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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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The Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art is presenting two exceptional projects in celebration of its 30th Anniversary.  From October 25, 2014 through February 22, 2015 New York based architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro will playfully inhabit Jean Nouvel’s iconic building and the Argentine artists Guillermo Kuitca takes hold of a piece by David Lynch and... View Article

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Cartier traces its history to 1847 in Paris.  It’s Fifth Avenue Flagship mansion (below) was originally built in 1905 and bought by Pierre Cartier in 1917 after having moved to the United States in 1909.  The jeweler has catered to royalty from around-the-world, Hollywood and Bollywood stars, billionaires and heiresses in its glittering history.  Many... View Article

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  JULY 4, 2015 Even if you’re not American, the celebrations of this country’s Independence Day are still well worth enjoying. The Fourth of July is a national holiday and it is nowhere more evident than in Manhattan, where many New Yorkers flock to celebrate. The Macy’s fireworks display, launched from six barges on the... View Article

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New York may be the city that never sleeps with its towering glass, steel and concrete skyscrapers, late night partying, congested streets with honking taxis and proliferating street vendors.  Traveling a couple hours outside the city in virtually any direction brings one to beautiful rural areas, be it the beaches for Eastern Long Island, the... 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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This year’s fundraising event benefiting Stop Soldier Suicide, ‘A Night for Life’, took place on Wednesday, May 28 at 7pm aboard the USS Intrepid. It was an elegant evening full of entertainment and fundraising — with all proceeds benefiting our military and veteran communities. ‘A Night for Life’ held a silent auction through the evening with... 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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It used to be that those who ruled the business world set up shop in global capitals such as Hong Kong, London, New York and Tokyo, and aside from vacation homes, that was pretty much it. Of course they still do, but as the Ultra High Net Worth population has grown (there are about 200,000... View Article

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In a typical year Elizabeth Ann Stribling-Kivlan is in the Caribbean two to three times, makes it to the South of France and this year will be spending a few weeks in Southeast Asia.  However, the place the native New Yorker is most comfortable is her home town where the brokerage her mother founded some... 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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