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While it’s not the best time for the launch of a new luxury hotel, that’s not stopping the Ritz Carlton opening their Ritz Carlton Dove Mountain in Marana, Arizona come December 18. Located near Tucson, Marana will now see the latest and greatst the Ritz has to offer. Anyone booked a room yet?
After their July 2008 foreclosure it didn’t look like Chicago’s Hotel 71 had many prospects but finally the hotel has sold for an all-cash deal. Hotel 71 sold for $37 million after the hotel was up to its head in debt. If you recall this is the same hotel that housed the Dark Knight’s Bruce Wayne [...]
This shell-shaped dish you see before you, while not really an ashtray, was used as one by one Sir Winston Churchill. Heard of him? The 200-year-old dish was used by Churchill while at a dining club function at London’s Savoy Hotel. The tray fetched $7,000 at auction. Guess it’s time we started saving someone else’s [...]
This past Thursday Washington’s luxury W Hotel opened its doors, finally. If only this W had been open during President Obama’s Inauguration, but maybe next time, right? The 25th to open in North America, the W Hotel Washington uses the 1920s Beaux Arts architecture of the original building and incorporates a bit of edgy with [...]
Spunky designer Betsey Johnson will be taking her girly style to New York’s Plaza Hotel where she will be designing an an Eloise suite for the hotel. Based on the love for the children’s book character Eloise, Johnson will use her love of pink and black to bring the suite to life. We can’t wait to [...]
Ever since the luxury hotel chain W Hotels launched back in 1998, they have kept competitors on their toes where luxury accommodations are concerned, and it looks they are up to the same old trick for the future. Recently unveiled in Sao Paolo, Brazil, the Extreme Wow Suite of the future features details such as [...]
Leave it to the ever-opulent Sultan of Brunei to get the world’s most expensive haircut to date. At $21,495, Brunei received a very luxurious and expensive snip that honestly didn’t really do much for him either way. The sultan paid for a private Singapore Airlines luxury cabin (London to Brunei) for his favorite barber Ken Modestu [...]
Condé Nast Traveler has released its list of reader-selected best places to stay in the world in their 15th Annual “Gold List“. This list is considered “must read” by many affluent types worldwide and is billed as the “ultimate annotated guide to the world’s finest properties and cruise lines, as elected by more than 32,000 [...]
For all you high-rollers, you’ll be pleased to note that Conciergerie deLuxe has just launched a new card that will offer NYC tourists a VIP shopping experience. When luxury guests stay at certain New York City hotels, they can take advantage of the new service which affords users discounts, gifts and of course, a personal [...]
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