The UK has topped a ranking of countries with the highest affinity for luxury handbags, while labels including Coach, Louis Vuitton and Chanel top a compilation of the most searched luxury handbag brands globally.

This first digital analysis of the luxury handbag market, dubbed World Luxury Index Handbags, has been presented by Paris-based luxury executives’ online community Luxury Society and international company Digital Luxury Group.

Marrol’s Boutique Hotel in Bratislava (Slovakia) was crowned best hotel in the world in Expedia‘s annual ”Insiders’ Select” ranking, published on June 27, 2012.

Expedia’s insiders drew up their list from 500,000 assessments provided by the website’s users. European and American hotels fill up the top of the list, but there are two outliers in the top 10.

Looking for something a little unconventional to see this summer? Beaches don’t always have to be white sand and still seas — here, a look at ten unique alternatives.

An industry report released by Drinks International and Euromonitor called “The Millionaire’s Club” has come out with the top branded spirits and liquors in the world.

According to the report, while Bacardi continues to be the global leader, the brand suffers from “overexposure” in its core markets North America and Europe where it has failed to experience any growth over the last few years.

An industry report released by Drinks International and Euromonitor called “The Millionaire’s Club” has come out with the top branded spirits and liquors in the world.

Most of the bestselling whisky brands were Indian whiskies, which are distilled from fermented molasses as opposed to malt, corn, barley or rye.

Louis Vuitton, the French maker of laminated canvas handbags, was named the world’s most valuable luxury brand for a seventh consecutive year.

The brand, owned by LVMH, is worth $25.9 billion, a 7 percent increase from 2011, according to Millward Brown Optimor’s 2012 BrandZ study.

Hermes, in which LVMH owns a stake, rose to second place with a value of $19.1 billion, up 61 percent on last year. Rolex, the closely-held Swiss watch brand, was ranked third at $7.17 billion, a 36 percent gain.