Archive for September, 2007

• NetJets Europe aims for carbon neutrality | Written by Luxury Reporter Staff in Sep 2007

  NetJets Europe (Europe’s largest private jet company) has announced that it will be 100% carbon neutral by 2012, with the introduction of an emissions offset program and emission reduction projects.



• Chicago fine wine auction | Written by Luxury Reporter Staff in Sep 2007

  This Sunday, October 28, Edward Roberts International is holding a fine wine auction at Columbia Yacht Club. The company claims the auction ‘will feature one of the finest collections of legendary mature great growth Bordeaux in large formats to be offered at auction in recent years.’



• Contribution spotlight - Trickle Up | Written by Joseph Foote in Sep 2007

  Trickle Up’s mission is ‘to help very poor people worldwide take the first steps out of poverty by providing conditional seed capital, business training, and support services essential to the launch or expansion of a microenterprise.’ To achieve this goal, Trickle Up partners with local agencies.



• Contribution spotlight - Kiva | Written by Joseph Foote in Sep 2007

  Kiva highlights businesses that are seeking micro-funding, giving a brief summary and a photo. It’s possible to see who else is supporting that business, and how close they are to achieving their funding goal. Businesses can be filtered in various ways to make it easy to find a business that resonates with you.



• Contribution spotlight - GlobalGiving | Written by Joseph Foote in Sep 2007

  GlobalGiving (www.globalgiving.com) describes itself as ‘a marketplace for goodness - where you can browse ways to help others around the world, pick the ones you are most passionate about, and give to the solution.’ The organization makes it simple to choose and donate to projects, and then track their impact.



• Russian art collection snapped up | Written by Luxury Reporter Staff in Sep 2007

  Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov has bought the entire art collection of the late cellist Mstislav Rostropovich before it was due to be auctioned in London. Rostropovich, who died in April, aged 80, and is regarded as the greatest cellist of the 20th century, collected the pieces over 30 years.



• Private Escapes pre-merger offer | Written by Luxury Reporter Staff in Sep 2007

  After the recent announcement of a US$200 million merger between Private Escapes and Ultimate Resort, the former has revealed a membership incentive that will be available for the next 30 days or so.



• Matching yachts | Written by Luxury Reporter Staff in Sep 2007

  The Burger Boat Company has just announced the launch of the first of two identical 127′ (38.7m) tri-deck yachts to be launched this year. The identical yachts are owned by a Russian industrialist who has chosen to build two identical yachts due to business interests that divide his time between Europe and the United States.



• Private Escapes and Ultimate Resort merger | Written by Luxury Reporter Staff in Sep 2007

  Ultimate Resort has announced a merger with Private Escapes, creating a destination club with more than 140 properties and more than 1200 members. Including the Ultimate Resort Collection, which comprises more than 60 boutique hotels, members will have access to more than 200 luxury properties around the world.