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In Europe With Love<br />
statement that matters<br />
ISSUE <strong>05</strong> | MAR - APR 2018
Described as “<strong>The</strong> next generation of marketing for luxury brands” by the British<br />
media, <strong>The</strong> <strong>Luxury</strong> <strong>Network</strong> is the world’s leading luxury affinity marketing group.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Luxury</strong> <strong>Network</strong> is a private membership club, established in luxury capitals<br />
or countries around the world, within which premium companies work closely<br />
together at senior director level for mutual business and client development.
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Luxury</strong> <strong>Network</strong>’s objective is simple: To facilitate co-operation and exciting<br />
new business development activities between top-end companies. New business<br />
partnerships are created via strategic alignment, joint collaborations, product<br />
placements, endorsements, media sharing, B2B and B2C networking, sales and<br />
luxury showcase events and numerous other affinity marketing activities.
“2017 has proven to be yet<br />
another record year for <strong>The</strong> <strong>Luxury</strong><br />
<strong>Network</strong> <strong>International</strong> ® brand.”<br />
-Fares Ghattas, Global CEO<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Luxury</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>International</strong><br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Luxury</strong> <strong>Network</strong><br />
<strong>International</strong><br />
Achievements For 2017<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Luxury</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>International</strong><br />
reported today that in 2017, it’s affiliated<br />
franchise offices and sales<br />
professionals achieved the highest<br />
annual sales volume performance<br />
in the history of the brand, driven<br />
largely by a brand record of over 500<br />
members globally.<br />
Global Growth<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Luxury</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>International</strong> ®<br />
brand reported growth across its<br />
global network offices, which now<br />
encompasses nearly 30 countries<br />
and territories worldwide. Before the<br />
year 2017 ended, the elite network<br />
launched in Egypt and Lebanon.<br />
“2017 has proven to be yet another<br />
record year for <strong>The</strong> <strong>Luxury</strong> <strong>Network</strong><br />
<strong>International</strong> ® brand,” said Fares<br />
Ghattas, Global Chief Executive Officer,<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Luxury</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>International</strong>.<br />
“In a span of 10 years, TLN<br />
brand has achieved great growth and<br />
I am extremely proud of the dedication<br />
of our affiliate franchise offices<br />
and our dedicated HQ staff” he added.<br />
This past year, everyone witnessed a<br />
significant continuous growth by existing<br />
franchise offices, most notably<br />
increasing the brand’s digital market<br />
presence globally.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Luxury</strong> <strong>Network</strong> has made a difference<br />
to a vast number of luxury<br />
international brands. Today, each<br />
of us at <strong>The</strong> <strong>Luxury</strong> <strong>Network</strong> are<br />
looking for new ways to exceed our<br />
members expectations by creating<br />
new affairs and maximum exposure<br />
through consistent new projects.<br />
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HIGHLIGHTS<br />
MAR - APR 2018<br />
TLN Achievements for 2017<br />
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Swiss international<br />
Romer Gallery<br />
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Yachtshare<br />
TLN Germany New Year's<br />
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TLN UK Winter Seminar<br />
Glamorous Diplomatic<br />
Council Gala<br />
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Ace it like <strong>The</strong> <strong>Luxury</strong> <strong>Network</strong><br />
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THE VERY BEST PLOTS IN THE<br />
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iconic luxury car brands; Porsche,<br />
Mercedes Benz, Aston Martin,<br />
Stephan is pushing his own art to the<br />
absolute extreme.<br />
Light is his medium and the landscapes<br />
of the world are his canvas.<br />
Outside of his busy diary of commercial<br />
client work, you’ll often find<br />
Stephan high up in a helicopter edging<br />
on the extreme limit of closeness<br />
to the most spectacular glaciers and<br />
mountain peaks of New Zealand<br />
or on spontaneous reconnaissance<br />
hikes down in the undergrowth of<br />
the wilderness.<br />
All the extreme angles and incredible<br />
perspective add up to a unique<br />
signature style that powerfully connects<br />
with many all over the world<br />
says his wife, Nadine who oversees<br />
three Romer galleries located in<br />
Dusseldorf, Queenstown and now,<br />
Auckland.<br />
“Literally everyone that walks in is<br />
moved and simply blown away by<br />
Stephan’s art – it’s like it’s alive.”<br />
Pieces of his luxury art have been<br />
purchased by all sorts of admirers<br />
from Billionaires to an Arab Sheik<br />
to hard working locals who save up<br />
especially.<br />
Classically trained in industrial design<br />
before becoming a professional<br />
photographer, Romer innately<br />
knows the influence of the golden<br />
ratio on his art however admits that<br />
he doesn’t try to have it looking too<br />
harmonious in his compositions.<br />
What he’s after is stunning contrasts<br />
of light and textures on the ground.<br />
“I’d rather put the camera further<br />
down than what you would normally<br />
do and shoot towards the horizon.<br />
<strong>The</strong> lower the sun, the more<br />
dramatic the outcome” he says.<br />
<strong>The</strong> depth and expanse of the final<br />
result, even in some cases when he<br />
only had 30 seconds of light leaves<br />
many asking “is that a painting or a<br />
real photo?”<br />
“You push your luck a lot” Romer<br />
says admitting sometime sit works,<br />
sometime it doesn’t.<br />
His personal work released catalogues<br />
big intense skies and extraordinary<br />
sights produced by Mother<br />
Nature that most people only dream<br />
about seeing.<br />
Many of his shoot locations are true<br />
wild territories. Like the Mt Aspiring<br />
area, home to interconnecting<br />
glaciers in New Zealand’s Southern<br />
Lakes doesn’t even have a hiking<br />
track or single road.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>re are so many remote valleys<br />
that nobody has been yet, I think<br />
that is very special and something<br />
you hardly get on this planet especially<br />
these days.”<br />
As they say, a picture is worth a thousand<br />
words. Romer’s panoramas are<br />
perspex windows to the world – the<br />
ultimate birds’ eye view that will<br />
leave you literally speechless.<br />
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12–15 APRIL 2018<br />
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SMSANZ Alumni <strong>Network</strong>ing Event in Partnership<br />
With <strong>The</strong> <strong>Luxury</strong> <strong>Network</strong> Singapore<br />
In partnership with <strong>The</strong> <strong>Luxury</strong><br />
<strong>Network</strong> Singapore, SMSANZ<br />
(Singapore Medical Society of<br />
Australia and New Zealand) recently<br />
kicked off the new year<br />
with the SMSANZ Alumni <strong>Network</strong>ing<br />
Event on the 10th of<br />
January 2018. <strong>The</strong> event was held<br />
at a cozy and posh venue provided<br />
by De Dietrich in one of their<br />
humble showrooms in Ubi.<br />
<strong>The</strong> attendees<br />
were graced with<br />
the presence<br />
of their guest<br />
speaker, Dr.<br />
Chia Shi Lu, who<br />
holds the position<br />
of Deputy<br />
Head and Senior<br />
Consultant at<br />
the Department<br />
of Orthopaedic<br />
Surgery at the<br />
Singapore General<br />
Hospital. He<br />
is also one of the<br />
Members of Parliament<br />
for Tanjong<br />
Pagar GRC.<br />
Dr. Chia provided<br />
a number<br />
60<br />
of insights into the healthcare<br />
system and advice for the young<br />
doctors-to-become. Opportunities<br />
to interact with such an influential<br />
yet amiable person were<br />
seized by many of the attendees,<br />
alongside a night of mouth-watering<br />
tapas courtesy of Chef<br />
Iskandar and the team from Coriander<br />
Leaf. <strong>The</strong> guests have<br />
experienced the art of cooking<br />
anew with Chef Iskander. Chef<br />
Iskander and his team whipped<br />
up delectable canapés on the<br />
spot for the guests, including a<br />
live cooking demo for a green<br />
mango and grilled chicken salad<br />
with the help of some members.<br />
<strong>The</strong> drinks served were from<br />
Peroni Nastro Azzurro.<br />
To top it off, there was an amazing<br />
lucky draw prize consisting<br />
of a one-night<br />
weekend staycation<br />
at <strong>The</strong> St.<br />
Regis Singapore<br />
for two, valued at<br />
SGD$1200, courtesy<br />
of <strong>The</strong> <strong>Luxury</strong><br />
<strong>Network</strong>.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Luxury</strong> <strong>Network</strong><br />
thanks their<br />
wonderful sponsors<br />
for the 2018<br />
SMSANZ networking<br />
event, without<br />
them, the event<br />
would not have<br />
been possible: De<br />
Dietrich, Peroni<br />
Nastro Azzurro,<br />
Coriander Leaf,<br />
and Ms. Irene Ho.
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Luxury</strong> <strong>Network</strong> Australia Hosts<br />
Members <strong>Network</strong>ing Event With Nanda Hobbs<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Luxury</strong> <strong>Network</strong> members<br />
and guests enjoyed an<br />
evening of networking at<br />
the new Nanda\Hobbs Gallery in<br />
Chippendale.<br />
Guests enjoyed a fine cheese and<br />
charcuterie display from Simon<br />
Johnson whist exploring the latest<br />
exhibition of works from renowned<br />
artist Adam Nudelman<br />
titled “A Sea of Discontent”.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Luxury</strong> <strong>Network</strong> member<br />
networking functions are a great<br />
way for members to catch up on a<br />
regular basis and form new business<br />
partnerships and alliances.<br />
Nanda\Hobbs is a corporate art<br />
advisory business featuring some<br />
of Australia’s finest artists.<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Luxury</strong> <strong>Network</strong> Germany B2B New Year‘s<br />
Get-together<br />
After the festive season <strong>The</strong> <strong>Luxury</strong> <strong>Network</strong><br />
Germany members community came together<br />
for their traditional New Year Kick-off<br />
Event, enjoying some inspirational highlights.<br />
<strong>The</strong> hospitable Kameha Suite Frankfurt acted as a<br />
co-host and greeted all fellow network partners for<br />
the third time in their palatial villa. This TLN member<br />
always offers with its unique venue and prestigious<br />
environment the perfect set-up for a successful<br />
meeting.<br />
On this year’s prelude of the agenda the reputable<br />
keynote speaker Bert Ohnemüller gave inspiring<br />
insight views to his long-standing findings and experiences<br />
of the technical term “Neuromerchandising“.<br />
<strong>The</strong> author of LEAD – SPEAK – INSPIRE, Coach,<br />
Consultant of several enterprises and Lecturer at<br />
various universities in Germany and abroad fully<br />
captured his audience by showing new perspectives<br />
of the topic “Emotion – How to deal with other humans<br />
and your own self”.<br />
During the subsequent workshop all creative<br />
thoughts and ideas had been amalgamated into<br />
concrete new affinity projects. This secures a solid<br />
professional tool for all members to pursue their exciting<br />
win-win situations, which will be continuously<br />
realized by <strong>The</strong> <strong>Luxury</strong> <strong>Network</strong> in 2018.<br />
<strong>The</strong> top clients of TLN members may already look<br />
forward to some outstanding experiences!<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Luxury</strong> <strong>Network</strong><br />
Australia Showcase True<br />
North Adventure Cruises<br />
On Friday, the 12th of January, True North<br />
Adventure Cruises invited guests and<br />
members of <strong>The</strong> <strong>Luxury</strong> <strong>Network</strong> South<br />
Australia on-board their True North cruise boat.<br />
Bird in Hand, Kanga Corporate Charters, Mike<br />
Annese Photography and 2KW’s <strong>The</strong> Pontoon<br />
supported the stylish event.<br />
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Guests arrived at <strong>The</strong> Pontoon bar along the River<br />
Torrens then transferred by Kanga’s Signature<br />
Series Supercoach to True North in the Flinders<br />
Harbour at Port Adelaide. Once on-board the<br />
finest wine, food and hospitality were on offer<br />
and guests taken on a virtual tour.<br />
As the sun set, guests were transported back to<br />
2KW Bar and Restaurant to enjoy the night views<br />
atop Adelaide’s iconic rooftop bar.<br />
Thank you for the images Mike Annese!<br />
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2KW and <strong>The</strong> <strong>Luxury</strong> <strong>Network</strong> Australia host<br />
<strong>The</strong> SuperFoiler Grand Prix<br />
On February 2nd, 2KW Restaurant & Bar presented<br />
the exciting new SuperFoiler Grand<br />
Prix event with <strong>The</strong> <strong>Luxury</strong> <strong>Network</strong> South<br />
Australia members and guests with supporting<br />
brands Bird in Hand, Kanga Corporate Charters and<br />
Mike Annese Photography.<br />
Guests were transferred from the iconic Adelaide<br />
rooftop to the Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron<br />
onboard Kanga’s Signature Series Supercoach,<br />
equipped with a Bird in Hand wine bar. Mike Annese<br />
Photography was on board to capture the international<br />
sailing experience.<br />
Viewing the race from the elite ‘Strictly Business’<br />
yacht, guests were greeted with an impressive array<br />
food and beverages while enjoying the high-speed catamaran<br />
racing. When the racing concluded the guests<br />
were transported back to 2KW’s rooftop in style.<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Luxury</strong> <strong>Network</strong> UK<br />
Winter Seminar 2018<br />
<strong>The</strong> first seminar of the year was hosted by 12 Hay<br />
Hill, Mayfair’s latest premier Business Membership<br />
Club, and one our latest UK members.<br />
Hosting the seminar enabled 12 Hay Hill to showcase<br />
their club, and provided a discount for <strong>The</strong> <strong>Luxury</strong><br />
<strong>Network</strong> members when joining.<br />
<strong>The</strong> seminar brought <strong>Luxury</strong> brand members together<br />
to meet and discuss future potential partnership<br />
projects and collaborations. Guests were presented<br />
to from both new and existing members including;<br />
Sunseeker London, Berkeley Homes, Home Move<br />
Consultants, Holiday <strong>Luxury</strong>, Eight Ray Music, ITC<br />
<strong>Luxury</strong> Travel, 3 St James’s Square and Red Eye Events.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Luxury</strong> <strong>Network</strong> holds quarterly B2B seminars<br />
at differing locations, for decision-making representatives<br />
from member brands to build relationships<br />
and plan unique partnerships, as part of their<br />
annual membership. <strong>The</strong> seminars are proven to be<br />
really important part of the membership benefit as<br />
it enables members to meet face-to-face and discuss<br />
partnerships that will roll out in the upcoming<br />
months.<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Luxury</strong> <strong>Network</strong><br />
Australia Welcomes<br />
in the New Year<br />
With Aspen Snowmass<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Luxury</strong> <strong>Network</strong><br />
Australia<br />
partnered with<br />
VOGUE Australia, Aspen<br />
Snowmass along<br />
with socialites Barbara<br />
Coombes and Wallis<br />
Graeme to welcome<br />
in the new year with an<br />
Aussie Après at <strong>The</strong> Little<br />
Nell’s Chair 9 Bar.<br />
<strong>The</strong> evening was very<br />
well attended with our<br />
Australian guests taking<br />
over Chair 9. This exclusive<br />
event which is now<br />
in its third year has become<br />
the must attend<br />
event in Aspen in January<br />
and we will be partnering<br />
with Bistro Moncur<br />
Mosman to host an<br />
Australian Winter version<br />
on May 18th 2018.<br />
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Glamorous Diplomatic Council Gala 2018<br />
<strong>International</strong> dignitaries from diplomacy, business<br />
and society got together in the time-honored<br />
halls of the prestigious Frankfurt Grandhotel<br />
Hessischer Hof for the glamorous Diplomatic<br />
Council Gala 2018. This year`s gala served as the<br />
global meeting point, not only for the European,<br />
but also for the valued members traveling from the<br />
USA and Asia. <strong>The</strong> Grandhotel Hessischer Hof itself<br />
joined the Diplomatic Council four years ago<br />
as a member and has ever since hosted the DC gala<br />
providing the ideal setting for a fabulous and magnificent<br />
celebration.<br />
For the first time, the Diplomatic Council is delighted<br />
to welcome a German Ambassador, namely<br />
H.E. Ambassador Dr. Heinrich Kreft, to the Diplomatic<br />
Council Board of Presidents. <strong>The</strong> newly appointed<br />
president delivered a speech on how diplomacy<br />
and business interact for the benefit of the<br />
community and society. He was much applauded<br />
for his belief that the world needs economic diplomacy<br />
and praised the Diplomatic Council for doing<br />
exactly this.<br />
this year`s gala, he gave a short and sweet speech<br />
thanking the Diplomatic Council and its members<br />
for the warm welcome to the organization. As a<br />
thank you, Sascha`s company TwentyFourSeven<br />
Cosmetics sponsored a farewell bag with exclusive<br />
cosmetics for all participants.<br />
<strong>The</strong> solemn inauguration of DC Business Consul,<br />
Mme Claude Piel, marked another highlight. In her<br />
speech, Claude Piel talked about her experiences<br />
as an international journalist. Her work has led her<br />
to many horrible places in the world where she<br />
has witnessed poverty, misery, abuse and crimes<br />
so she has decided to dedicate her time, her resources<br />
and all her energy to promote peace and<br />
On the occasion of his inauguration at the prestigious<br />
Vienna reception back in September 2017,<br />
DC Business Ambassador Sascha Zilger delivered<br />
a comprehensive speech on free and fair trade. At<br />
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diplomacy in joint forces with DC Business Ambassador<br />
Jamal Qaiser. Moreover, Claude Piel will<br />
focus on expanding the Diplomatic Council to her<br />
home country France with the support of Founding<br />
President Ambassador Buddhi Athauda who<br />
now resides in Paris as the official Ambassador to<br />
France and UNESCO.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Diplomatic Council`s Educational Sponsorship<br />
program initiated by Secretary General Hang<br />
Nguyen reflects the spirit of the Diplomatic Council<br />
that everyone can make a contribution to better<br />
the world. <strong>The</strong> program is driven by the conviction<br />
that the weakest and most helpless members of<br />
society - our children - need the highest attention.<br />
DC Business Ambassador Dr. Thomas Durchlaub<br />
and Annette Habermann have become the first<br />
godparents for a girl and a boy in Sri Lanka and will<br />
finance the studies of these two orphans. Members<br />
who also wish to support vocational trainings<br />
or studies of orphans are welcome to contact the<br />
Secretariat General.<br />
the renowned violinist Emily Greitzer. <strong>The</strong>se two<br />
gifted and exceptional artists enchanted the guests<br />
and transported the audience to another world.<br />
While strolling down the halls of the grand hotel,<br />
guests would obtain further details about the first<br />
book of the Diplomatic Council („Thinking 4.0“),<br />
the upcoming DC delegation trip to Sri Lanka and<br />
the DC VIP travel services - all organized and offered<br />
by DC members.<br />
“It was an inspiring evening full of stimulating ideas<br />
and unique people in a marvelous setting, one of<br />
the participants stated. “I really look forward to<br />
the DC Summer Celebration which will take place<br />
in June.”<br />
On parting, all guests received two gifts: their souvenir<br />
photos professionally taken in front of the<br />
photo wall with DC dignitaries and a farewell bag<br />
with TwentyFourSeven Cosmetics sponsored by<br />
DC Business Ambassador Sascha Zilger.<br />
This year’s DC Global Media<br />
Innovator (GMI) was awarded<br />
to the British-American company<br />
RTAd. <strong>The</strong> GMI recognizes<br />
the best media innovation<br />
of the year. RTAd`s CEO Simon<br />
Ingram proudly accepted the<br />
award from DC Chairman Dieter<br />
Brockmeyer. He further<br />
received an art piece especially<br />
created for the GMI winner<br />
by famous artist Ulrike Bolenz.<br />
<strong>The</strong> musical performance was<br />
delivered by the international<br />
star pianist Albert Frantz and<br />
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London Boat Show 2018:<br />
<strong>The</strong> Value of Collaboration Between <strong>Luxury</strong> Brands<br />
<strong>The</strong> world-famous London Boat Show welcomed<br />
347 exhibitors and boasted 65 boat and<br />
product launches in mid January. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Luxury</strong><br />
<strong>Network</strong> Members, Sunseeker London, partnered<br />
with a fellow member, award winning Interior Design<br />
House Alexander James Interiors who ‘enriched<br />
their strong display of stunning Sunseeker boats<br />
with their luxurious touch.’<br />
Christopher Head, Sales Director of Sunseeker London,<br />
went on to say ‘it is so important that we have<br />
these strong brand partnerships. Boat Shows are<br />
some of the most important dates in our calendar,<br />
and during that time we need to showcase everything<br />
we do to the nth degree. AJI’s design team are<br />
fabulous at understanding what works on our boats.<br />
<strong>The</strong>ir attention to detail and flare means they get it<br />
right every time.”<br />
Other luxury brands that participated in the collaboration<br />
with Sunseeker London to enhance the<br />
Sunseeker experience included; Jo Malone, Fleurs<br />
De Paris, Boodles, Chase Distillery, and luxury<br />
French champagne house Laurent Perrier.<br />
Sunseeker also opened up their event to <strong>Luxury</strong><br />
<strong>Network</strong> members, as a way for members to have a<br />
further understanding of Sunseeker as a company<br />
and to further realise ways in which to collaborate.<br />
It proved to be a successful way that other members<br />
could also bring their clients too.<br />
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Affairs<br />
Iberostar<br />
Breakfast Briefing<br />
New member, Iberostar, hosted an interactive<br />
breakfast briefing for <strong>The</strong> <strong>Luxury</strong> <strong>Network</strong><br />
UK members for the launch of their<br />
new 5-star property: Grand Portals Nous – Mallorca.<br />
Commercial Director, Geraldine Gomboshaw,<br />
presented the new property that is launching next<br />
month. Attendees were able to see and hear what<br />
the impressive hotel will have on offer. It provided<br />
an opportunity to discuss potential partnership<br />
opportunities with the Iberostar luxury group. It<br />
proved to be a successful event as every member<br />
that attended was eager to work with Iberostar<br />
and found ways in which they could collaborate.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Luxury</strong> <strong>Network</strong> will host an event in summer<br />
at the Grand Portals Nous- Mallorca, in order to<br />
enable members to truly witness the experience<br />
that the hotel offers. <strong>The</strong> event was hosted at fellow<br />
member, 3 St. James’s Square’s, venue illustrating<br />
the multiple ways that members can work<br />
together.<br />
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and networking evening<br />
at <strong>The</strong> Address Montgomerie Dubai<br />
presented by <strong>The</strong> <strong>Luxury</strong> <strong>Network</strong><br />
Dubai & Abu Dhabi last February<br />
28th.<br />
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Members Directory<br />
Brookwater<br />
playbrookwater.com<br />
Palmer’s Coaches<br />
Palmerscoaches.com.au<br />
Yachtshare<br />
yachtshare.com.au<br />
Canali-El Askary<br />
elaskaryco.com<br />
Maserati<br />
egypt.maserati.com<br />
Hapag-Lloyd Cruises<br />
hl-cruises.com<br />
Pommery<br />
champagnepommery.com<br />
Rocco Forte Hotels<br />
roccofortehotles.com<br />
King George V.-EABL<br />
eabl.com<br />
Panesar<br />
panesar.co.ke<br />
Swiss <strong>International</strong><br />
swissinternationalhotels.com<br />
Akarua<br />
akarua.com<br />
Coast<br />
coastnewzealand.com<br />
Elle+Riley<br />
elleandriley.com<br />
Montblanc<br />
montblanc.com/timewalker<br />
Partridge Jewellers<br />
partridgejewellers.com<br />
Romer Gallery<br />
Romer-gallery.com<br />
Stamford Plaza<br />
stamfordplazaauckland.co.nz<br />
Uno Loco<br />
unoloco.co.nz<br />
FB Artist<br />
instagram.com/fbartist<br />
FG Realty<br />
fgr.qa<br />
Kare<br />
kare-design.com<br />
Lavazza<br />
instagram.com/lavazzaqatar<br />
Selamlique<br />
instagram.com/selamliqueqatar<br />
Etihad Airways<br />
etihad.com<br />
Kwanpen<br />
kwanpen.com<br />
Moonshot<br />
moonshotdigital.com<br />
Peroni<br />
peroniitaly.com<br />
Singapore Polo Club<br />
singaporepoloclub.org<br />
Singapore Yacht Show<br />
singaporeyachtshow.com<br />
Small <strong>Luxury</strong> Hotels<br />
slh.com<br />
St. Regis Singapore<br />
stregis.com/singapore<br />
Vision Advisory<br />
visionadvisory.sg<br />
Alexander James Interiors<br />
aji.co.uk<br />
Berkeley Homes<br />
berkeleyhomes.co.uk<br />
Cornerstone<br />
cornerstone.co.uk<br />
HPA <strong>Luxury</strong> Travel<br />
hpaluxurytravel.co.uk<br />
Iberostar<br />
iberostar.com<br />
Sunseeker London<br />
sunseekerlondon.com<br />
La Boite<br />
laboiteroselb.com<br />
PaoloBongia<br />
paolobongia.com<br />
Ferrari Avilon<br />
ferrari-avilon.ru<br />
Caratell<br />
caratell.com<br />
Aston Martin<br />
astonmartin.com<br />
Deola<br />
houseofdeola.com<br />
De Dietrich<br />
dedietrich-asia.com<br />
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