Category: Design

Open: Las Vegas Bets Big on Luxury Travel at IMM LUX

Las Vegas Bets Big on Luxury Travel at IMM LUX

By Mark Thompson on October 5, 2025

If seems to me that if you are at all interested in the pursuit of pleasure, then you must be fascinated by the culture of Las Vegas, a city that, increasingly, has become synonymous with luxury travel.

Consider, for example, the recent inaugural IMM LUX (International Media Marketplace Luxury) held in October 2025 which brought together global luxury travel pros, editors, journalists, and content creators for a four-day immersive conference experience that highlighted Vegas’ latest luxury offerings. … Read More

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Open: Halifax Is a Culinary Haven

Halifax Is a Culinary Haven

By Mark Thompson on July 3, 2025

It’s not just the lobsters, and trust, there are loads of them in Halifax, but it’s also the incredible bounty from Nova Scotian farms, and the wines from the Annapolis Valley (which has been described as the next Okanagan Valley for its burgeoning wine and food scene), and the remarkable edibles found while foraging the Nova Scotian coastline. … Read More

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Open: Vermeer’s Love Letters at the Frick

Vermeer’s Love Letters at the Frick

By Mark Thompson on June 25, 2025

Whenever my mother was in town and the weather uncooperative, she might say to me, “Shall we go visit our friends at the Frick?” It was her favorite museum in Manhattan, just as it is for so many others—and now the Frick is back, and better than ever in its newly-refurbished home, with an inaugural exhibition featuring a triptych of Vermeer’s Love Letters. … Read More

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Open: Heathens for A/W 25 at Landeros New York

Heathens for A/W 25 at Landeros New York

By Mark Thompson on February 9, 2025

For New York Fashion Week A/W25, Landeros New York embraced heathens and pagans and polytheism with a perfectly-pitched collection titled Heathens that captured the zeitgeist in a palette of every shade of black, from charcoal and pitch to ink and jet, with a sprinkling of grays, and a spectacular white dove bridal gown that addressed the importance of hope for the future. … Read More

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