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Hamad bin ⁠Khalifa Al Thani built up a vast luxury portfolio in the last decade of his life.
Hamad bin ⁠Khalifa Al Thani built up a vast luxury portfolio in the last decade of his life.© Photomontage by Glitz – Sources: Karim Jaafar (AFP), Qatar Amiri Diwan (AFP)

In Focus | Qatar's ruling family
Who will inherit former emir's luxury assets?

After abdicating as emir in 2013, Hamad bin ⁠Khalifa Al Thani, who died on 12 July at the age of 74, built up a vast investment portfolio in high-end real estate, hotels and luxury goods. It is not clear who will inherit the assets that made the late former ruler one of the sector's undeclared, yet key, players.
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The Maybourne subsidiary may have backslid on its affordable housing commitments.
The Maybourne subsidiary may have backslid on its affordable housing commitments.© Photomontage by Glitz – Sources: The Emory

Maybourne
Five-star London hotel The Emory under scrutiny over social housing pledges

In 2019, the Maybourne group subsidiary obtained planning permission in London's select Belgravia district on the proviso that it also invest in social housing. Five years on, however, the parent company has incorporated this affordable housing into another of its hotel projects instead, prompting Westminster City Council to open an inquiry.
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Under pressure at Accor, Sébastien Bazin is building a tourism empire with his son Martin in the popular resort of Saint-Briac, in Brittany.
Under pressure at Accor, Sébastien Bazin is building a tourism empire with his son Martin in the popular resort of Saint-Briac, in Brittany.© Studio Pachamama

In Focus | Accor
CEO Sébastien Bazin's family lays groundwork for exclusive Brittany resort

In the affluent towns of Dinard and Saint-Briac-sur-Mer in France's Brittany region, the hospitality executive's Bazeo Europe fund is buying up hotels, restaurants and shops in what could be the making of an ultra-luxury holiday spot.
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Charvet is Chanel's new prize asset on Place Vendôme.
Charvet is Chanel's new prize asset on Place Vendôme.© Photomontage by Glitz – Sources: Romain Gaillard (REA), clemMTravel (Alamy)

Spotlight | Chanel
Charvet takeover comes with property super-bonus

Last week's announcement that Chanel had acquired the French high-end shirtmaker was accompanied by a PR blitz that stressed the two companies' intertwined histories. Less trumpeted was the fact that the deal extends to Charvet's building on luxury's favorite Paris address, Place Vendôme.
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The Independents deal with Stéphane Courbit remains in the balance.
The Independents deal with Stéphane Courbit remains in the balance.© Photomontage Glitz – Sources: Franck Crusiaux (REA)

The Independents
Parent company of Betak, Pagès and Karla Otto primps up its finances

Luxury PR collective The Independents is angling for a buyout by its existing shareholder or by other potential suitors and to this end has been touting its financial results, even if they come at the price of running up debts amounting to nearly 60% of turnover.
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It turns out that ex-chancellor Nadhim Zahawi is behind the fund that now owns the Cheval Blanc site in London.
It turns out that ex-chancellor Nadhim Zahawi is behind the fund that now owns the Cheval Blanc site in London.© Photomontage de Glitz – Google Maps | Foster + Partners | Dan Kitwood (Getty Images via AFP)

In Focus | LVMH
The Emirati fund, the ex-chancellor and the Mayfair ghost hotel

It was meant to be LVMH's London showpiece: a luxury hotel just a stone's throw from Bond Street. Scheduled to open in 2022, it was quietly scrapped by the fashion giant, and the site was taken over by an enigmatic fund, behind which Glitz has identified a well-known British political figure.
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