Birthplace of Superman and home to the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland is already famous for its Ohio heartland credentials. Lesser known amongst travelers? Its cosmopolitan cultural edge. Locals have the excellent Cleveland Orchestra – one of the country's best – and, since 2012, the uptown district's thrillingly unique 27.2 million USD Museum of Contemporary Art.

Just when Dan Brown fans begin exhaling as Inferno, the illustrious author's fourth Robert Langdon novel, reaches their hands, the Ferragamo family-owned Lungarno Collection hotels find a way to get readers even closer to the intrigue and action.

As of yesterday, guests at their Florentine hotels – Hotel Lungarno, Gallery Hotel Art, Lungarno Suites or Continentale – can book a two-night Inferno Package that, along with luxury accommodations and amenities, includes a three-hour tour following in Langdon's footsteps. Participants will take in the Uffizi, Palazzo Vecchio, the Bell of Badia, the House of Dante and more, getting closer to the characters than ever before and experiencing a mysterious side of Florence.

With scarves favoured by the Queen of England and iconic bags that have become signature pieces for fashion royalty, Hermès rules the luxury roost. Festival des Métiers brings a little piece of the brand’s savoir-faire to London’s Saatchi Gallery.

Set over five stories of what was once a dingy old pub, frequented by the ‘salt of the earth’ enjoying an early morning beer at the end of a long night of meat trading, Bird of Smithfield is feathering its foodie nest in London’s iconic Smithfield Market area.

With free-flowing, eye-catching statement ensembles such as those suggested in DEPARTURES Her Look, our female counterparts really give us a run for our money on the red carpet. Although tuxedo-only events such as Cannes somewhat restrict style creativity, DEPARTURES points towards some added extras to give you an edge and show off a dash of debonair flair.

With Cannes in full swing, all eyes are going to be fixated on one place: the red carpet. No matter the strength and success of the film, sometimes the biggest stars are already born outside on the rolled-out red walkway before the film screening has even begun. DEPARTURES imparts some timeless tips to avoiding fashion faux pas on the rouge runway.

The backdrop could hardly be better: take a Berlin villa with a long history, a building created to grace a new capital city, one that just-about survived the vicissitudes of the 20th century, add in a 1980s restoration, and the result is something of a unique location to host a veritable feast of auctions.