"Jewellery will come, I don’t know when, but in the short term," said Franck Dardenne, ...
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Louis Vuitton and Hermes were the first to announce plans last year to close stores at the ...
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According to a report by Reuters which quotes Paris Tourism Office, the French capital ...
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Rich Russians' opulence has come under fire from an unlikely source, Prime Minister and ...
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According to a report by AFP, this week's Milan Fashion Week is crucial for retailers and ...
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To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Audemars Piguet’s iconic timepiece Royal Oak, ...
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PENINSULA HOTELS Managing Director and CEO on expansion and strategic positioning
02 February 2012
In an exclusive interview with CPP-LUXURY.COM, Mr Clement King Man Kwok, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited (HSH), the group which owns Peninsula Hotels, speaks about his company's expansion plans, business philosophy and strategic positioning.
Peninsula is among the few international luxury hotel chains ... read more
Lars Wagner, Mandarin Oriental's Ambassador to Europe
28 January 2012
With a career in hospitality spanning 26 years, German born, Lars Wagner has been for the past 5 years's the General Manager of Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Munich, the undisputed leading luxury hotel in the Bavarian capital, a top hotel in Germany and the whole of Europe.
Mandarin Oriental, Munich is also the best perfoming and the highest rated* ... read more
HRH Sheikha Mozah of Qatar and her immense contribution to society worlwide
19 January 2012
Praised for her commitment to progressive education, including promotion of literacy through her special international role at UNESCO, her extensive community welfare activities and projects in Qatar, as well as her strong advocacy for closer relations between the Islamic world and the West, have earned her the reputation as the most powerful and influential female leader in the entire ... read more
Exclusive interview - Raymond Bickson, CEO Taj Hotels on his company's strategic positioning and future outlook
05 January 2012
In an exclusive interview with CPP-LUXURY.COM, Mr Raymond Bickson, CEO and Managing Director of TAJ Hotels, Resorts and Palaces speaks about his company's strategic positioning and his outlook on the future of luxury hospitality worldwide.
With China and Russia continuing the global power game, elections in many key markets such as the U.S., France as well as the on-going European debt crisis, ... read more
Anna Bjurstam on the latest trends in luxury SPAs and beauty products
24 November 2011
Anna Bjurstam is a co-founder of Raison D'Etre, Swedish based consultancy which createsand manages luxury spas around the world.
More luxury hotels are developing co-branded fitness centres with famous trainers or brands. Given your extensive experience, what do you think about this concept? And to what extent luxury fitness centres within hotels can become concepts beyond just mentioning the brand ... read more
Jacques-Antoine Granjon, the man behind the 1 billion euro luxury e-tailer Vente-Privee
23 November 2011
With the occasion of its 10th anniversary, leading luxury e-tailer VENTE-PRIVEE.COM presented in Paris a short film entitled ''Desire''. Shot in 2010 with a duration of 2 minutes and 50 seconds, the spot was directed by Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf. He emphasizes, in a retro style, the seduction game between a woman staring at a delivery man. "The desire is part of ... read more
Four Seasons' Simon Casson on Middle East and his exceptional career
14 October 2011
Simon Casson, regional vice president and general manager of Four Seasons Hotel Doha, has been recognised among the Middle East's most powerful hoteliers and most influential industry professionals in the third edition of the Hotelier Middle East Power 50. Named among this year’s top 10 new entrants, Casson enters the Power 50 within the top 30 at 24. In an exclusive interview to ... read more
Ian Schrager, the visionary hotelier of the 21st century
12 October 2011
He made disco rock at Studio 54 and went on to invent the 'design' or 'boutique' hotel that has been ripped off by virtually every hotelier from Birmingham to Boston. Without Schrager, there would be no lobby 'scene', no go-to bars, no signature scents, no hot staff and cool nightclubs, no baffling taps in the bathrooms. Hotels would still be full of swags and ruffles.
At 65, with millions in the bank, a new ... read more
Axel Dumas on Hermes' business philosophy based on creativity and intuition rather than marketing
02 October 2011
Descendant of the founder of the maison, Axel Dumas is today at the helm of HERMES, as the General Manager of Operations. In an interview to Corriere de la Sera, Axel Dumas spoke about the unique competitive advantage of Hermes with product development based solely on creativty and intuition, without conducting any market research.
''My mission at Hermes is to maintain the delicate balance between ... read more
Mary Gostelow, the luxury travel guru who believes hotels have a soul
23 September 2011
You are one of the authorities in luxury travel media. How did you discover your passion for travel and what motivated you to make turn it into a business?
After marrying my super-man, I followed him to the next stage in his career, which was teaching in Beirut. The GM of The Phoenicia InterContinental heard I had been on my school newspaper back in New York and asked me to set up a ... read more
ADELE, a music legend at 23
18 September 2011
Her recent album has spent eleven consecutive weeks at number one in the UK, the longest ever by a female solo artist on the UK Albums Chart, surpassing Madonna's nine weeks at number one in 1990 with her greatest hits compilation. In the US the album has spent a total of twelve weeks at the top of the Billboard 200 to date, the most weeks at number one since 2000. The album has also broken the record for the most ... read more
An outlook of Poland's luxury hospitality market
26 August 2011
As part of its feature on Poland's luxury market this month, CPP-LUXURY.COM has interviewed Christian Henkemeier, General Manager of InterContinental Hotel in Warsaw, one of the leading five star hotels in Poland.
How has the hotel performed during the first 6 months of 2011, compared to the same period last year? What are your expectations for the rest of 2011?
ICW has been able to ... read more
Are women gaining ground in management positions at luxury hotels ?
01 August 2011
Despite the increasing development of major luxury hotels chains worldwide, with an ever growing workforce of professionals, few women hold top managerial positions. CPP-LUXURY.COM is looking at the reasons behind the choice of management chains to appoint predominantly male General Managers.
In an exclusive interview Ms Rebeca Selley, General Manager of Four Seasons Buenos ... read more
Aiming for perfection in organic beauty cosmetics - an exclusive interview with Margo Marrone, THE ORGANIC PHARMACY
27 July 2011
After having completed her 6 years studies for a degree in Pharmacy, Margo Marrone started her career as a pharmacist specialising in herbal medicine, nutrition and well being with a focus on natural medicine. It wasn’t until several years later that she discovered homeopathy, a form of medicine that completely changed her life and that ... read more
Andrew Gibson, Mandarin Oriental's Group SPA Director on the future of luxury SPAs
11 July 2011
In a recent interview, Andrew Gibson, Group Director of SPA at Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, spoke exclusively to CPP-LUXURY.COM about the reasons behind the success of his company in developing luxury SPAs and his vision of the future of luxury SPAs.
In the past decade, SPAs have become an integral part of luxury hotels worldwide. How different is Mandarin Oriental’s ... read more
The remarkable rise of an Italian at the helm of ROLEX
04 May 2011
Gian Riccardo Marini, formerly head of ROLEX Italy (since 2000) has made his way up to the highest ranking within the company, being appointed worldwide CEO on May 3rd 2011, replacing long serving Bruno Meier.
Rolex founder Hans Wildorf first decided to distribute his watches in Italy in 1932 through Italian retailer Franco Locatelli. In 1947, Locatelli, together ... read more