Christopher Parr, is the Editor and Chief Content Creator for…
Here are your luxury headlines for September 24th, 2014:
People: “George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin have settled on an officiant for their upcoming wedding. Walter Veltroni, an Italian writer, journalist and politician who served as mayor of Rome from 2001 to 2008, will conduct the ceremony.”
Bloomberg: “NYC’s Most Expensive Condo to Be Listed at $130 Million. A triplex penthouse at Zeckendorf Development Co.’s tower under construction on Manhattan’s Upper East Side will be offered for sale at $130 million, making it New York’s most expensive apartment listing.”
NYTimes: “Larry Ellison Bought an Island in Hawaii. Now What? Ellison now owned a third of all their houses and apartments; the island’s two Four Seasons-run hotels; the central commons at the heart of Lanai City, called Dole Park, and all the buildings around it…”
WWD: “Hermès has made auction history again. A 30 cm diamond matte Himlayan Nilo crocodile Birkin bag, featuring 18k while gold hardware and and 242 diamonds with a total weight of 9.84 carats, sold today for $185,000 at Heritage Auctions in Beverly Hills.”
Daily News: “Construction on Mark Zuckerberg’s $10 million ‘fixer-upper’ home aggravates neighbors. Residents near the Facebook co-founder’s new home in the Dolores Heights neighborhood of San Francisco are growing frustrated with the lack of parking spaces, earsplitting noise and constant disruptions.”
The Telegraph: “Old meets new in Versace’s historic boutique. The Milanese fashion brand opens the doors to its meticulously-restored boutique in one of the world’s oldest shopping centres…”
New York Times: “Cadillac Tries to Make a Fresh Start in New York. Cadillac is being split into its own business unit and will move its headquarters to New York’s trendy SoHo neighborhood…”
Christopher Parr, is the Editor and Chief Content Creator for Pursuitist, and a contributing writer to USA Today, Business Insider — and the on-air host of Travel Tuesday on Live at 4 CBS. He is an award-winning luxury marketing veteran, writer, a frequent speaker at luxury and interactive marketing conferences and a pioneer in web publishing. Named a "Top 10 Luxury Travel Blogger” by USA Today, Parr has also been selected as the official winner in Luxury Lifestyle Awards’ list of the “Top 50 Best Luxury Influencers and Bloggers in the World.”