02/19/2014
Private Jet Firms Navigate A Post-Crisis World
Wealth-X speaks with key players in the private jet industry at the Singapore Airshow 2014 to find out how they are overhauling their strategies amid challenging market conditions
Luxury
02/19/2014
Ferrari profits hit new record, despite fewer sales
Italian supercar and Formula 1 racing firm Ferrari has reported record profits in 2013, despite selling fewer cars than the year before.
02/18/2014
China now has a luxury electric car brand after $149 million bid
Failed US electric/hybrid car-maker Fisker is now owned by China’s Wanxiang Group after a $149 million bid at Fisker’s bankruptcy auction.
02/18/2014
Ardberg Owner LVMH To Become European Company
The change has been made by the group to “better reflect the European and international scope of the LVMH Group”.
02/18/2014
British developer invites Thai investment in luxury London complex
UK-based property firm Land Securities is introducing its luxury apartment complex Nova in Victoria to Thais interested in investing in London.
02/18/2014
Middle East Ultra-High Net Worth Individuals corner the market for worldwide superyacht purchases
Superyacht Builders Association: nearly half of Middle East’s UHNWIs likely to own a superyacht with ‘propensity to buy’ at 48 per cent.
02/17/2014
Next Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG to be Available as Convertible
While we’ve yet to even see the new 2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class is sedan specification, it has emerged that a Convertible variant is likely to be offered in the future.
02/17/2014
How about a luxury submarine trip?
But love at the bottom of the ocean doesn't come cheap
02/17/2014
RBS sells off luxury townhouse
This sale was part of a much wider review of all our property assets worldwide
02/14/2014
Dubai vying to be world's next fashion capital
Dubai and luxury are nearly synonymous.
02/13/2014
Rich Insights: Q&A With UHNW Leaders – Marco Tulio Pellegrini, President & CEO, Embraer Executive Jets
At a recent air show in Shanghai a man walked into the Embraer chalet and asked for a tour of a plane. “I want to buy Jackie’s jet,” he said.
02/13/2014
Rolls Royce Extends Business Into Nigerian Market
The luxury automaker has a dedicated franchise in Nigeria since there are about 150 Rolls Royce units in the country that have no access to proper after-sales service and maintenance.
02/13/2014
The secret to selling cars to millionaires
Reckon you know auto affluence when you see it? Forget the swanky streets of Vaucluse and Toorak; to see Lamborghini Aventadors parked cheek-and-jowl with McLaren MP4s and Ferrari 458 Italias waiting for Bentleys at roundabouts, spend five minutes in the
02/11/2014
Luxury Swimwear Brand Partners with Antiguan Private Island to Launch Jumby Bay Collection
Luxury Antiguan private island retreat Rosewood Jumby Bay is excited to announce the launch of its first designer collaboration, in partnership with luxury swimwear brand heidi klein.
02/11/2014
Mercedes growth tops competition on luxury compact car surge
Mercedes-Benz vehicle sales grew faster in January than at BMW and Audi, helping the German manufacturer to further close the gap in deliveries to its two bigger rivals.
02/10/2014
Luxury hotels take collaborations with fashion designers to another level
High fashion and luxury hotels have always been connected. But it was, of course, Versace who took this to the next level, opening his first branded hotel in 2000.
02/10/2014
Nissan Qashqai, more luxurious variant for Europe considered
Nissan is currently considering adding a more luxurious variant of the new Qashqai generation which could be sold exclusively on the Old Continent.
02/07/2014
Luxury brands need a change of approach
There can be no doubt that the luxury market in China has been experiencing a tough winter, nor that the government's anti-corruption and frugality campaign has been a major factor in this, nor that it will continue to be a drag on the market's
02/05/2014
Luxury car sales stall on higher taxes, loan curbs
Measures to cool the car market introduced in last year's Budget have hit luxury brands the hardest, with some reporting a sales drop of more than 90 percent in the second half of last year.
02/03/2014
Audi ‘to close gap with BMW and reach 2m cars by 2020’
He said the company is on target to produce two millions cars by 2020.