We chat with Edward Thomas, Founder of Gym Marine. Gym Marine supplies gym equipment to superyachts and other luxury projects. They are the only independent retailer specialising in the luxury yachting and interiors market with access to every major fitness brand in the world. How did it all start? I went to sea at the age of 18 and spent 5 glorious years working as a deckhand on board some of the...
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Luxury Showplace chats to Matty Zadnikar, a prolific Belgian entrepreneur and founder of SeaNet Europe about the rise of the global sharing economy and how his experience and passion for the yachting world led him to create a business that seeks to make yachting more accessible. Matty sold Z-Safety Services in 2013 and since then has explored a number of ventures including creating the world’s first...
This is a follow-up interview to one we originally conducted with Paul Jaconelli of Romans International back in May of 2015. We wanted to find out what had been happening at the UK's leading Supercar dealership over the past two years. Since we last spoke in May 2015, what has been happening at the dealership? Have there been any significant changes to the day to day running of the...
Torsten Müller-Ötvös, the CEO of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars talks to Luxury Showplace about the resurgence of the iconic British luxury brand. What impact has BMW had on the Rolls Royce brand since it purchased it? The renaissance of Rolls-Royce under BMW Group custodianship has been described as the ‘last great automotive adventure’ and looking back at a remarkable 11 years I couldn’t...
This week Luxury Showplace caught up with Freya and Judy Bass from The Handbag Spa in Harrogate and discussed their recent appearance on the BBC's Dragons Den programme and what the future holds for their handbag restoration company. Whose idea was it to start the Handbag Spa and what was the inspiration for it? The Handbag Spa is a family-run business, mother and daughter team. Judy Bass has a...