From Your Personal Shopper in Geneva: David Beckham for Breitling

International sports celebrity and style icon, David Beckham, is the new face for the Breitling Transocean Chronograph Unitime worldtimer watch.

The partnership includes a new advertisement with Beckham pictured on the runway of the Mojave Air & Space Port in California. The image, taken by American photographer Anthony Mandler, shows the soccer star standing in front of a private jet wearing his Transocean Chronograph Unitime.

The Transocean Chronograph Unitime is equipped with the new Manufacture Breitling Caliber B05 and provides permanent readings of the time in all 24 timezones through its crown-operated correction system.

“I’ve always been a long-time admirer of Breitling. As a company they create not only the highest-performance watches but also timeless designs that have inspired generations. It was a natural choice for me to partner with this fantastic brand.”

From Your Personal Shopper in Lugano: an Exclusive Shopping Day in Via Nassa

Lugano lies in a bay on the northern side of Lake Lugano, surrounded by numerous mountains offering splendid viewpoints. The traffic-free historic town centre, the numerous buildings in Italianate Lombardy style, the exclusive museums, the mountains, lake and a packed calendar of events all invite visitors to see the sights, soak up the atmosphere – and enjoy “dolce far niente”.  The town centre with its Mediterranean-style squares and arcades, and numerous parks with sub-tropical plants such as the Parco Civico on the shores of the lake invite you to laze around, enjoying the atmosphere.

In Lugano there are all kinds of shops and department stores in which you can find almost anything.

Via Nassa is one of Lugano’s historical streets – its particular and sophisticated shops will accompany you in your shopping. Under the 270 meter long, ancient city porticoes on the lakeshore, there are many different kinds of shops: jewellery, clothing, gastronomy and antique shops are just some of the many, without forgetting a few department stores as well. Via Nassa, Lugano’s number one shopping destination, accompanies you during your shopping outings with its elegant and sophisticated atmosphere.

Via Nassa offers a fantastic range of shops from famous fashion designers’ boutiques to delicatessens and bakeries. Some of the luxury brands you can find here are Hermes, Versace,  Gucci, Issey Miyake, Armani, Louis Vuitton, Cartier and Bulgari.

For Luxury Watches and Jewelry, the most important are Bucherer and Les Ambassadeurs.

LES AMBASSADEURS

It prides itself on its unique choice of some of the most exclusive watch and jewellery brands from around the world combined with a high level of expertise among their employees.

Here is a selection of the featured brands at LES AMBASSADEURS: Audemars Piguet, Breguet, Blancpain, Breitling, Cartier, Girard-Perregaux, Greubel Forsey, IWC, Urwerk, Ulysee Nardin and Jaeger LeCoultre.

BUCHERER

Shopping at Bucherer with it’s famous Rolex collection is as logical an extension of any stroll through the city’s shady lanes as is sipping a cappuccino in a small sidewalk café.

Carl-Friedrich Bucherer opened his first watch store in 1888 in Lucerne and laid the foundation for a successful family business which has extended to a 3rd generation. Today, Bucherer is one of the leading watch and jewellery retailers in Switzerland with over 1100 employees.

As watch and jewellery specialists, Bucherer stocks exclusive world-class brand names such as Rolex, Carl F. Bucherer, Chopard, Piaget, IWC, Audemars Piguet, Girard-Perregaux, TAG Heuer, Tudor, Baume & Mercier, Longines, Rado, Hublot and Gucci

From your Personal Shopper in Lugano: Villa Principe Leopoldo Hotel & Spa, Golden Silence and Charming Luxury

Villa Principe Leopoldo Hotel & Spa is a five star boutique hotel, member of Relais & Châteaux, with great class and elegance, with breathtaking views over the lake and the mountains.

The Villa is marked by its strong Italian spirit and Mediterranean style accommodating spacious rooms and suites.

The gourmet temple Restaurant Principe Leopoldo is the hotel’s most prized attraction with a cuisine that reveals authenticity, passion and respect for its ingredients, not forgetting the territories and traditions. Jewel of the Hotel is Kiso, a heavenly, exclusive Spa offering luxury, privacy and tailor-made treatments.

Villa Principe Leopoldo Hotel & Spa is located at only 2 km from the city of Lugano, not very far away from what used to be Hermann Hesse’s house, on the Collina d’oro, an elegant residential district.

The historical main building – the Villa – is, together with the nearby Residence (of more recent construction), one of the most refined luxury hotel establishments in Lugano.

Enveloped in soft environments and in the lush vegetation of a natural world blessed by the sun. This boutique Hotel consists in 37 rooms and suites in the Villa and 38 in the Residence, all airy and decorated with great taste, extremely bright, roomy and comfortable; all rooms are  overlooking the garden or the lake of Lugano.

VILLA PRINCIPE LEOPOLDO HOTEL & SPA

Via Montalbano 5

CH-6900 Lugano

Tel. +41(0)91 985 88 55

Fax +41 (0)91 985 88 25

info@leopoldohotel.com

www.leopoldohotel.com