As the demand for luxury goods amongst China’s elite continues to skyrocket it comes as no surprise that British luxury brand Burberry has implemented a full technological upgrade of its 57 stores in mainland China. The revamp is part of Burberry’s attempt to shake the brand’s old-fashioned image and attract younger consumers and is expected to be replicated in other markets if a success in China.

Ah, spring. As new life sprouts up after this exceptionally brutal winter, we can’t think of a better way to ring in spring than with some well-needed pampering. Sisley Cosmetics, France’s top luxury skincare brand, wants to indulge your winter-worn skin with an exclusive offer for a free consultation along with samples from their Indispensible Collection.

It’s time to ditch your old stand-by drink, Miami. Restaurants and bars are expanding their cocktail horizons while a new breed of Miami bartenders has taken the city by storm with ambrosian concoctions that incorporate unique blends, infusions, methods, and ingredients that teeter on the border between bartending and alchemy. We’ve compiled a list of Miami’s Top 5 Cocktail Menus that you simply must try out. Just check your conventions at the door.

According to Forbes, Hong Kong has once again topped Collier International’s global office real estate rankings. Since the previous year, the exotic locale’s prime office space has risen from an annual price of $142 per square foot in 2010 to $192 per square foot this year.

On Tuesday, April 19, for the first time ever in Asia, Rolls-Royce Motors debuted their new ultra-luxurious Ghost model. A vision of elegant simplicity, the vehicle caters to drivers who want space and comfort without compromising the dynamism and poise that has become synonymous with the Rolls-Royce name. The plush new auto will be built to order and is only available in limited numbers until full production begins in 2012.

LA-based ethical fashion brand Stewart+Brown, pioneer of the sustainable fashion movement, is teaming up with Amanda Hearst and Luigi Tadini from the charity Riverkeeper in honor of Earth Day this month.

From April 20 to April 30, 20% of sales will go towards Riverkeeper, a member-supported organization dedicated to defending the Hudson River and its tributaries to preotect the drinking water supply of nine million New York City and Hudson Valley residents. For more than 44 years, Riverkeeper has been an advocate for clean New York water and has branched out to protect and serve waterways and watershed programs across the country and the globe through the growing Waterkeeper Movement.

“I come from a family of farmers, and I had a very simple and blissful life as a kid because of the ease we had in our daily life,” recalls Brunello Cucinelli. Perhaps it was that ease that drove him to dream up an empire based on the idea of casual luxury derived from cashmere separates. But Cucinelli, who also enjoyed a brief, 2-year stint studying engineering, knew that he wanted to be entrepreneurial, and thus, the eponymous brand began.

Put on your thinking caps and start your engines! A cast of celebrities will be lending their support by helping you navigate the Rally for Kids with Cancer Scavenger Cup event beginning Friday April 29, 2011 and continuing through Saturday at the Eden Roc Renaissance Hotel in Miami Beach.

The Oberoi Group has found a way to make the concept of a hotel, the size of a small city, seem anything but daunting. Once you enter the capacious ‘Jewel Box’ lobby, bearing soaring glass walls and brilliant pilasters of steel emphasizing nine acres of breathtaking landscape and overlooking a ginormous 36,000-square-foot reflecting pool, you’ll forget about the mini-urban metropolis it appears to be.