London hotel bar The Artesian at The Langham was named the World’s Best Bar at the 8th edition of Tales of the Cocktail festival. Bartender Simone Caporale also snagged the title of International Bartender of the Year, while The Artesian scooped up two more awards in categories such as Best
More than 18 million travelers have spoken, and they’ve voted Hong Kong’s flagship carrier CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS the world’s best airline!. Airline passengers from 160 countries participated in the annual Skytrax World Airline Awards and helped Cathay bump last year’s winner, Emirates, from the top spot. Cathay also took the
Dubai plans to open the Pearl of Dubai, an underwater theme park designed by the art team behind “Avatar” and the five “Pirates of the Caribbean” films. The theme park to be built by Reef Worlds is set to include scuba diving and snorkeling in a space modeled after the
Isola di Mal Ventre, an island off the coast of Sardinia, is on sale now for a mere €1.5 million (around $2 million). The 200-acre island, which has belonged to a British businessman since 1972, is entirely wild and isolated. The only marks of civilization: a few columns dating to
A prototype for what could be the first HARLEY-DAVIDSON electric motorcycle is being launched next week for Harley enthusiasts to test ride and give the company their feedback, Harley said Thursday. Dubbed Project LiveWire, the bike has a 130-mile range and will take between 30 minutes and an hour to
Natural Machines, a Spanish start-up, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a 3D printer devoted entirely to food – so you would be able to print your meal not just the menu. The Foodini – which is in theory capable of printing any dish – has already demonstrated its
A troupe of 1,600 papier-mâché pandas is set to descend upon HONG KONG this June, as part of an ongoing campaign by the WWF. ‘1600 Pandas World Tour in Hong Kong: Creativity Meets Conservation’ will see the pandas grace the city’s top 10 landmarks as part of the government’s ‘conserving
Forget first class, when flying Etihad you want to stay in The Residence – a new three-room apartment that comes with an en-suite shower, double bed and personal butler. Etihad has transformed part of its A380 upper deck into a luxurious flying hotel suite that offers a trio of compartments
Design houses like Roberto Cavalli and Armani are creating some of the chicest Easter eggs on the block, enrobing confectionery in animal-inspired prints and wrapping their Easter collections with a pink sash. Cavalli’s springtime ode, for instance, comes in the form of a trio of zebra and giraffe-inspired white, milk
Over the last week the news was filled with stories of the role that high-frequency trading is playing in the markets. The conversation began with a “60 Minutes” piece on the subject last Sunday and continued from there. Once again the investing public has been whipped into a frenzy by
The future of the investment management industry is quite bright, according the 200 or so participants at the Operations for Alternatives conference last week in Palm Beach Gardens. Amidst tornado warnings and significant sideways rainfall, investors and managers alike discussed the future of the industry and how new products are
The soaring cost of cars and utilities as well as a strong currency have made Singapore the world’s most expensive city, toppling Tokyo from the top spot. Tokyo‘s weakening yen saw it slide to sixth place, in the 2014 Worldwide Cost of Living survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
While I am supposed to be writing about hedge funds and the fact that Operations for Alternatives is next week, I need to focus on something that is really bothering me: The so-called convenience fees and add-on fees that come with making purchases these days.They are just ridiculous. I am
Vienna has emerged as the city with the highest quality of living in a ranking that looks at everything from political stability, social and economic environments, housing and public transportation. According to Mercer’s annual Quality of Living report, the Austrian capital boasts the best living conditions in the world for
The convergence of all parts of the investment management industry is something that I have been writing about and talking about for the last few years. I believe that within a few years, there will no longer be things called hedge funds, mutual funds and private equity funds, but rather
A luxurious mountain resort in Park City, Utah — the training ground for professional winter athletes in the US — is offering private skating lessons with an Olympic speed skater who moonlights as a hotel valet. Guests staying at the Waldorf Astoria Park City are being offered private two-hour skating
Just when you thought they were out, they pulled investors back in. According to recent data from HFR, hedge funds had a great month in January, beating equities and delivering significant positive returns. Just a month ago, the media were asking if hedge fund managers still had it after performance
This week, I’ve decided to throw hedge fund commentary out the window to let you all know how disgusted I am with the amount of texting people are doing. I was leaving the train in Newark the other day when I witnessed a not-so-random act of stupidity. It seems a
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is backing a USD 1 billion prize offered by Quicken Loans Inc. if a contestant predicts the winner of each game in the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament. The prize would be paid in 40 annual installments of USD 25 million and split among multiple
Over the last few weeks there have been a number of articles and press reports on the poor performance of hedge funds and the massive withdrawals that have hit the industry. And while, yes, there seems to have been a number of funds that weren’t able to outperform the S&P
The period of economic recession seemed to have passed away. This has led to the luxury property market booming once again. Some new records too have been set in the process. The latest entrant to this list is the 18 Carlton House Terrace. This mansion in London has turned out
From smart watches to wearable fitness devices, consumers are spoiled for choice when it comes to keeping tabs on their calories burned, steps taken, and number of hours slept. But what about sun exposure? A sleek new bracelet called June has you covered. Netatmo’s new device, designed by French jewelry
A new year begins and guess what? Everything basically stays the same. Sure, New York City got a new mayor and the Patriots are one weekend closer to a Super Bowl win, but besides that the markets and interest rates have stayed put, the economy continues to sputter along and
While Qatar is counting on the French soccer club Paris Saint-Germain to attract tourists, the United Arab Emirates are betting on Manchester City, a club wholly owned by UAE investor Sheikh Mansour. The team’s official sponsor, Etihad Airways will invite a few lucky passengers and their guests (one each) to
The iMirror looks like a normal full-length mirror, but behind the reflective panel is a touchscreen computer with voice commands and even facial recognition technology. Its makers, Posh View, claim that the average adult spends over 168 hours a year in front of the mirror and that much of that
As 2013 draws to close, the print and broadcast media are filled with stories of what was this year and what will be in 2014. It is clear that 2013 was tough for the global economy, stock market performance notwithstanding, and the investment management industry. The news of the year
The Italian luxury product brand takes its first exclusive steps into the handset market with the Antares. The phone, which will launch in Russia and China in December before making its way to US and European shores in early 2014, is a strictly limited edition affair, and as such each
If the main “Hunger Games” heroine Katniss Everdeen were a confectionery, the lady warrior would be a bar of milk chocolate, flavored with hickory-smoked bacon and accented by sweet, crisp apples. That’s according to premium Chicago-based chocolate-maker Vosges Haut-Chocolat, which has released a range of new products inspired by the
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