Geoffrey Weill and I started a public relations firm in 1995 specializing in luxury travel.
The hotel's 770 guest rooms range in luxury level from exceedingly comfortable to giddily baronial.
Living in luxury and spending the money do not produce a higher level of happiness.
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Shares in luxury retailers Coach and Saks were also up 4% and 0.6% Monday.
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The economic climate in China in coming quarters may contribute to consumer behavior in luxury items.
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While Americans have clamped down on high-end lodging expenses, indulgence in luxury air travel is rising.
Watchers of stock charts are sure to be impressed by the bullish action in luxury stocks.
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Demand for these loans has been driven in part by a surge in luxury home sales.
So, enhancing your lifestyle may be great entertainment activity just by living in luxury homes.
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Yet, Nairobi is not the only location in Kenya experiencing great growth in luxury real estate.
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"Good architecture has always used water, " says Charles Sieger, a Miami-based architect who specializes in luxury high-rises.
Guys opting for the "Five Diamond" package by Sky Lofts at MGM are immersed in luxury.
Loaded with gizmos more typically found in luxury brands, the new Taurus will stretch the upper limits of the brand.
Bondoux said part of this reason is because the Chinese are becoming more sophisticated in luxury goods.
After a slower 15% growth spurt last year, CLSA predicts a 20% jump in luxury consumption in 2013.
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Analysts were looking for better growth in luxury retail markets as the U.S. and European economies improve.
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Many cave dwellings and fairy-chimney chapels have been converted into boutique hotels, where you can live the troglodyte life in luxury.
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Trends in luxury real estate rarely correspond to the housing market at large, where foreclosure and price statistics remain discouraging.
In the past, rapid economic growth and rising wages have directly translated to increases in luxury retail sales in China.
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Business travellers who like to try out new hotels are in luck: Bangkok is in the middle of a boom in luxury hotel development.
Now Zog had not only married his Geraldine but was spending huge amounts of Italian money to keep her in luxury.
Expected growth in luxury sales for other regions is as follows: Middle East (8.75%), North America (6%), Europe (3.75%), and Japan (1.75%).
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Telematics devices now being installed in luxury models tell the driver when he strays sideways or gets too close to another vehicle.
Piloted cars are different from the auto-pilot systems already found in luxury cars and jetliners that allow for efficient parking and landing.
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Which is ideal when heritage is such a buzzword in luxury today.
However, the biggest growth rates in luxury sales remain in emerging markets, such as Russia, Brazil, the Middle East and, of course, China.
"The key to the castle in luxury goods is access to the best supplier brands, " agrees Michael May, senior analyst at Jupiter Communications.
Although there may be a bubble in luxury housing, especially in Shanghai, house prices nationwide rose by only 4% on average last year.
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