Archive for the ‘Luxury News’ Category

The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that ski resort area Aspen, Colorado is the most expensive US town. Currently the lowest single-family property is listed on the market for $559,000 and guess what, it’s in a trailer park!  Should have bought property in Aspen a long while ago, huh? The average home price in [...]

So, you have a yacht and a supercar and a motorbike.  What of it?!  We’re only interested in if you’ve managed to get your luxury self on the new trend train, the personal submarine. This electric-powered personal sub can show you around the waters from four to ten hours, depending on your cruise speed.  Dubbed [...]

Wow, talk about big luxury news.  According to a recent press release, preparations are already underway to turn a portion of the Belgian Chateau de Versailles into a luxury hotel. Now the Palace of Versailles is getting ready to add to its list of functions: preparations are underway for a Belgian company to turn The [...]

Big news for Porsche and their Facebook friends as the company has just celebrated a milestone, receiving one million Facebook fans. The German automaker’s Facebook page is one of the most popular on the site and to celebrate the news, Porsche will be inscribing one million names of their Facebook fans on a new luxury [...]

Whether you think it’s just plain silly or the latest trend, the founders of the Original Condom Company have just announced a line of luxury condoms whose packaging has been inspired by high-end jewelry. According to their website, the Original Condom Company is offering these luxurious condoms which are, of course, elegantly made in France [...]

The bling professionals over at CrystalRoc have recently created a new Swarovski crystal microphone for Girls Aloud singer Nadine Coyle, though it hasn’t seemed to help her UK album sales. Coyle debuted her new microphone on the Paul O’Grady show and we now know why CrystalRoc is one of the top choices for crystal microphones.  [...]

The highlight of the annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show is always the luxurious Fantasy Bra and this year will certainly not be an exception with supermodel Adriana Lima wearing the diamond-studded bra on the catwalk. The 2010 Fantasy Bra has already been unveiled in NYC and features a starburst design with 2,000 diamonds and is [...]

Well the luxury market might just be finally springing  back after the turmoil of the recent economic woes are subsiding. According to Bloomberg news, Bugatti, Volkswagen AG’s supercar brand and Fiat SpA’s Ferrari reportedly have been sold out of their most expensive luxury car models as the desire for luxurious goods is back on its [...]

On Tuesday the private equity company MerchantBridge revealed that they would invest $20 million in Monaco Luxury Hotels & Resorts to help support the luxury market. MerchantBridge Chief Executive Basil Al-Rahim said of the investment, “The luxury hospitality sector is in need for further investment. In Europe and North America, the number of new luxury [...]

With the news that his El Bulli restaurant in Spain would be closing in 2012, Chef Ferran Adria has a new game plan up his sleeve, Harvard professor.  Yep, that’s right. Chef Adria will be working with Harvard on creating an undergraduate course in culinary physic that would use food to discuss how soft matter [...]


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