According to Bain & Co estimates, US consumer spending on luxury items climbed 5% on a constant-currency basis in 2012, less than half the 13% gain the previous year. Meanwhile, Warburg Pincus has been linked with the sale of Mergermarket, publishing …

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The adventure really started when we got to Dover and got on board the DFDS car ferry. You see, I'd booked us places in the First Class … Their base was a little boatyard filled with enormous great luxury cruisers. Without wishing to sound too big …

Immaculate in a crisp grey suit, dyed black hair swept up in a luxurious bouffant tapering into a tiny ponytail, the man Newsweek named as one of the world's 50 most powerful people and who the Los Angeles Times dubbed "perhaps the world's biggest …

The booming business of agritourism caters to the luxury traveler who wants to enjoy privacy at a remote ranch in Italy with posh lodging or the adventure-seeking, dollar-conscious trekker who wants to get away from it all at a fruit farm in California …

The couple said they took a train home and rode first class to bring a touch of luxury to their excursion. … "We could have planned a shorter route but we enjoyed meandering from place to place — it was more of a quiet adventure than a military …

So he makes a risky journey from Earth to Elysium, a space station where the wealthy live in luxury and perfect health — and don't take well to outsiders. “Elysium” is … It's too bad his adventures don't have the same enchanting quality.” — Claudia …

Do: For a spooky night adventure try the Fremantle Tram Tours Ghostly Tour as you wander through Freo Prison and the Arts Centre and Museum Grounds (formerly The Asylum). Adults $70, children $50. 3. Luxury. See: The Van Gogh, Dali and Beyond …

We stayed in the luxurious Palmiro Palace in Yalta mixing with the Russian nouveau riche. In Balaclava we stayed in a small harbour hotel opposite the old Russian Black Sea submarine base. We spent time in a Ukrainian holiday camp in Bakhchisaray.