Neo-Luxury Magazine ‘Winning’ To Launch In June
New luxury lifestyle magazine Winning will officially launch on Monday 3rd June. The brainchild of entrepreneur John Winning, the premium luxury lifestyle magazine celebrates all aspects of inspired living.
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A shorter working week isn't a luxury – it's an ecological necessity
Working less wouldn’t just free ourselves to spend time doing the things we love: it could be the key to staying within our planet’s boundaries.
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Chanel’s Métiers d’Art Show Is Coming Back to Paris
After showing in Salzburg, Rome and New York, Chanel has chosen to present the Métiers d’Art 2019-2020 collection in Paris.
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Why Luxury Travel Purveyors Should Pay Attention to Generation Z
While most members of Generation Z have yet to make a substantial income, they are having unexpected influence over family travel decisions.
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Luxury Hospitality Industry Suddenly Loves Hemp: When Did Hemp Become Posh?
Only a few years ago, hemp-based products were relegated to headshops and hippie-style stores at tourist spots that sold itchy sweaters and rough t-shirts that often resembled a sack of potatoes a lot more than a clothing item should.
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There's a direct link between the cost of a luxury-goods product and the size of its logo, but it's not what you expect
Rich people will shell out premium prices for logo-less products that carry subtle signals of wealth because they aren't as easily imitated by the non-wealthy.
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Apple exec dismisses Google CEO’s criticism over turning privacy into a ‘luxury good’
Apple’s software chief, Craig Federighi, says he doesn’t “buy into” the criticism that Apple is turning privacy into a luxury good, an accusation that was indirectly leveled at the company by Google CEO Sundar Pichai.
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Cuba’s Havana enters the luxury travel market
In Havana, there’s a shop selling a camera for more than US$25,000 (RM102,000) – roughly 850 times the average monthly wage in Cuba.
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3 Ways Millennials And Gen-Z Consumers Are Radically Transforming The Luxury Market
A new study is out that sets the stage for a radically transformed luxury market by 2025. Millennials are driving this train, and what they expect from luxury brands is radically different from previous generations.
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Hyatt to Expand Luxury Portfolio in Asia Pacific with 21 New Hotels by 2020
The new Park Hyatt, Grand Hyatt, Andaz and Alila branded properties will boost Hyatt’s luxury brand footprint in the region by over 25%.
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How AI is radically changing our definition of human creativity
Machine learning systems are trained on data that's linked to human activity. But what they can output is often beyond the realms of our minds.
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Why Is Kickstarter Being Used to Launch the Most Expensive Travel Tripod in the World?
The camera press went a little crazy this week as a small company announced that something tiny will sell for something massive.
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This is the most expensive home for sale in Paris
A massive mansion right next to the Eiffel Tower in Paris is on the market for 250 million euros, or about $280 million.
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Microsoft brings you the world's first AI-created whisky
Microsoft recently worked with Finnish technology company Fourkind and one of Sweden's most popular distillery, Mackmyra Whisky, to come up with the world's first AI-created whisky.
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Chiara Ferragni Partners With Lancôme for Makeup Capsule Collection
“I wanted to create a makeup collection that is 100 percent my style. This is the reason why I joined forces with Lancôme,” said Ferragni, who was already an ambassador of the French beauty label.
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Would you leave your life behind for a house you saw on Instagram?
In late February, Matt Hill was scrolling through Instagram when he saw the house. It was a massive old Victorian with two turrets, three porches, and a carriage house. And it was derelict.
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World's first Bitcoin watch now available from Franck Muller
Leading watchmaker Franck Muller has released what it is calling the world's first functional Bitcoin watch. The luxury Swiss manufacturer created the Encrypto watch in collaboration with crypto investment company Regal Assets.
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15 high-paying jobs for creative people
You don’t have to suffer for your art — at least not when it comes to salary. There are plenty of high-paying gigs that will reward your creativity to the tune of more than $59,000 a year.
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Instagram will now support landscape video on IGTV
Instagram is no longer all-in on vertical video. The company announced today that its longform video offshoot, IGTV, will now support landscape video.
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An anonymous artist is turning luxury fashion into penises
If you’re a fan of weird and fascinating Instagram accounts, we recommend checking out Dick Worldwide. An anonymous fashion lover from China has spent the last couple of months designing penises modelled after popular luxury pieces.
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