Mashpi Lodge is a charming Amazonian lodge located in Ecuador’s biodiverse Andean cloudforest. Just three hour’s west of Quito, Mashpi Lodge lies within a private reserve that protects a small piece of one of the world’s most important biodiversity hotspots. With award-winning modern design, this sophisticated and strikingly-contemporary lodge is designed as the ideal springboard [More...]
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Casa Gangotena is a three-story boutique hotel with 31 stunning rooms, located in a newly restored historic mansion overlooking Plaza San Francisco in Quito, Ecuador. The historic mansion has been lovingly restored and converted into a chic boutique hotel, irresistibly fusing cultural heritage and contemporary luxury. Each room showcases eye-catching style, contemporary design, lovely antiques, [More...]
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The Northern Territory’s newest luxury property, Cicada Lodge, is now open to coincide with the start of the new season. The lodge is situated in Nitmiluk National Park on a ridge overlooking the Katherine River, 300km south of Darwin and 32km from Katherine town centre. The stylish 18 room-lodge boasts panoramic views of the vast [More...]
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The opening of QT Sydney this September has already stirred up quite a bit of excitement. Art-driven design and eccentric characters (read: staff) throughout the hotel have given it quite the reputation in the Harbour City, and the bustling new Gowings Bar & Grill is one more reason to see what all the fuss is [More...]
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Croatia’s Hotel Lone has been declared a “stand-out winner” at this year’s European Hotel Design Awards. Hotel Lone was opened in the summer of 2011 and is Croatia’s first design hotel. Simon Ford, Chair of the judges, said: “[Hotel Lone is] A stunning piece of architecture on the Istrian coastline in Croatia that not only [More...]
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We’ve teamed up with Hardie Grant Books to give one lucky reader the chance to win a copy of Alfred Tong’s The Gentleman’s Guide to Cocktails. What should you wear to a top cocktail bar? Where should you take a beautiful woman or an important client for cocktails? And how do you impress upon them [More...]
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Hotel Cordee des Alpes is a luxurious new hotel in the Swiss resort of Verbier from local hotel and restaurant entrepreneur Marcus Bratter, also responsible for launching Nevaï (Verbier’s first contemporary design hotel), the all-suite King’s Parc Hotel and après-ski hotspot The Farm Club. The hotel is a member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World and the 34 [More...]
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The series of elegant minimalist white structures on the Chaweng Beach in Koh Samui already make The Library a “page-turner” in the area. And now two fresh chapters are going to make the property even more addictive: the new Drink Gallery restaurant and bar, and the Bookmark suite. Adding to the 26 suite/studio cabins, the [More...]
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Le Kaïla is a new luxury 5-star hotel in Méribel. Well located in the centre of the resort in La Chaudanne, it’s right in the heart of the Three Valleys, the world’s largest ski area. Le Kaïla has been built in a chic chalet style of slate and untreated wood. The 42 rooms and two large [More...]
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The remote Raja Ampat archipelago is a tropical idyll of pristine coral reefs and rich marine biodiversity roughly located between Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines. This unexplored ‘Coral Triangle’ has all the hallmarks of an exotic escape, with rarely visited reefs packed with fish, uninhabited islands and sleepy villages void of visitors. Now [More...]
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Andaz Liverpool Street London has unveiled an inventive ‘Winter Club Sandwich’, designed exclusively for the hotel by food designer Linda Monique in collaboration with the Andaz’s pastry chef, Joseph Wagenaar. The hotel’s latest seasonal creation is a mind-bending sweet take on a savoury hotel classic and will be available at the hotel’s classy 1901 Restaurant [More...]
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The highly acclaimed New York Times travel feature ’36 Hours’ is finally available in two new volumes. Celebrated publisher Taschen has beautifully produced the two new books, 36 Hours: 150 Weekends in the USA & Canada and 36 Hours: 125 Weekends in Europe, with delightful illustrations from Olimpia Zagnoli of Milan and brilliant photos from [More...]
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The Thief is Oslo’s first waterfront hotel. The new design hotel will steal you away from the everyday as part of Oslo’s new cultural precinct, with great views of the fjord and one of Scandinavia’s most exciting urban renewal projects. Located between the iconic Astrup Fearnley Museum, the Oslofjord and the canals of Tjuvholmen Island, [More...]
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