Gorgeous women at a luxury villa in Ibiza - Unravel Travel TV

Celebrity portrait photographer Bryan Adams has created some magic on the golden shores of Ibiza with the 28 finalists of the MARTINI Royale Casting, a search for the new female MARTINI® star.

Vanitytours.com - Articles: Film-friendly Thailand a hub of foreign production shoots in Asia

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BANGKOK, Thailand - Often times Thailand has been accused of over using the term "hub" in describing positioning of its burgeoning industrial growth. But now, thanks to pro-active marketing on the part of the Department of Tourism, Thailand Film Office (Thailand's Film Commission) the Kingdom is in the midst of a foreign production boom.
With the lure of high-production values, skilled crew, beautiful locations, and low costs, Bangkok is blossoming into an outsourcing hub for foreign filmmakers - it has become the center of foreign movie production in Southeast Asia.
For 2011, 606 foreign productions where produced from 46 different countries generating US$39.2 million. Countries as diverse as Chile (a documentary), Germany (8 documentaries, 4 ads, and 6 TV programs), and Nepal (1 feature), all used locations in various parts of the country.

V Creative Agency - Articles: When It Comes to Luxury Spending, China Takes Gold

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When It Comes to Luxury Spending, China Takes Gold

The Olympics may be long past, but the results have just been announced for one event that wasn’t even televised: luxury spending. The Chinese spent the most abroad on luxury purchases during the games, $255 per purchase on average. The United Arab Emirates, despite years of training, were outspent by the Chinese by 10 percent.

Q&A: Richard Branson's Tips for Saving the Planet : Condé Nast Traveler

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Q&A: Richard Branson's Tips for Saving the Planet

Richard Branson, one of our 2012 Visionaries, shares his travel survival tips, the trip that made the biggest difference in his life, and what we can all do save the planet—apart from buying tickets to leave it on Virgin Galactic.

Vanitytours.com: The Burberry Autumn/Winter 2011 Ad Campaign August edition

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Shot by Mario Testino, the August edition of the Burberry Autumn/Winter 2011 Ad Campaign stars Amber Anderson and Jake Cooper. Having looked at several Burberry ad campaigns now, I must say Burberry has one of the best model castings ever; credit to Mario Testino too.

V Creative Agency - Articles: Chinese Carmaker Takes Stake in Spyker, Plans For A 0,000 Luxury SUV

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Car and Driver reports that both Spyker and Youngman will also create a company called Spyker Phoenix to produce a line of luxury cars using the Phoenix technology and platform – a project Saab had been working on before the brand collapsed last year. These cars are expected to be manufactured in China.

While Spyker enters into these plans with Youngman, it is also suing Saab GM for $3 billion in relation to the brand’s demise. Spyker itself has little to bring to a new venture, and as Youngman has outsourced vehicle development to Lotus in the past, the experts are wondering just how this collaboration will work out.

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Dubai Party time

Vanitytours.com: By day they hide within an air-conditioned utopia removed from the blistering heat and humidity, but come nightfall Dubai emerges in grand style within a series of club hotspots that have transformed the once-complained about nightlife scene. Fashion revelers have two choices in town including Armani Prive that’s equal parts fashion and billionaire business crowd