This Week in The Four Freedoms – December 20th, 2025
Gucci opens a bar in Osaka, Porsche unveils an exclusive 911, Emirates improves First Class beds, Miami gets a new wellness club, and a dozen more of the week's top stories.
Editor’s Letter
Welcome to what is the final Four Freedoms of 2025 – one that closes out the year nicely, as you hopefully take the opportunity to step back and enjoy time with your loved ones. For that is – as we often struggle to practice amidst all-consuming career ambitions – what it’s all about.
I write this from a rainy but nevertheless comforting Vancouver, back home after a busy couple of weeks in Cannes, Provence, and London. With lots to work on following said trip, it’s going to take a concerted effort not to dive in over the coming days, and instead, enjoy what might well be the last “normal” Christmas for me (2026 should, excitingly, include a cross-continental relocation).
This week’s roundup is a comprehensive one – from F1 car reveals to Italian spas, revived hotel icons to supersonic business jets, there’s plenty to inspire heading into the New Year (and plenty to spend on, should your accountant send you a last-minute message).
On behalf of our growing Liber team, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.
- Daniel Wickstone
Headlines
This week, at a glance.
Gucci opens its second-ever bar in Osaka.
Formula 1 shows the 2026 car for the first time.
Zero Bond reveals an après-ski–themed New Year’s Eve party in New York.
La Guérite confirms its Saint-Barth holiday and New Year’s Eve DJ lineup.
Porsche unveils the 911 GT3 90 F. A., limited to 90 examples.
Bombardier launches the Global 8000, now the fastest business jet in the sky.
TAG Heuer and Fragment release a limited Carrera chronograph.
Matches announces a relaunch under new ownership next year.
Emirates unveils major First Class sleep upgrades for 2026.
The Huntington Hotel in San Francisco is set to reopen in 2026.
Hôtel Lodge Park reopens in Megève following extensive renovations.
New Zealand’s investor visa program sees strong uptake.
The WELL opens a new residential wellness club in Miami.
QC Terme opens a new thermal spa in Salsomaggiore.
Soho House introduces a health club at its Ibiza farmhouse.
Oura releases its 2025 global health year-in-review.