The tents at these camps range from fairly modest to luxury suites that just happen to have canvas walls, but what the properties share is the ability to create a singularly transporting experience.

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While their means seem modest compared to luxury buyers in the U.S., Pao found that many outspend their Western counterparts, dollar for dollar.

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And then there is the corruption that converts the government's modest spending on fire safety into luxury cars for some fire-inspection chiefs.

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C. offers modest pickings when it comes to luxury digs, but Capella Hotel Group (run by former Ritz-Carlton President, Horst Schulze) aims to change that.

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Can Carlos Ghosn really transform Renault, a sleepy maker of modest European cars, into a premium luxury brand?

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Before Yemenis began migrating to the Gulf for jobs, or profiting from Yemen's own modest oil boom, qat was a luxury for the rich on special occasions.

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Rebecca Lindland suggests that none of these companies will have trouble selling these little luxury cars, especially in the modest volumes they will likely plan for.

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While renting a private island seems de rigueur among the Hollywood set, India is a place where that luxury becomes an option for those with more modest means.

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The goal was to have a modest 25 stores open over the next several years, all located in high-rent areas with other luxury brands dependent on heavy foot traffic rather than easy parking.

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