Safaris are to Kenya, Namibia, South Africa or Botswana, as scuba diving is to the Maldives. It is therefore not out of place to say that almost every veteran vacationer to Eastern or Southern Africa went there primarily to immerse themselves in the unique wildlife of the African bushes that cont…
Lifestyle
In Conversation with Cleo Anderson, Luxury Travel Expert and Founder, The Anderson Media Group
What is it like jetting all over the world, curating incredible travel locations and experiences that excite some of the world’s biggest celebrities and wealthiest personalities? This pretty much sums up Cleo Anderson’s job. Cleo Anderson is busy as always. The founder of The Anderson Media…
Digital Passports: The Future of Luxury Goods?
Earlier this month, Italian horology brand, Panerai, announced the upcoming official launch of digital passports for its timepieces on October 3, 2023. The digital passports were developed in partnership with Arianee, a leading digital product passport solution and web3 consumer engagement platfo…
Swatch is Building a New Kind of Timepiece Collector
Swatch has a new collaboration out; this time, with Swiss dive timepiece experts, Blancpain. This second partnership with a luxury brand on a legacy model has birthed the Bioceramic Scuba Fifty Fathoms collection consisting of five designs, each paying homage to the five oceans and the creatures …
The Superfake Luxury Industry is Evolving — and Booming
In 2021, Chanel announced that it would be restricting sales of its bags in South Korea in what experts said was a move to check hoarding and inflated prices on the secondary market. However, with the rise of ‘superfake’ luxury handbags in Indonesia and elsewhere, it is clear that Chanel, and all…
Here Are Some Unusual Souvenirs from Airlines’ First Class Cabins. Do You Own One?
The premium offerings onboard airlines’ first class cabins are seemingly unlimited, and range from Michelin chef-crafted dishes and exclusive wines to very creative amenity kits stocked with the best skincare essentials from top luxury brands; luxury accessories for in-flight entertainment; exclu…
The Christie’s vs Sotheby’s Race to the Emily Fisher Landau Collection: Should You invest in Art?
Globally, the weather may be cooling, following a particularly hot, record-breaking July, but in the art world, temperatures are rising. According to rumours, Christie’s and Sotheby’s, the two most popular auction houses, are in a race to take up the estate of Emily Fisher Landau, art collector, …
Here’s Why Owning a Luxury Timepiece Now is More Challenging than Ever
These are not great times for luxury timepieces, if the recently released research from luxury pre-owned watch specialists, Watchfinder & Co, is anything to go by. Not only has it reported that counterfeits in circulation in the UK have surpassed one million, but its research has also reveale…
ASPIRE CEO: Dr Chichi Menakaya is Delivering the Ultimate Concierge Medicine Experience
Concierge medicine has always been in existence. Think back to ancient monarchical times when the nobility had their personal doctors at their beck and call. Or, if you would rather not travel so far back in time, you likely had a ‘family doctor’ your parents would reach out to whenever anyone in…
Luxury Fashion is Finding New and Exciting Expressions
Do you remember the year Coco Chanel started wearing and designing pants for women in the early 20th century, causing high society to clutch their pearls and gasp in collective horror at such audacious vulgarity? Or, when in 1947, Christian Dior threw this same class into further distress by debu…