Luxury Events
Set in the vibrant heart of Mayfair, PAD is London’s leading fair for 20th Century art, design and decorative arts. Inspiring a unique spirit of collecting, PAD epitomises how modern art, photography, design, decorative and tribal arts interact to reveal astonishing combinations and create the most individual and staggering interiors.
The annual Harbin Ice Festival has been held since 1963, though interrupted for a number of years during the Cultural Revolution, it had resumed by 1985, and is one of the top ice and snow festivals in the world. The festival includes all manner of sporting and cultural events and activities, including ice football, speed skating, sledging, wedding ceremonies on ice and folk song and dance performances.
New York Fashion Week was the world's first ever organised fashion week in 1943, originally called "Press Week", and is when international fashion collections are shown to buyers, the press and the general public. This biannual series of events includes the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week New York, along with other numerous branded events and independent fashion productions around town. New York is the first of the big four fashion weeks, with London, Milan and Paris following.
Milan Fashion Week was established in 1958 and is part of the big four fashion weeks internationally, the others being Paris, London and New York. The schedule begins with New York, followed by London, and then Milan, and ending the events in Paris.
Home to some of the greatest fashion houses in the world, Milan does glamour like no other.
London Fashion Week is organised by the British Fashion Council, and first took place in 1984.
It is part of the big four fashion weeks, following New York, and preceding Milan and Paris.
The Boat Race is one of the oldest sporting events in the world.
It is an annual contest between two rowing crews from Oxford and Cambridge universities.
The Race takes place close to Easter each year on the River Thames in West London between Putney and Mortlake.
The first race took place in 1829 in Henley on Thames following a challenge between old school friends. Since the second race in 1836 the contest has taken place in London.
Mardi Gras Day, or "Fat Tuesday", is the culmination of an annual Carnival celebration in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, so called because it always falls on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. The parades begin several weeks earlier and most visitors will plan to arrive on the Saturday before Mardi Gras Day so as to enjoy an extended weekend of festivities. Mardi Gras is full of music, parades, floats, purple, green and gold and great excitement.
On the water
Sailing yacht owners will experience three days of racing in the prime sailing conditions of the BVI, expertly organized by the international race committee at the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda under the IRC rating system. There will be a fleet start for the racing division and a pursuit start for the cruising division. Divisions and classes may be adapted to accommodate the diversity of the fleet.
Occurring every two years, the World Perfumery Congress (WPC) is an educational and networking forum uniting fragrance industry professionals, their suppliers and brand marketers to discuss current and future opportunities.
The World Perfumery Congress (WPC) is a global biennial fragrance industry forum featuring a mix of educational and networking formats that provide the latest insights for suppliers, manufacturers and consumer product marketers, while also connecting buyers and sellers.
