Hints and tips:
...He had been struck by its gently sloped meadows, views of Mont Blanc and easy access from Geneva....
...The “highest” claim is debatable, though, depending on where you draw the line between hotel and mountain refuge — France’s highest accommodation, 3,815m up on Mont Blanc, may be a refuge in name but it...
...Carsten Kengeter, a broad-shouldered extreme skier who “likes nothing better than a weekend of marathon running in the Mont Blanc massif”, looks set to take his leadership of Deutsche Börse through the pain...
...Other brands, such as Mont Blanc, are introducing technology into watches through their straps. Tag Heuer, meanwhile has announced a partnership with Google and Intel....
...Goals include climbing Mont Blanc and completing the Chamonix to Zermatt Haute Route, a tough Alpine trek....
...Blanc...
...Very persistent. 13.5% £28.99 Les Caves de Pyrène, 1483 554 750, www.lescaves.co.uk Ch Simone 2008 Palette Provençal blend of 80% Clairette, 10% Grenache Blanc, 5% Ugni Blanc, 5% Muscat Blanc from a historic...
...Jefferies is aiming to expand its futures unit – run by Patrice Blanc, a former Newedge chief executive....
...“Like gorgeous situations when you’re sitting out having coffee, you’re looking at the Alps, when you feel as though the air is so clear you can touch Mont Blanc if you reach your hand out, then it lifts...
...That is why several brands agreed to host some of the 80-plus Chinese participants, among them Mont Blanc, the pen maker, which squeezed a Steinway piano into a store for a recital by Lang Lang, the Chinese...
...Dawn broke over Mont Blanc, its sharp lower peaks battling with a thick curtain of cloud which threatened to sink around the mountain’s famous shoulders....
...Mont Blanc, western Europe’s highest mountain, provides thigh-burningly long runs from December to May....
...The shop will be double the size of the Shanghai outlet, currently its biggest shop in the world, sporting an original six-metre high piece of the French Mont Blanc mountain, meant to bring luck to those...
...As the afternoon draws on, the sky clears and the sun is shining on the snow-capped peak of Mont Blanc on the far side of the lake....
...Net-a-Porter founder Natalie Massenet is set to make about £50m ($76m) from selling her stake in the luxury e-tailer to Richemont, the Swiss luxury goods group that owns the Cartier and Mont Blanc brands...
...Ms Domecq, a Spanish-born scion of the Domecq sherry dynasty, met Daniel Doulton, descended from the pottery family, in Chamonix in 2001 when she was climbing Mont Blanc and he ran a paragliding business...
...Domecq, a sports enthusiast who has climbed Mont Blanc and run in the New York Marathon in the past year, forecasts a user base of 30m by the end of the year, raising a further $100m of funding in March....
...Among its brands are Cartier, Mont Blanc, Chloé and International Watch Co (IWC)....
...Ypma’s routine is to check in mid-afternoon, take photos till 7pm, then write up his thoughts over dinner, always using a Mont Blanc pen and Smythson notebook (uncle must be proud)....
...The run is limited to 4,810 pieces (the height in metres of the Mont Blanc mountain), each costing £415 with 10 per cent of the price going to Unicef....
...He once wrote to a friend: “I left my heart on the mountain peaks and I hope to retrieve it this summer when I climb Mont Blanc....
...He plans to climb the north face of Everest, having already reached the summits of Aconcagua, Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn....
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