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Happy New Year from Five Star Alliance!

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Wishing you the happy as well as healthy 2011 from all of us during Five Star Alliance. Whether youre partying high on top of New York during The James new rooftop bar, checking out the views of the nations capital from the W Washington D.C., dining in character in Shanghai, vital it up during one of the many buzzed-about hotels of the year in Singapore, ice skating in Paris, or laying low during home, suffer the safe as well as fun New Years Eve.

Hot New Hotels for 2011: Announcing the Viceroy Maldives

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Were a first to admit it: weve got a big weakness for Viceroy Hotels as well as Resorts. From Santa Monica to Snowmass to Miami to Anguilla, Viceroy has staked its claim to some budding real estate, wowing with designer interiors (Kelly Wearstler at her best) as well as wealthy facilities (glimmering in isolation pools, dining with thespian views). And get this. Pretty shortly a world-famous LErmitage Beverly Hills will be reborn as Viceroy LErmitage Beverly Hills . Theres more. Come summertime, a Viceroy Maldives will debut in a Indian Ocean, a first review beyond a Americas for a collection. Set on a crescent-shaped island of Vagaru in a Shaviyani Atoll, a Viceroy Maldives will underline 61 oppulance villas perched over a white silt as well as crystal transparent water. These villas are billed as some of a largest in a Maldives, occupying between 1,345- 3,300 block feet of indoor space. Not to discuss a in isolation outside vital areas as well as thrust pools.

How to Say Happy New Year in 40 Languages

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Akranes graveyard, Photo: Atli Hararson. Feature photo: Eustaquio Santimano According to Ethnologue, a universe now has 6,909 living languages. Heres how to wish someone a happy brand new year in 40 of them. A-E Language Spelling Pronunciation Afrikaans Gelukkige Nuwejaar gha-likkikga-neeva-yaarr (gh is a twist grip scraping gutreral sound)AlbanianGzuar Vitin e Rigu-zoo-ar vi-tin e riArabic sana saeedahAzerbaijaniYeni iliniz mbark ye-ni i-li-niz myu-ba-rack Bahasa melayuSelamat tahun baruselamat tahun baruBasqueUrte berri onerr-te berr-rri onBosniansretna nova godinasr-et-na no-va go-din-a Bulgarian sh-tast-liva No-va go-din-aCatalanFeli any noufe-LEES A-nee n-OuCebuano (Philippines)Mabungahong Bag-ong Tuig kaninyong tananma-boon-ga-hong bag-ong too-eeg kan-een-yong tan-anCzech astn nov rokSHTU-stnee NO-vee rrr-okDutchFijne oudejaarsavondfei-nee ow-de-yaarr-sa-vontEstonianHead uut aastathed oot ah-staht Tbilisi, Photo: Vladimer Shioshvili F-L Language Spelling Pronunciation Farsi

2011 Grand Award Winners from Andrew Harpers Hideaway Report

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Hats off to a 2011 Andrew Harper Grand Award Winners! Since 1979, a prestigious announcement has tracked a most appropriate in oppulance hotels, as well as now a newest list is out. Whats a criteria for selecting a award-winners? From a official website: Mr. Harper chooses his favorite properties visited over a past monthly calendar year to contain this list. All possess well-developed character, a joining to classic hospitality as well as a surpassing sense of place. And but serve ado, a top award, a Hideaway of a Year, is Il Salviatino in Florence, Italy. Other award-winners include: Amangiri, The Hazelton Hotel, as well as Lake Placid Lodge in North America; Tambo del Inka as well as Titilaka in South America; The Peninsula House as well as Tuckers Point in a Caribbean; Banjaar Tola (India) as well as Sumahan on a Water (Istanbul) in Asia & Mideast; Villa Bordoni as well as Hotel Le Fontanelle (Italy), Lydmar Hotel (Stockholm), Tenbosch House (Brussels), Amberley Castle as well

Book Now and Save at the Iroquois New York

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You still have a couple of some-more days to take advantage of a special winter graduation at a Iroquois New York. Book a single night as well as get 10% off, book two nights as well as get 20% off for select dates through March 31, 2011. You contingency book by January 2, 2011. With a fabulous Midtown address, this intimate NYC boutique road house has vast dining as well as nightlife destinations right outward a front door. Plus, theres a top-of-the-line concierge to indicate you in a right direction (and attend to your every need, of course). The Iroquois New York is part of Five Star Alliances 4-Star Luxury Hotel Collection.

Free 4th Night at the Newly Reopened Four Seasons Resort Nevis

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Four Seasons Resort Nevis is back. After sustaining considerable hurricane repairs in 2008, a review reopened upon Dec 15 as well as is welcoming guest to a sun-kissed West Indies. Located upon Nevis, a unspoiled sister island to St. Kitts in a Caribbeans Leeward Islands, a review occupies a site of a former sugarine as well as coconut plantation dating to a late 1790s. Stretch out in Four Seasons luxury steps from a pristine silt of Pinneys Beach. Canopied by palms, a 196 guest rooms widespread out in twelve two-storey guest buildings feature oversized marble bathrooms as well as a furnished outdoor veranda or patio accessed around wooden-shuttered shifting glass doors. Relax in a spa, housed in gingerbread-trimmed diagnosis cottages among pleasant gardens, as well as try a signature Rum Tonic body treatment. The resorts offerings have been impressive: from top-rated golf as well as tennis to abounding H2O sports, inlet excursions, as well as kids facilities. Take value of a Stay Long

Chateau Marmont on the Big Screen

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A Hollywood legend. Courtesy Floyd B. Bariscale upon Flickr underneath CC. The critically acclaimed film Somewhere opens in limited recover currently upon screens in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, as well as Washington DC., with wider recover in January. Sophia Coppolas latest masterpiece, a picture was filmed upon place during a mythological Hollywood hideaway - as well as still a great somewhere to stay, when in LA - a Chateau Marmont.Says Coppola, we spent a lot of time, flourishing up, living in hotels when we was upon place with my father [Francis Ford Coppola]. A road house is a world in itself as well as a people who stay there are regularly interesting, so we like hotels for settings. Also its an impermanent place as well as people we am interested in are in a moment of transition.The film will no disbelief renew a publics interest in this charming as well as historic Hollywood hotel, still executive to celluloid as well as luminary in Tinseltown.Find s

Sri Lankan Magic at Amangalla and Amanwella

Top Travel Destinations for 2011

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Potala Palace in Tibet. Image courtesy bomb_bao upon Flickr under CC. What are your 2011 transport plans? If youre seeking for a little inspiration, demeanour no further than a pick up of tip transport destinations for a arriving year. Discover five of a hottest spots around a universe in 2011 from inspiring sources like Travel + Leisure.Lhasa, Tibet - St. Regis not long ago non-stop a resort there, as well as both Shangri-La as well as InterContinental road house groups are slated to do a same in 2012.San Miguel de Allende, Mexico - Enjoy this model UNESCO universe birthright site from a new Rosewood San Miguel de Allende, located near a ancestral city center.New York City - Always a tip traveller destination, 2011 will be memorable as a city outlines a 10th anniversary of a September eleven militant attack.New Zealand - Another consistently renouned holiday destination, fans of rugby will descend upon a nation in a tumble for a Rugby World Cup.Barcelona, Spain - For a first time in

Top 10 warm weather escapes

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Those of we now fast sub-zero temperatures might be interested to listen to which Tripadvisor has come up with the tip 10 list of comfortable weather escapes. Making the list are the following: 1.Cancun, Mexico 2.St. Thomas,US Virgin Islands 3.Playa del Carmen, Mexico 4.Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 5.Miami Beach, Florida, USA 6.San Juan, Puerto Rico 7.Honolulu, Hawaii, USA 8.Orlando, Florida, USA 9.Isla de Vieques, Puerto Rico 10.Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Top 10 comfortable weather escapes is the post from A Luxury Travel Blog

St. Regis New Yorks E-Butler Program

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The brand new E-Butler app for guests of a St. Regis New York. The ultimate luxury road house to offer guests well-developed service around iPhone or iPad apps, a St. Regis New York has implemented a neat brand new E-Butler program, accessible for giveaway from iTunes. Once we check in to a hotel, all we need to begin chatting electronically with your servant is your passcode, name, email, and room number.In further to pinging your butler, users will have entrance to an Insiders Guide to New York from internal luminaries like Andr Leon Talley of Vogue, conform engineer Jason Wu, cook Alain Ducasse, architect David Rockwell, and a Village Voices Michael Musto. Discover chic shops, well-developed eateries, and alternative important places around town. All have been easily located around Google Maps, right from a application.Find some-more great luxury hotels in New York City on Perfect Escapes .

Expat Life: Contemplating Home and Holidays in Poland

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Photo: Michal Osmenda American expat Jenna Makowski creates her own legal legal legal legal legal legal legal holiday traditions in Poland. The booze potion tumbled to a floor, shattering north, south, east as well as west. The crash heralded instant silence, a delight as well as wine-smoothed review harsh to a halt. A couple of awkward moments followed, in a wake of a accident. Eh, no worries. Its customarily a glass. The perpetrator jumped to ease a tension, his good-natured attitude spreading quickly, reinstating a vibrant mood. Cheers. Clapping. The chairman nearest to a collision site rushed for a broom, whilst a review as well as delight picked up again, a scars of a incident quickly smoothed as well as forgotten. Thats how we know youve got a great party, mate. Broken glass, my crony commented as he carried a shards to a kitchen to be laid to rest next to a growing collection of dull bottles as well as unwashed plates. It was a great party. A room of full stomachs, full booze g

New Years Eve in a 18th Century palace in Barcelona

There is the in isolation palace located in the centre of Barcelona opposite for many of the people; however, its the special place accessible for any kind of events as well as celebrations, such as New Years Eve 2010. The palace is the building of late baroque style with classical influence. It is the usually in isolation 18th Century palace in Barcelona that maintains its strange seat as well as interiors. It is widely separated in to two floors: the belligerent floor, where the aged stables, the aged Coach-house as well as the aged spark room were located, as well as the eminent floor. The eminent building has opposite rooms with strange seat dating from the 19th Century. Some of these rooms have distinguished paintings of allegories of the zodiac on the ceiling, numerous Baccarat crystal chandeliers as well as an Erard of Paris Grand Piano. Celebrating New Years Eve in this special venue offers privacy, exclusivity, haute cuisine as well as artistic beauty, the perfect mixture for

Happy Holidays from Five Star Alliance

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Wishing you the joyous holiday season from all of us during The Informed Traveler as well as Five Star Alliance. Well be back shortly with the ultimate news as well as special offers from sparkling oppulance destinations worldwide. Pictured during right: One of Hilton Hotels Twelve Drinks of Christmas, invented by mixologists Nelson Bernardes as well as Daniel Carvalho from The Waldorf Hilton, London. Called 5 Gold Rings, this festive bubbly beverage is done with Goldschlager, port wine, butterscotch as well as apple juice, served in the martini potion with flakes of real gold leaf, an apple fan, as well as the cinnamon stick.

A New Years Eve to Remember at the W Hotel Washington D.C.

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Leave it to DCs W Hotel to devise a idealisation NYE soiree. After all, theyve got a rooftop terrace with a function scene as well as a little of a most appropriate views in town receiving in a National Monument, Lincoln Memorial, as well as alternative vital monuments. Jul 4th was declare to Boom with a View, a VIP fourth of Jul experience with a live opening by a Honey Brothers featuring Adrian Grenier. And right away a road house is prepping to ring in a New Year in style with an disdainful rooftop whack high above a city, complete with a reward open bar, opening by hip-hop superstar, Doug E. Fresh, as well as lots of WOW surprises. Welcome 2011 with a stay during one of a hottest hotels in town. A couple of special packages are accessible for a arise (December 31 only): Sip, Savor, Shake it, then take lift home! * A smashing room * 2 tickets for P.O.Vs disdainful party * Sleep-in with a late check-out of 2:00pm * Rates from $499 Room, Roof as well as Breakfast to start your year of

6 Fewer Excuses for Phoning Home: How to Make Cheap International Calls

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Photo: Jon Ovington Anne Merritt details six low-cost options for staying in hold with family as great as friends while traveling or vital abroad. On my initial backpacking trip 8 years ago, job home was an ordeal. It meant looking out European internet cafes as great as squeezing in to tiny booths for a crackly discuss with Mum as great as Dad. Id calculate how most pints of Leffe I could have paid for with a money outlayed upon those twenty staticky mins of things have been sssssssss upon this end, we were thinking of ssssssssss this weekend. Thankfully, things have changed. Now, staying in hold when we go abroad is easy, economical, as great as clear. Here have been six affordable ways to call home from abroad. 1. Skype Its a online job complement so common, its turn a verb: Have we Skyped your partner yet? Users open accounts, download giveaway Skype software, as great as can discuss with other users. Putting money upon your comment allows phone calls at really poor international

A Christmas Birthday in Sby, Denmark

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Photo: sookie Part of Matadors Celebrating Holidays Away from Home series. With a birthday upon Dec 24 as good as an regularly awkward time multiplication in between my divorced parents dual homes growing up , my most withering legal legal holiday memories engage my mother putting a birthday baked sweat bread upon a counter as she left for a Yuletide manifestation rehearsal as good as opening gifts in my fathers car, idling in an lifeless parking lot upon Yuletide Eve, to avoid his horrible wife. When my Danish partner Andreas as good as you changed to Denmark dual years ago, you vowed to have up for my lifetime of formidable holidays which almost regularly finished in tears. Danes celebrate Yuletide upon Dec 24, which ends up operative out quite good for me. Despite my angst about separating birthday as good as legal legal holiday festivities, lumping it all together has proven useful. you dont feel slighted; if anything, you only accept which Ill get stand in gifts, all upon a single

Toast to 2011 with the Trump International Chicago

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Theyre bringing in live reindeer, Santa, as well as Mrs. Claus for their Christmas celebration so we improved be certain a Trump International Chicago knows how to get merry. To toast a end of 2010, a Michelin-rated Sixteen grill will lift out all a stops for a celebratory take a break combined by Executive Chef Frank Brunacci. While chowing down on a decadent Orient Express-themed New Years Eve cooking or indulgent New Years Day Brunch, take in fantastic views of Chicagos architectural landmarks as well as a lake, including a Navy Pier fireworks arrangement as a clock strikes midnight. (When we arrive at a glamorous NYE party, youll be greeted by hostesses wearing beautiful gowns combined by Chicago-based engineer Soheila Ghofrani, differently known as a Dress Doctor.) After a party, crash in absolute luxury at a Trump International as well as begin 2011 off right. Various packages have been accessible which include swank accommodations as well as a multi-course cooking and/or brunch.

Escape the Cold: Warm Weather Getaways

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Idyllic La Digue in a Seychelles Islands. Courtesy dibaer upon Flickr under CC. Its cold outside this winter, so because not devise an shun to someplace calm as well as comfortable - similar to a picture-perfect Seychelles off a east coast of Africa? If this Indian Ocean island nation is a bit too remote for your winter retreat, not to be concerned - there have been copiousness of comfortable continue destinations closer to home.Hawaii - Blessed with balmy, year-round tropical weather, a Hawaiian holiday is regularly a great winter escape. Winter lows average in a mid-60s as well as highs in a mid-70s. And with whale season running Dec by March, its an preferred time for a visit. Stay during a Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach as well as suffer breakfast for two in a resorts restaurant, nominal parking, as well as more.Southern California - Winters here have been relatively mild, with mouth-watering average highs in a mid- to upper-60s. With copiousness to see as well as do from Santa Barb

Sponsored Article: Eventi Hotel Makes a Splash in New York

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Have you listened about a ultimate Kimpton road house to hit Manhattan? Eventi is a hip as well as sparkling brand new further to a New York road house scene. Kimpton is well known for its distinctive boutique hotels that have been full of personality as well as lots of courteous amenities. Think pet concierge services as well as hosted evening wine receptions. Eventi is no exception. Located in Chelsea, Eventi offers a slew of sparkling perks for guests, like a fully-equipped aptness center with city views, an well-developed eco-friendly spa, nominal sunrise coffee/tea club as well as giveaway overnight shoeshine. Kimpton InTouch guest loyalty members get giveaway Internet entrance as well as personalized room preferences. Within easy on foot stretch of Penn Station, Madison Square Garden, as well as a Empire State Building, Eventi allows guest to live luxuriously- without breaking a bank. Advance squeeze rates can be found on Five Star Alliance for only $218, a take in New York. Even

The Majesty of the Maldives: Kanuhura

Last Stop for a Nostalgic New York Treat

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New York's "Nostalgia Shoppers Special Train". Courtesy warsze upon Flickr under CC. Spending the holidays in New York City? Take the mangle from the crowds as well as the cold upon the citys singular selected transport line - the Nostalgia Shoppers Special Train. And the earlier the spin the better, as the final run of the season is this Sunday, December 26.Whether or not we skirt up in period wardrobe for the sentimental ride in between Queens Plaza as well as 2nd Avenue is entirely up to you. The point is merely to suffer the hurl down mental recall lane as well as have the small fun. Indeed the experience is not distinct the mobile selected Christmas party, finish with carols as well as plenty of holiday cheer.If we occur to skip the final train, not to worry, we can still catch the ride upon one of New Yorks selected transit buses by December 31.Book your New York stay by Perfect Escapes as well as suffer the guaranteed upgrade during The Plaza, daily breakfast fo

An Irish Christmas in New York

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For travellers as well as shoppers passing through New York City looking for fun legal legal holiday spots to have the gratifying lunch or the Yuletide cocktail, The Wheeltapper Pub during the Fitzpatrick Grand Central Hotel (141 East 44th Street during Lexington Avenue) is the undiluted stop.The pub, which features the huge festively flashy all-season Patio, is carrying the twelve Beers of Yuletide celebration now through Yuletide day. These seasonal specialties have been $6 the bottle as well as suggest the extended spectrum of flavors: Hibernation Ale (Great Divide Brewing Co.) Old Jubilation Ale (Avery Brewing Co.) Never Summer Ale (Boulder Beer Co.) Christmas Ale (Breckenridge Brewery) Celebration Ale (Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.) Samuel Adams Old Fezziwig Ale (Boston Beer Co) Isolation Ale (Odell Brewing Co.) 2 Below Ale (New Belgium Brewing Co.) Cocoa Porter Winter Warmer (Tommyknocker Brewery) Shiner Holiday Cheer (Spoetzl Brewery) Winter Warlock Oatmeal Stout (Bristol

Hot New Hotels: Devi Ratn in Jaipur, India

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Recently singled out by The New York Times T Magazine as the hotel to watch, the Devi Ratn is the contemporary prophesy of Indian design: The ultimate valuables of India takes impulse from Jaipurs gem industry. At the 63-suite Devi Ratn, red sandstone is made in to lyrical domes as well as arches, as well as surfaces flicker with steel inlay. Anchored in the architectural convention of Rajasthan, the region celebrated for the vibrant color as well as culture, the Devi Ratn additionally pays loyalty to Rajasthans ancient celestial observatories. The hotels Devi Spa by LOccitane featuring signature treatments from the French brand will mortar the Devi Ratn in to the leading sauna destination. Every suite has views of the Aravali mountains, as well as if you book the villa, youll get access to your own in isolation pool as well as jacuzzi.

Test Drive a Land Rover on Eastnor Castles Estate: Special with 51 Buckingham Gate

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Care to romp around a estate of an English castle? Or even better: take a wild turn over mountain as well as dale? Now we can with a special package from 51 Buckingham Gate, a insinuate oppulance road house located in tighten proximity to Buckingham Palace in London. The road house has teamed up with Land Rover to offer guest a thrilling drive knowledge during Eastnor Castle, where off-road circuits are used by Land Rover to test their vehicles. These 5000 acres benefaction a little of a many challenging all-terrain driving in a UK. A Land Rover Experience instructor will show we how to plunge into all kinds of turf: from mud-deep marks to steep mountainous country as well as low water. The Land Rover during 51 package includes suite accommodations during 51 Buckingham Gate, breakfast, oppulance ride to as well as from Eastnor Castle, a lunch supposing by a hotels Michelin-starred grill Quilon served upon palace perspective hill, nominal dusk cocktail as well as canaps reception, as we

Padma Lakshmis Luxury Jewelry Collection at The Surrey, New York

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Head to Manhattans Upper East Side to The Surrey a beautifully renovated road house thats gotten lots of buzz for a in isolation rooftop garden as well as cuisine by Chef Daniel Boulud to check out a brand new pick up of luxury jewelry by Padma Lakshmi. Inspired by a Top Chef hosts general travels, The Padma Collections Fall/Winter 2010 line will be available for sale by The Surreys concierge by March 2011. Apparently Lakshmi is a fan of a road house as well as a beautiful makeover. To quote: I love The Surrey hotel, she says. It is a place which has served as a in vogue home divided from home when I indispensable it, as well as Im delighted which I can be behind during a road house by featuring my jewelry pick up in their armoire. Related Articles: Discounted Room Rate as well as Free Extras during The Surrey New York Bedside Cocktails as well as a New Rooftop Garden during The Surrey, New York

Best Apps for Happy Holiday Travels

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NextFlight helps we stay upon tip of your options. Holiday transport can be quite stressful, so anything which eases the experience en track from indicate to indicate is something to celebrate. With confidence lines which have been longer than ever, jam-packed flights, minimal beyond bin storage, as well as the chance of bad continue possibly delaying or canceling your moody altogether, the little assistance goes the long way. Which is why transport apps have been so handy this time of year, as well as this year in sold with an approaching 43.6 million passengers jetting from A to B upon American carriers, up 3 percent from 2009.So in addition to make-up light as well as nearing during the airfield early with pre-printed boarding pass in hand, minimize your legal legal holiday misery by making intelligent use of your smartphone to resolve those innumerable problems which might pop up upon your way to or from or during the airport. Toward which end, here have been the couple of helpful

The $6.6-Million Birthday Party in Courchevel, France

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He flew in a master of Gallic gastronomy, Alain Ducasse, to hope for a victuals for a little 300 guest from all over a world. Those guest got to see a show by Cirque du Soleil, whose performers were brought in from Canada, followed by a fireworks display. Viktor Pinchuks $6.6 million birthday party in a French ski review of Courchevel is already notorious. Over a week end a Ukrainian billionaire listed by Time repository as one of a worlds 100 many successful people forsaken a pretty penny to eulogise his special day. Not bad for a 50th birthday bash! Pictured: The Htel de Charme Les Airelles, one of Courchevels five-star hotels, provides access to a greatest skiing area in a world, Les 3 Valles.

New Years Bash and More: Warm Up in Shanghai at the JIA Boutique Hotel

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In Shanghai for New Years Eve? Book a list during JIA a trendy boutique hotel as well as youll be arcane to a 4-course celebration menu during issimo by Salvatore Cuomo with giveaway flowing Prosecco til a wee hours. Add sparkle to your night by booking a special Winter Warmth package. Youll get a room upgrade as well as all kinds of complimentary JIA extras: a prohibited baked breakfast during issimo, 24-hour soft beverages, afternoon cakes as well as a dusk booze reception in a lobby, internal phone calls, as well as special entrance to a disdainful KEE in isolation members club. This special is accessible right away through January 5, 2011. Priced from RMB 1280 in a stylish Studio. The four-course NYE dinner is labelled from RMB 688 per person. (Get unlimited Prosecco with a package cost of RMB 288 per person.) While youre in town, comfortable up with traditional prohibited chocolate served with a lurch of either Disarrono or Grand Marnier as well as surfaced with whipped cream, du

Just in Time for Christmas: Hotel Montalembert, Paris Gets a Makeover

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This desirable Left Bank hotel housed in the Beaux-Arts office building in the heart of Saint Germain des Prs has reopened after the months-long renovation. A member of the Majestic Hotel Group as well as Preferred Boutique Hotels, the Hotel Montalembert has the long-standing as well as well-deserved reputation for watchful luxury to quote Business Traveller (Asia-Pacific edition). The hotel initial non-stop the doors in 1926 as well as still exudes an Art Deco elegance. Though rooms have been tiny (in typical Parisian fashion), theyre installed with thoughtful amenities. The brand brand new makeover has denounced brand brand new suites by Christian Liaigre featuring Bang & Olufsen Video Hifi systems, Nespresso machines, iPod advancing stations, as well as the special VIP acquire for kids as well as remodeled public areas. Book the Rive Gauche Pack suggest as well as youll get accommodations, continental breakfast daily, as well as a notable relic pass for the two days giveaway adm

A Frenzied Search for Thanksgiving Turkey in South Korea

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Somewhere in Seoul, there is Thanksgiving turkey. Photo: Ian Muttoo, Feature Photo: Gerry Despite all which we took divided from my six months living in the traditional forest nunnery upon meditation, the impermanence of everything, as well as living in the moment, there is zero utterly similar to several hours in trade to have we forget all of the Buddhas teachings. Whether Im the passenger or without delay during the behind of the wheel, the presence of alternative cars has the capability to expostulate (no pun intended) me into the savage rage. Now couple which with the lack of water upon the sight as well as the office building ardour for turkey, as well as we have the small suspicion how we outlayed the initial half of my Thanksgiving Day. It proposed out with the elementary sufficient plan: find turkey in South Korea. Im regularly seeking for turkey in Asia, as the task customarily gives me something to strive for. Online stores can yield sandwich meat, though to find which t

Designer Eric Raisina Creates Christmas Tree for Raffles Grand Hotel dAngkor

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Move over, John Galliano. Another conform engineer has worked his sorcery upon a yuletide surprise, this time in a run of Siem Reaps most superb hotel, a Raffles Grand Hotel dAngkor. You may have seen his conform upon a runways of Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Lacroix as well as New York Fashion week, but now Madagascar-born, Cambodian-based engineer Eric Raisina has crafted a Yuletide tree thats sure to get tongues wagging. Inspired by traditional hold up upon a Mekong River, Raisina designed a non-traditional tree out of fishing equipment used by local Cambodians. Adorned with hand-woven fishing nets as well as bamboo fishing rods as well as baskets, a tree takes center theatre in a run of a glamorous hotel. The recent Yuletide Tree lighting rite heralded a start of festivities throughout a road house which will culminate in a highly-anticipated New Years Eve Gala celebration by a pool, with fireworks ringing in 2011.

How to Host a Home Stay Student

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An sell tyro from Korea. Photo: revdave Anne Merritt shares tips for creating the gentle environment for the home stay student. I once worked with the woman whose wallet was full of photos. This is my Mexican brother, she would say, as well as my Japanese sister. This is my alternative sister, from Norway. In her childhood, her family played horde to the half dozen home stay students, as well as the little became as tighten as kin. She told me which she couldnt wait to horde her own general students someday. we gotta say, we shared her excitement, as well as not only for the Jolie-Pitt-looking family photo. Hosting general students is the great approach for the person or family to knowledge an additional culture. Its also an exercise in tolerance as well as adaptability. Below have been ten tips for hosting the home stay student. 1. Start small If youve never hosted before, we can regularly take in the summer tyro for the week or dual to try the experience. Summer ESL schools as well

The Cosmopolitan Opens in Las Vegas

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Premium views as well as oppulance living during a brand new Cosmopolitan Las Vegas. The ultimate ultra-luxury road house to grace Las Vegas opened this week. Offering a wide form of exceptional comforts as well as services, The Cosmopolitan has all a single could want or need - as well as some-more - for an unusual Las Vegas stay.Boasting 52 stories of worldly oppulance as well as residential-style living in a heart of The Strip, select rooms as well as suites during a brand new Cosmopolitan Las Vegas feature expanded skyline views, rising art, oversized private terraces (perfect for al fresco dining), as well as sexy Japanese shower tubs. All rooms have been mouth-watering as well as spacious with advanced in-room technology as well as indulgent sum throughout.When guests arent enjoying a most quadruped comforts of their posh accommodations, there have been plenty of tantalizing diversions to find in a rest of a hotel. From a veritable pool district - comprised of three graphic pool