First up, the gadgets. Anyone who flies would appreciate a pair of noise-canceling headphones. I have the old standbys, a cushy-foamed Bose pair. For blocking out crying babies and the monotonous engine drone, they're wonderful. These days, all the …

Japanese luxury doesn't exude much more opulence than the Lexus LS, which offers the utmost comfort combined with numerous safety gadgets like high-intensity headlamps with automatic high beams, a power rear sunshade, front and rear parking sensors …

On quality, just as luxury tourism is becoming the most profitable travel sector for countries that can offer it properly, the quality of care and associated patient services is becoming the most important part of medical tourism. By this I do not mean …

In the first hour especially, there are many well-chosen details that satirize our growing dependence on gadgets to enhance moment-to-moment lived experience. … It's possible I let myself be seduced too much by the surfaces of Her, which is, arguably …

Whether it's a gadget you're coveting, a game you have to buy, or a brand you have to wear, we all have a materialistic side. … Another paper, published in Psychological Science, found that people in a controlled experiment who were repeatedly …

They'd sleep in, eat home-cooked meals, and come back with new clothes and fancy gadgets. Graduates … When you form your own household, you not only get the luxury of privacy and new responsibility, you also make other key investments. You buy new …

Luxury kitchen gadgets were also popular, with the Delonghi Prima Donna S Bean 2 Cup coffee maker seeing sales 183 per cent above the national average. As well technology other Christmas gifts were selling well, with sales of the musical Santa snow …

If you're like me, you dream about having the all the latest gadgets with all the bells and whistles available. For a TV, that means you want one with the largest screen, best resolution and the richest picture overall. You may not understand what all …

It's not what most buyers expect a luxury automaker to shove under the hood of its flagship car, though Mercedes-Benz and Audi have been selling clean-diesel models in the U.S. for years now. (A diesel version of Mercedes' redesigned 2014 S-Class is …