This auction season Christie’s Dubai will be offering 10 works by the leading Lebanese modernist Shafic Abboud (1926-2004) from the Beirut collection of Viviane & Robert Debbas. The collection is expected to realize around $2 million and will be the highlight of the sale of Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art to be held by Christie’s at the Emirates Towers Hotel on October 21. An auction of Fine Watches will be held the following evening on October 22 and will feature two tourbillon watches by Harry Winston, a handful of pens and fine jewels.

The Dorchester oozes old school glamour says Kaye Holland

Jaeger-LeCoultre continues its four-year sponsorship as a major partner of the 8th Abu Dhabi Film Festival held from October 23 – November 1, 2014.

HYT had one of the most successful launches in recent years. Were you expecting it, and how did you adapt to such rapid growth? First of all when you are inside the company, you are never very objective, so it’s good to hear what others think of our launch. We are sweating a lot, but at the same time we have a lot of fun for sure.

Vacheron Constantin has re-opened its boutique in Mall of the Emirates. The revamped interior boutique has captured the spirit of the brand and replicates the same design and decor standards that have been seen and appreciated in the Vacheron Constantin boutiques worldwide.

Selfridges becomes the first department store in the world to open its Christmas shop

CHANEL is set to reinforces its presence in Dubai with the opening of the new Duty Free boutique in Terminal 3A of the Dubai International Airport.

For Fashion Forward's (FFWD) Season Four, FFWD has partnered with WGSN and Fashion GPS to further engage the global fashion community. All FFWD catwalk show imagery will be displayed on the WGSN portal, facilitating international trend reporting from the Middle East. The designers’ runway images will also be uploaded to Fashion GPS' exclusive industry-only community, GPS Radar.

Despite the imminent opening of The Mondrian, Skylon will continue to draw the crowds writes Kaye Holland

RAW at La Suite West proves that raw and vegan food can be high end, says Kaye Holland

Kaye Holland heads to London’s newest hotspot, Great Northern Hotel

Super-car brand, Bugatti, to open London fashion store