Midtown NYC – The Chatwal and The New York Palace
New York, New York, so good they named it twice. We take a look at two of Manhattan’s finest establishments and discover great views and art deco to boot. When your business empire is about to crumble...
View ArticleThe Best Room in the House: The Greenwich Hotel
It should be like sitting down to watch an action film where the lead role of a New York taxi driving sociopath is taken by renowned bad boy The Honourable Sir Rocco Forte: “You talking to me? Well,...
View ArticleHilton New York
Don Draper, distant and sad, slinks off from the forced reverie of the wedding party and explores the venue an opulent, labyrinthine Long Island country club. In the club lounge, he finds a charming,...
View ArticleFinca Cortesin, Costa del Sol
It may be part of the Costa del Sol, but you’ll soon forget this five-star complex’s not-so-glamorous location and will be rewarded with multiple delights. Head west from Malaga International Airport...
View ArticleLanesborough to Host Wine, Cigar and Food Pairing Luncheon
The Lanesborough has announced an exclusive luncheon on Friday 14th October 2011, pairing some of the finest cigars, wines and cognac from around the world with a tailored gastronomic menu. The...
View ArticleThe Rafayel Luxury Boutique Hotel Launches in Battersea
Situated within Batterseas award-winning Falcon Wharf Development, the 65-room, three storey, five star Rafayel on the Left Bank is the low emission luxury boutique on the banks of the Thames. Unique...
View ArticleOxford Hotel Banks Award
Oxford’s ongoing insomnia has been alleviated by the Old Bank Hotel on The High – no, not a narcotic induced undergraduate state but what they’ve taken to calling Oxford’s High Street. Owned by Jeremy...
View ArticleRub Oil All Over
Learn to cook like a pro, then get massaged until you’re done. Turn. Serve. Everything is farmed, cultivated and produced within a square mile, straight from the farm to your fork, being the Daylesford...
View ArticleLondon Set, Paris Match
And as Chelsea Clinton and Charlie Sheen board that same 21st-century carriage that once held Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, they ride past the glorious Port Authority Bus Terminal, where three thousand...
View ArticleLime Wood Hotel
It was just amazing, I tell my green-tinged boyfriend. Amazing is a selfish word; it gives nothing, but manages to be scattered liberally across conversation. I probably should have taken him and not...
View ArticleA Right Royal Tea’s Up
Thanks to the impending traffic and tourist chaos, the thought of escaping London on the weekend of the royal nuptials is becoming more attractive by the second. That doesn’t mean, of course, you wont...
View ArticleCassa New York Residences
This new complex may not be the poshest on the block but with big, comfy rooms and a solid location it should make a mint. So long as the owners keep the grouting clean. Unless they suddenly get...
View ArticleThe Best Room in the House – Mandarin Oriental San Francisco
When you walk into the horse shoe-shaped lobby, you couldn’t possibly criticise the correctness of the greeting from the staff arranged around you. It’s duly deferential, perhaps sometimes almost...
View ArticleSweet Sixteen
Kit Kemp’s done it again. Or more accurately, she’s re-done it again. The woman who brought modern elegance and a great night’s sleep to London with the Haymarket and Charlotte Street Hotels, and who...
View ArticleThe Mark Hotel
Old New York stalwart goes hipster. The crowd goes “ooohhh”… Towering over the corner of 77th and Madison, The Mark has long since been a New York City institution. But old school decor has been...
View ArticleJumeirah Himalayas Hotel, Shanghai
Shanghai is a destination like no other. A soaring metropolis at the helm of modern China. The Jumeirah Himalayas Hotel Shanghai – Jumeirah Group’s first hotel in Asia Pacific – has just scooped the...
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