Newly inaugurated, The Landmark Spa, located in the Landmark London Hotel, announces the launch of a range of Ayurvedic treatments to extend their luxury spa treatment offerings.
The Landmark Spa, located in the Landmark London Hotel, announces the launch of a range of Ayurvedic treatments to extend their luxury spa treatment offerings.
Based on traditional Indian medicinal therapies, Ayurvedic treatments are simultaneously relaxing and revitalizing. The Landmark Spa therapists have undertaken specialist training to perform these treatments. The Ayurvedic Spa treatments utilises a holistic approach, begins with a personal consultation, and tailors each therapy to the needs of the individual, accounting for factors such as lifestyle and diet.
The Landmark Spa has added six Ayurvedic therapies to their comprehensive treatment menu:
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Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty (DGSIR) recently participated in the 5th Annual Sotheby’s International Realty® Leadership Forum. This dynamic, three-day event provided a unique opportunity for a number of Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty’s key executives, department heads and managers to network and share best practices with the top brokers, owners and managers of other firms affiliated with Sotheby’s International Realty.
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Marriott International, Inc. (“Marriott”) (NYSE:MAR) today announced third quarter 2009 pre-tax impairment charges of approximately $760 million associated with its timeshare segment. The charges largely relate to the company’s plans to reduce prices and development at luxury fractional and residential resorts to accelerate cash flow. “The decisions we announced today were made to enable us to drive long-term cash flow and profitability in our timeshare business,” said Arne Sorenson, Marriott’s president and chief operating officer.
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"The consumer is king" and will benefit from the global economic recession as luxury houses rethink their business strategy, writes Tina Gaudoin, editor-in-chief of WSJ.
The Wall Street Journal's glossy magazine, which is set to hit newsstands in the U.S. on Sept. 12 and Sept. 11 in Europe and Asia. "Luxury goods houses will have to rethink the way they appeal to us, the consumers, in order to survive…which ultimately means greater value, superior products and a better deal," writes Ms. Gaudoin in her cover story, "Changed State of Luxury." The magazine explores the recalibration of luxury focusing on diamonds, luxury cars, top-end real estate, accessories and travel. "Luxury is still a big business — $175 billion big — and all of us have contemplated abstinence in the past year, at least where purchasing is concerned," she added.
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Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. (NYSE: OEH) , owners or part-owners and managers of 50 luxury hotels, restaurants, tourist trains and river cruise properties operating in 25 countries, today announced its results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009.
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Bombardier Aerospace (TSX:BBD.A) (TSX:BBD.B) today announced another 17 suppliers for the CSeries aircraft program. These suppliers join others which were previously announced, and will contribute significantly to the development of the CSeries aircraft which are optimized for the longer range, single-aisle, 100- to 145-seat market. The CSeries aircraft is scheduled to enter service in 2013.
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Bain & Company's Luxury Market Update: 2012, authored by Claudia D'Arpizio has just been released. The study covers over 200 luxury goods brands, which includes leather goods, fashion, jewelry, alcohol and luxury real estate companies that serve high net worth customers, or those with assets of $1 million or above.
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Christian Lacroix is the first big-name designer to file for bankruptcy courtesy the global financial crisis. His Paris fashion house confirmed on May 28 that it had filed for bankruptcy. No great shocks here, SIL, a French company that made high-end lingerie for luxury brands, including Christian Lacroix, Kenzo, and Sonia Rykiel shut up shop earlier in the year after suffering a steep decline in orders, throwing 130 employees out of work. The company had been in business since the 1960s, and many employees had held their jobs for decades. "It happened very fast, everyone was in shock," says Garcher, who worked at a factory in the town of Nevers in Burgundy.
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New "luxury" vodka launches, Burberry and Saks are both losing money faster that the governments can print it and MGM Mirage takes a gamble on Asia and the Middle East
What the world needs most in these troubled times is – a new "luxury" vodka apparently. This is an excerpt from a press release by Diamond Beverages – Aficionados of single-malt Scotch have long enjoyed the "luxury" option, as, more recently, have fans of Tequila, rum, and other distilled spirits. But what of the most popular distilled spirit in the United States – vodka? Illinois-based Diamond Beverages LLC has introduced Diamond Standard Vodka, a brand that single-handedly establishes a new "luxury" category for vodka. Utilizing the world's most expensive filtration process (diamond filtration), and retailing for $79 per 750ml bottle, Diamond Standard Vodka was introduced this month in Florida, with states including Illinois, Nevada and California set for early this summer and a national roll-out underway over the next seven months. Diamond Standard Vodka moves beyond the cluttered "Ultra-Premium," category, where vodkas priced in the $30-$40 range have long lacked clear differentiation.
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That extra Bentley taking up too much space in the Villa’s garage? Looking for a late model Sikorski? Or perhaps the current downturn in the economy has you looking for a venue to downsize or liquidate a high value asset.
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