On Friday October 21st, The Bougainvilla House in Ft. Lauderdale hosted an exclusive kick-off celebration with celebrity guests Penelope Ann Miller, Dennis Haysbert and Beau Bridges. Guests enjoyed cocktails, hors d ’oeuvres and live entertainment to celebrate the launch of this special organization.

For more than a decade, small decorative art have been featured in art galleries and fairs in major cities such as New York City, Chicago and Santa Fe. And finally, this movement has reached Hawaii's shores in an event in November.

The Kahala Hotel and Resort, an exclusive member of The Haute Hotel Network, will be hosting Chef Long Chen Cheng from the Hotel Okura Tokyo's famed Toh-Ka-Lin restaurant from November 13 - 19.

The new Mercedes-Benz F-125 Gullwing Concept Car, which made its first debut at the Frankfurt Auto Show is now all over the internet.

Eden Rock – St Barths, an exclusive member of The Haute Hotel Network, offers its guests the amazing opportunity to experience and create art while on holiday in tropical paradise.

How does a luxury island owner get to their new ocean getaway off the coast of Dubai? In an ‘Ome’ of course - a floating villa designed to drift back and forth between the mainland and The World islands … once they are complete, that is.

Located on East Houston Street near Mott Street, under a grimy red awning that appears to be a fading pizza parlor, Emilio’s Ballato doesn’t look like much. But inside, diners are captivated.

On October 13, 2011, TV personality Whitney Port previewed her 2012 collection at the iconic Domaine Chandon Winery in Yountville, California. The annual Pink Party fundraiser benefitted the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

Nancy Silverton is the esteemed founder of La Brea Bakery and the restaurant Campanile in Los Angeles. She also owns tow of Los Angeles’ most popular restaurants, Osteria Mozza and Pizzeria Mozza, along with Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich, and she just published her eighth book, “The Mozza Cookbook.”

Iman and the Missoni family received plaques from the City of Beverly Hills on Rodeo Drive to honor their substantial contributions to fashion and entertainment.

Noah’s Animal House, a safe place that provides shelter for the pets that belong to the domestically abused women of The Shade Tree, drew in hundreds of influential community members and industry names during its four-year anniversary last Thursday inside Body English at Hard Rock Hotel.

In honor of its upcoming 1,000th performance, Disney’s “The Lion King” at Mandalay Bay awarded Walter V. Long Elementary School 1,000 tickets at a surprise in-school assembly Tuesday with a heartwarming performance by cast members.

One of China’s tallest buildings has opened for business in the nation’s ‘wealthiest village’ of Huaxi, a symbol of the country’s continued economic growth. The Longxi International Hotel is 328 metres (1,082-feet) high and cost $470 million to build, an official in Huaxi reported.

As China closes the gap itself and the United States to become the largest luxury market in the world, more and more luxury firms are turning eastwards. Wooing affluent Chinese customers has become a priority. The launch of the Illusion superyacht is one effort in this direction.

November 16th will be one crazy day for the person who offers the winning bid for the 56-acre Napa Valley estate of the late winemaker Robert Mondavi, located just south of Yountville and a few minutes down the road from his undoubtedly famous winery.

Billionaire, investor Warren Buffett, a man with a net worth of $39 billion and named by Forbes as the second-richest man in the U.S. and the third-wealthiest man in the world, has listed his former Emerald Bay home in Laguna Beach.

The foreclosure also has prompted business leaders to confront the fact that one of the most ambitious urban redevelopment projects in Florida, led by one of the nation's top dealmakers, could not surmount the lingering effects of the recession. CityPlace also has had to change its focus from being a high-end shopping destination to one more focused on dining and entertainment.

Do you know that Turtle Island Resort, Fiji, an exclusive member of The Haute Hotel Network, is the location where the film Blue Lagoon, starring Brooke Shields was filmed? Even though the film was made about 30 years ago, the island's owner and Managing Director Richard Evanson, has managed to preserve the island's integrity and "untouched" feel by developing the island while keeping sustainable tourism in mind.