The circuit
Forty cities.
Ten permanent capitals that never disappear. Thirty seasonal capitals that become the centre of gravity and then stop.
Paris
Ready-to-wear returns. Dinner tables are harder than the shows.
Singapore
Night race weekend. The only week the city's family offices are fully visible.
Monaco
Yacht Show. Not a boat show. A liquidity event with three days of runway.
London
Global finance. Old wealth. Sovereign capital.
New York
Return week. Everyone is back and pretending they never left.
Dubai
Gulf capital. Crypto. Sovereign money.
Geneva
Banking. Commodities. Diplomacy.
Miami
American family-office winter headquarters.
Zurich
Asset preservation.
Hong Kong
China gateway.
Milan
Fashion week returns.
Venice
The Lido. Eleven days in which the people buying and the people selling cannot avoid each other.
Porto Cervo
Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, then the Swan Cup. The marina holds its weight into the second week, then empties toward Monaco.
Monza
Italian Grand Prix. Como absorbs the overflow.
Austin
The American paddock stop that turned into a capital week.
Tokyo
Not loud. Very high quality.
Ibiza
Closing parties. Better rooms, fewer people.
Lake Como
Closing. The best light of the year.
The Hamptons
Labor Day closes it. The best two weeks are after.
Palm Beach
Not an event. An operating system.
Los Angeles
The satellite dinners matter more than the panels.
Abu Dhabi
Formula 1 closes. Sovereign capital opens.
St. Barths
The Caribbean transition. Where the year is decided before it starts.
St. Moritz
European aristocracy, Swiss banking, German industrial families.
Davos
Public: the Forum. Private: every hotel lobby and suite in the valley.
Aspen
American capital migrates. Snow replaces yachts.
Cannes
The red carpet matters least. The yachts matter most.
Sun Valley
Probably the highest concentration of billionaire decision-makers on Earth.
Pebble Beach
Collectors. Industrialists. Automotive dynasties.
Mykonos
The loudest room on the Mediterranean circuit.
Capri
Small island, old money, no room to hide.
Gstaad
The most closed guest list in the Alps.
Jackson Hole
Two different crowds, one valley.
Nantucket
Old American wealth, deliberately understated.
Basel
The art market's actual centre of gravity.
Maastricht
Old masters, jewellery, and the quietest serious money in art.
Courchevel
The altiport is the guest list.
Las Vegas
The newest stop and the most heavily brokered.
Silverstone
The British leg. London empties into it for four days.
Melbourne
Where the paddock year opens.