Loewe, Miu Miu, Celine, Vittega Veneta, Dior and The Row.”All of these brands are redefining fashion with their appeal to the masses. Prada, for example, has perfectly embraced ’90s and 2000s trends to become the most searched brand among Gen Z. Additionally, Chanel and Gucci handbags are the most and second most searched items, respectively, popular with both Baby Boomers and Zoomers. Miu Miu has broken traditional age-specific style norms and seen…