Celebrity Life

  ANNUALLY IN SEPTEMBER Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok’s annual World Gourmet Festival launched a special package, including accommodation, Executive Club access, and a featured World Gourmet Festival dinner for two persons per night booked in 2013, which continues to this year. Chefs contributing last year included Shiqin Chen, Sebastian Frank, Igor Macchia, Michael Mina, Masa... View Article

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St. Regis Hotels & Resorts joined Robin Hood for the Piaget Hamptons Cup which took place at the Equuleus Polo Club in Bridgehampton on Sunday. During this thrilling day of polo on the countryside, St. Regis defeated the Credit Suisse team by 9 to 6. This polo match marked St. Regis’ return to Bridgehampton for... View Article

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    In a world of branding, sometimes it’s hard for independent hotels to stand out and get noticed.  Certainly trendy bars, unique dining experiences, bath butlers and other amenities are often used to get attention.   In the case of The Whitehall Hotel in Chicago it was all about the bed. A study conducted... View Article

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There’s history and then there’s history: The Cadogan Estate has been in the same family ownership for more than 300 years. The origins of the Cadogan Estate were established in 1717 when Charles, 2nd Baron Cadogan (1685-1776) married Elizabeth Sloane, daughter of Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) who had purchased the Manor of Chelsea in 1712. And... View Article

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If there are two luxury hotel groups that are diametrically opposed in their viewpoint, it may well be Four Seasons and Viceroy.  While promotional material for both might feature an attractive, elegantly dressed couple gazing into each other’s eyes as they dance, only one would prominently display a tattoo on the gentleman’s wrist. Having started... View Article

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  Joni Mitchell once sang,   “They paved paradise. And put up a parking lot.  With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot.”   In the case of The Cromwell, Las Vegas’ newest luxury hotel, at 188 rooms and suites, it is boutique by local standards.  The bones were already there.  If... View Article

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  After starting his hotel career in New York, George Cozonis vowed to return.  However as he found career success in Miami, years went by and for anyone who dealt with this past winter in the Big Apple, one wouldn’t blame him for staying in the South Florida sunshine.  As General Manager for the W... View Article

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New York may be the city so nice they named it twice, but for elite travelers who want or need access to the concrete jungle, yet prefer the urban waterfront lifestyle of Sydney, Vancouver, Cape Town or perhaps Marina del Rey, a 200-acre master plan development named Port Imperial may be the right option. Set... View Article

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  The Great Exhibition of 1851 in London, held at the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, was a celebration of industrial innovation.  Depending on whose version of history you choose to believe, it was Queen Victoria’s response to a similar exhibition in Paris and was designed to make a clear statement of her Empire’s worldwide... View Article

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  What do the likes of General Electric Pension Fund, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Starwood Property Trust, Starwood Capital, The Carlyle Group, iStar Financial, Westbrook Partners and Rockpoint Group have in common?  Among others things, all have been partners with Witkoff, founded in 1997 by Steve Witkoff, a fully integrated real estate development... View Article

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You just had a milestone birthday a couple years ago. You hit the big Five Oh. Financially you’re doing fabulously.  You don’t feel your age, and while you don’t look your age, you want to get a bit younger, hipper.  Of course you don’t want to look silly. You want to be comfortable with your... View Article

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  You’re very well off.  You are a successful global businessperson. You travel a lot and are inspired by beautiful hotels.  When you’re at home perhaps you are a cigar smoker and connoisseur of fine cognac.  Why not build your own hotel?  If you did or are thinking about it, you would be among a... View Article

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