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LifestyleChanel and F.P. Journe Buy Ebel for $66.5 Million: What the Deal Says About Where Watch Money Is Going
Private AviationDelta Marks Its Wheels Up Stake Down to $42 Million and Keeps Lending: What Members Should Read in the Filings
Private AviationHow Private Jet Financing Works in 2026: Rates, Loan to Value and the Balloon at the End
Private AviationVistaJet's Owner Hires Banks for a Possible Listing: What It Means for Subscribers
LifestyleDubai Stays in UBS's Elevated Bubble Risk Band, but Buying Still Beats Renting
Private AviationJet Card Prices Fall to $10,958 an Hour, Lowest Since 2023
- Lifestyle
Chanel and F.P. Journe Buy Ebel for $66.5 Million: What the Deal Says About Where Watch Money Is Going
Movado has agreed to sell 95 percent of Ebel for 66.5 million dollars to a group led by Montres Journe with Chanel, 22 years after buying the whole brand from LVMH for about 38 million. What changes hands, who is buying, and why a mid-market Swiss name appeals to buyers at the top.
- Private Aviation
Delta Marks Its Wheels Up Stake Down to $42 Million and Keeps Lending: What Members Should Read in the Filings
Delta's latest quarterly filing carries its 36 percent Wheels Up stake at 42 million dollars, down from 173 million in December, while showing 83 million dollars drawn on its revolving facility and 57 million in a new term loan. What the numbers mean, and do not mean, for members with money on account.
- Private Aviation
How Private Jet Financing Works in 2026: Rates, Loan to Value and the Balloon at the End
Lender guides put 2026 business jet loans at 70 to 85 percent of value and roughly 5 to 9 percent, and the Federal Reserve has since raised rates. What decides the real cost is the aircraft, the balloon, the guarantee and the register.
- Private Aviation
VistaJet's Owner Hires Banks for a Possible Listing: What It Means for Subscribers
Vista Global, the Dubai-headquartered parent of VistaJet and XO, grew flying hours sold 28 percent last quarter and has retained banks for a possible European listing. For a subscriber, the question is what a float would change about the company on the other side of a three-year contract.
- Lifestyle
Dubai Stays in UBS's Elevated Bubble Risk Band, but Buying Still Beats Renting
Dubai scored 1.16 on UBS's Global Real Estate Bubble Index 2026, fourth of 23 cities and still in the elevated band. Prices have flattened and real rents have fallen, but a skilled worker needs about five years of income to buy a central flat, against 11 in London.
- Private Aviation
Jet Card Prices Fall to $10,958 an Hour, Lowest Since 2023
Private Jet Card Comparisons puts the average entry-level jet card at $10,958 an hour in the third quarter of 2026, down 3.1 percent and the lowest since late 2023. Daily minimums and peak days moved the other way.
LifestyleDubai Has 175 Branded Residence Schemes, More Than Twice Miami
Knight Frank's Residence Report 2026-2027 counts 175 branded residence schemes in Dubai, more than Miami, New York and London combined. Most are still being built, and 42 percent of them carry a fashion, automotive or lifestyle brand rather than a hotel name.
LifestyleA Bugatti Set the Record in Zurich While the Newest Hypercars Went Unsold
RM Sotheby's Zurich sale grossed CHF16.3 million on 26 September. A twelve-year-old Bugatti first delivered in Dubai set a world record at CHF4,505,000, while four recent hypercars, led by a Pagani Huayra Roadster and a Mercedes-AMG One, found no buyer at the hammer.
Private AviationFrance Taxed Its Own Charter Fleet Out of the Market: How a Ticket Levy Handed 91% of French Flying to Foreign Jets
A French parliamentary report shows French-registered business aviation traffic falling between 11% and 20% every quarter since mid 2025, while foreign-registered aircraft grew and took 91% of the market. The cause is a tax that applies to everyone but is mostly paid by French operators.
LifestyleA 40 Metre Yacht Now Qualifies for Ten Years of UAE Residency. Here Is Who That Actually Helps
Abu Dhabi and Dubai now grant 10 year Golden Visas to owners of yachts of 40 metres or more, and to the executives who build, sell and insure them. The property route still costs a fraction as much, so the scheme is really about where the yacht spends the winter.
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