BMW has just released the 6 Series Coupe Concept, a model that is scheduled to be unveiled at the Paris Auto Show and is believed to enter production in 2011.
Honoring its coupe tradition, BMW took its current 6 Series and gave it a newly sculpted body.
The 6 Series concept evokes the image of the Gran Coupe presented at the Beijing auto show earlier this year but with less two doors.
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French luxury designer Louis Vuitton kicks off the promotion for the 2011 edition of their renowned City Guide.
In this lovely video (below), we are introduced to the mouth-watering Parisian delicacy: the Saint-Honoré pastry.
Since 1998 Vuitton has been giving us their views on fashion, design, the arts and gastronomy. Each guide highlights the latest trends and offers unique advice.
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UK-based department store chain Selfridges has unveiled the world’s biggest shoe department (35,000 sq ft) named Selfridges Shoe Galleries in London, designed by Canadian architect Jamie Fobert.
The Shoe Galleries houses more than 5,000 shoes from 120 brands, including 35 new labels and more than 30 exclusive styles designed just for the retailer.
The space includes 11 “apartment†boutiques for the department’s premiere labels – including, Christian Louboutin, Jimmy Choo, Chanel, Dior, Prada, and Gucci – which were each designed in accordance with the labels’ distinct looks.
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Reuters is reporting that Louis Vuitton is closing its Paris store one hour early in attempt to preserve stock before the holiday shopping season begins.
Apparently the brand is having supply issues and is concerned that if they sell too much now, they won’t have enough stock to fill demand during the holiday season.
“We are closing at 6pm instead of 7pm to rebuild our stocks before the Christmas season,” a shop assistant said.
The article says that Vuitton boutiques within department stores Bon Marche, Printemps Haussmann and Galeries Lafayette will not be affected.
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The Jeroboam Champagne, dressed in gold by Arthus Bertrand, has been presented for Christmas 2010, by Moet & Chandon.
There are only 1743 bottles (the year it was founded) of the select Moet & Chandon Golden Jeroboam available for purchase at 800 € ($1,050).
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Marriott has announced that internet access is to be free for Gold and Platinum-tier members of its Marriott Rewards loyalty program.
The announcement gives the brand’s most loyal customers access to free internet in any Marriott hotel around the world — although you’ll need to stay around 50 nights to reach that Gold level.
Compared to the free internet offered to all by Radisson Hotels, Holiday Inn Express and Andaz hotels (to name a few), Marriott’s decision is a step in the right direction, but only a starting one.
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Discover TechnoMarine‘s revamped user-friendly website and dive head first into a fun marine universe of style and innovation.
Create your account on Technomarine.com and customize your content, design your own vibrant and bold watch with interchangeable strap and case cover (TechnoMarine’s mix-n-match system).
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Hermes has opened its first boutique for its new brand Shang Xia — a bold strategy that highlights China’s growing importance to luxury goods companies.
“We are very moved — this is like the birth of a child,” Hermes chief executive Patrick Thomas said ahead of the inauguration of the shop in Shanghai.
The store, a picture of minimalist chic, offers clothing, home furnishings, shoes and tableware — a collection inspired by tea, and made from traditional Asian materials such as bamboo, cashmere and porcelain.
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Italian eyewear giant Luxottica announced it would produce the world’s first ever line of 3D glasses that can be made to fit individual eyeglass prescription through its US brand Oakley later this year.
Oakley “has achieved unparalleled visual clarity while extending the wearer’s peripheral viewing angle and providing a truer alignment of 3D images”.
Luxottica said it has been using the workshops of US industry giant DreamWorks Animation for testing.
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US aerospace giant Boeing has forged an alliance with marketing firm Space Adventure to put tourists into low-level orbit in a futuristic capsule by early 2015.
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Bhutan, a remote Himalayan nation that charges tourists hundreds of dollars a day to visit, wants to triple the number of foreign visitors by 2012.
The insular Himalayan kingdom, famed for its adoption of “gross domestic happiness” as the key measurement of its success, has so far targeted visitors with deep pockets in a deliberate policy to promote “high value” tourism.
The online version of Bhutan’s state-owned Kuensel newspaper said Thimpu expected more than 30,000 tourists in 2010 in a first step to meet an ambitious target of luring 100,000 wealthy tourists to the hilly country by 2012.
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Luxury hotel chain Ritz-Carlton introduced its new loyalty program September 15, revealing some of the high-end names it has partnered with.
Ritz-Carlton Rewards goes “far beyond providing complimentary stays and airline flights,” offering a broad selection of unique travel experiences.
Fashion names already confirmed for the program include clothing brand Vera Wang and retailer Neiman Marcus.
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Emporio Armani has released the full version of its suggestive lingerie commercial called The Tip, featuring Megan Fox.
Megan Fox was chosen as the new spokesmodel for Armani to replace Victoria Beckham who has modeled the brand since 2008.
Cristiano Ronaldo puts on his Armani jeans in a hotel room in this film called “Housekeeping” while the maid watches.
Cristiano Ronaldo was chosen as the new spokesmodel for Armani to replace David Beckham who has modeled the brand since 2008.
The Hudson Hotel in NYC has launched Semi-Automatic, which is an oversized vending machine that includes some traditional hotel vending machine items, such as a toothbrush, but also many fancy and unorthodox vending machine items.
This concept of Semi Automatic was first started last year at the Mondrian in South Beach. The idea was to offer everything from bikinis to Bentley rentals.
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Yves Saint Laurent introduces its Autumn/Winter 2010/11 Campaign Video, filmed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin under the creative direction of Stefano Pilati and featuring Daria Werbowy.
YSL will have over half a million copies of the Manifesto distributed in the streets of New York, London, Milan, Tokyo, Hong Kong and, for the first time, Beirut.
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Originally released in 1958 for the French Fleet Air Arm aka Aéronavale (the equivalent of the U.S. Naval air fleet), the historic XX is being re-released for 2010 in a 1,000 piece run to celebrated the 100th Anniversary of Breguet and Aéronovale’s historic relationship.
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To celebrate the 25th anniversary of its Beluga collection, Ebel has released three limited edition interpretations, themed around delicious and inviting chocolate.
The new line includes Beluga white chocolate, Beluga milk chocolate and Beluga black chocolate.
Offering a sensorial discovery of time and an invitation to savor the passing hours, these tasty new timepieces are tempting by essence.
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The Caribbean island of Haiti is to get its first airport hotel, a much-needed boost to the local economy and tourism infrastructure less than a year after the earthquake which devastated the country.
The $33 million project will break ground later this year close to the Port-au-Prince’s Toussaint L’Ouverture International Airport.
The 240-room property will be built over 18 months by Argentinean entrepreneur Rolando Gonzalez-Bunster and the Haiti-based WIN Group.
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Luxury hotel chain Shangri-La announced that it would be coming to its namesake region in China September 9 — but is Shangri-La’s Shangri-La the real deal?
The chain has broken ground on a 230-room city resort in Diqing, a city in Shangri-La country in the Chinese province of Yunnan, set to open in early 2013.
The new low-rise resort will feature guest rooms that average 40 square meters in size and several Chinese and speciality restaurants, along with a health club, spa and beauty salon and indoor lap pool at the hotel.
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