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Bombardier and ELIE SAAB unveiled the design at Bombardier's Aviator Lounge in Monaco during the Formula 1 Grand Prix, turning the world's fastest business jet into a calm, beautifully made living space. Éric Martel and Elie Saab Jr. wanted somewhere their clients could truly live at altitude, and Global 8000 clients can now choose the cabin as an option
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Six Senses has opened its first British hotel inside The Whiteley, the grand old emporium on Queensway. Behind the interiors are AvroKO and EPR Architects, who kept the listed façade while rebuilding the grand staircase by hand. Guests find 109 calm rooms and suites, a 2,300-square-metre spa and London's first hotel magnesium pool. There is a longevity clinic from HUM2N, a private members' club above the lobby and a custom Lotus house car, marking a confident entrance into the city
Bugatti's Sur Mesure programme has produced some remarkable one-of-one commissions, and the W16 Mistral 'Le Retour du Jeune Prince' sits among its finest. Conceived by Jascha Straub, Manager of Sur Mesure and Individualization, and brought to life by Sabine Consolini and the specialist CMF team in Berlin, this stunning open roadster is finished in a warm, metallic copper colourway, adorned with hand-applied silver stars and carries a beautifully sculpted silver rose within its gear shifter. It is a singular, expertly crafted machine with a story worth telling
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Tucked within Manchester's Midland Hotel - one of the most storied venues in the city, hides Mount Street Dining Room & Bar. The kind of restaurant that rewards those who look a little harder. A grand room with a quietly remarkable history, a newly refreshed menu of confident modern British cooking, and service that punches well above its profile, it may well be the most underrated dining room in the city. We went to find out whether the reputation is beginning to catch up with the reality.
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The 73rd Loro Piana Giraglia, organised by Yacht Club Italiano in collaboration with the Societe Nautique de Saint-Tropez, opens on 12 June with inshore racing in Saint-Tropez before the fleet sets course for Genoa on 17 June. The Maxi line honours battle between Magic Carpet E, Leopard 3, V and Furio Benussi's Arca SGR is the first time all four have raced offshore together. Franco Niggeler and Mitch Booth debut their new Mark Mills-designed Kuka 4, fresh from the Sardinia Cup. Alessandro Del Bono's Capricorno returns having finished second overall in 2025, while Tara Getty's Baruna, the Olin Stephens-designed 1938 classic lovingly restored over seven and a half years, brings beauty and history to a fleet that already has both in abundance