Caribbean

Glitzy getaways

Rachael Oakes-Ash What are the top ten getaways for those seeking privacy, glitz and glamour, boasting rights or wild adventure?

Life of luxury and adventure but now it's time for yacht's crew to trim sails

Rachel Olding FROM Bermuda to Broken Bay, the Yanneke Too sails a path most of us only follow in our dreams.

Lifestyles of rich and famous, Kremlin style

Luke Harding and Miriam Elder Ignore Vladimir Putin's return to the Kremlin. Set aside Dmitry Medvedev's badminton fetish. Forget the recent gangland murder of Chechnya's best-known poet.

Russian oligarch admits to an 'extravagant' life

Billionaire Roman Abramovich was forced to swallow his words in a London court, when details of his luxury lifestyle undermined his declaration that he never wanted to imitate the extravagances of...

A new queen rules over Sydney Harbour to raise the bar for super-yacht luxury

Glenda Kwek It's 92 metres long and six storeys high - and is the largest private super yacht to ever visit Sydney.

Leonardo DiCaprio tops Hollywood's rich list

Leonardo DiCaprio has snatched the title of Hollywood's highest earning actor from Johnny Depp, after a run of box office blockbusters, Forbes said.

Super rich propel luxury yacht sales

With their sleek, modern lines and polished finish, the two yachts built by Samuel Wong's shipyard fit right in among the multimillion-dollar floating palaces moored at a Hong Kong yacht club.

The rise of the ultra-yacht

With two helicopter landing pads and a German missile-defence system, the mega-yacht owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich is just too big to be real, but it is.

Billionaire Richard Branson's next frontier

Noaki Schwartz Billionaire adventurer Richard Branson has unveiled a new single-person submarine that he said will be used to set new world records by exploring the five deepest parts of the world's oceans.

Gilded Cages $20m suit and a world of castles, yachts and tax bills

Nick Allen, Los Angeles Nicolas Cage is being sued by his former business manager, who claims lavish spending, not his advice, is to blame for the actor's financial problems.