At an academic conference held last week on the HEC Lausanne campus, Ilaria Resta, CEO of Audemars Piguet, and Marianne Schmid Mast, Dean and Professor at HEC Lausanne, shared their vision of modern leadership in a world shaped by multiple crises with 250 students and readers of Luxury Tribune.

The international yearling market (thoroughbred horses) has just taken another leap forward. In August 2025, Deauville, Saratoga, and Magic Millions all recorded historic results, confirming the strength of a sector that, despite economic uncertainty and the decline in horse betting, continues to attract more and more wealthy investors.

While luxury as a whole is facing a global slowdown, high-end yachting continues its double-digit growth. With revenues expected to reach €1.5 billion in 2025 and a quarter century of worldwide leadership, Giovanna Vitelli, President of Azimut Benetti, details the group’s strategy.

While some markets, such as contemporary art, are struggling to rejuvenate their clientele, others are seeing a new generation of buyers emerge. This is the case with the classic car market, where recent iconic models are awakening childhood memories.

In the United States, the closure of several emblematic galleries between July and August has sent shockwaves through the art world. It marks the end of years of euphoria when gallerists, under pressure from a highly speculative market, spent without restraint.

The 82nd edition of the Venice International Film Festival shone through its engaged selection, exemplified by the Silver Lion awarded to Kaouther Ben Hania (The Voice of Hind Rajab). For jeweler Cartier, now a partner for the fifth consecutive year, the festival offers a dream stage: to defend freedom and the universality of creative languages. And to anchor its aesthetic ideal deep in the collective unconscious.

The luxury hospitality industry recently appears to be making a decisive shift toward a more sustainable approach. Far from being a mere marketing strategy, these hotels – though still rare worldwide – are rising to the challenge of 360-degree sustainability.

Three luxury leaders give their insights on how purpose-driven businesses can build a sustainable and relevant future.

This summer, an Italian probe uncovered a worrying reality: luxury brands like Armani and Dior have been producing their high-end goods in Chinese-owned sweatshops in […]