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Grande Lakes Orlando resort
CNL Hotels & Resorts, Inc., the nation’s second largest hotel real estate investment trust, today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the 500-acre Grande Lakes Orlando resort, comprising a 584-room Ritz-Carlton, a 998-room JW Marriott, a 40,000- square-foot spa and an 18-hole Greg Norman-designed championship golf course. ...
Le Taha'a
£9 million was spent on Le Taha’a so it’s little wonder that it’s one of Polynesia’s most beautiful locations. As well as overwater villas have two glass walls, there are 12 beach villas each with private pools and walled tropical gardens. Apparently the resort’s restaurants are built in the trees because mahi-mahi steak marinated in ...
Carlisle Bay - Tatler Hotel of the Year
Tatler has voted Antigua’s Carlisle Bay as their Hotel of the Year. They write: “modern and subversive, understated and slinky, [Carlisle Bay] has created a seismic shift in travel to the West Indies”. Carlisle Bay has been created by Gordon Campbell Gray and Mary Fox Linton, the same team that brought us One Aldwych ...
Forbes recommendations
Forbes has released a ‘Where we want to go in 2006’ travel feature, and the ten places that make their list are as follows: The Addison, Amelia Island, Florida L’Albergo della Regina Isabella, Ischia, Italy Hotel Basico, Playa del Carmen, Mexico The Huntley Santa Monica Beach, California Kú, Anguilla, British West Indies Mandarin Oriental Dhara ...
Katikies, Santorini
Small Luxury Hotels of the World honoured six member hotels at an awards ceremony in London recently. Small Luxury Hotel of the Year, the highest accolade of all, was awarded to Katikies in Santorini, Greece. This much coveted award is bestowed on a hotel that is deemed to have demonstrated a consistent and unwavering commitment ...
George V Paris
By Paul Johnson on Jan 06, 2006 in Accommodation, Celebrities, Europe, France, Hotels, Regions, Travel Miscellany, Western Europe
Steps from the Champs-Elysées, with private terraces that command all Paris, the Four Seasons George V Hotel redefines luxury service in the City of Light. The hotel has been named Top International City Hotel for five consecutive years in Andrew Harper’s Hideaway Report. It is also where Zach Braff and Mandy Moore spent the holiday ...
Mischa Barton visits Miami
By Paul Johnson on Jan 06, 2006 in Accommodation, Celebrities, Florida, Hotels, North America, Regions, Travel Miscellany, USA
According to the New York Post, Mischa Barton and boyfriend Cisco Adler were reportedly screaming at each other at the Hotel Victor in Miami’s South Beach on New Year’s Eve. “There was a lot of slamming doors and stomping around and dropping of F-bombs at their $5,000-a-night pool bungalow at the hotel.” In the end, ...
Champagne consumption boosted by holidaymakers
Queenslanders drink more vintage champagne per head than other Australians, a survey by the Champagne Information Centre of Australia has found. It’s thought that it might in part be due to holidaymakers at resorts such as Hayman Island and Lizard Island, as well as international guests to the Gold Coast. 1.7 million bottles of champagne ...
Oceania Nautica in China
The American luxury liner Oceania Nautica anchored in the capital of south China’s Guangdong Province yesterday, with more than 1,000 tourists on board. It is particularly significant in that it is the largest foreign travel group to visit the province since the outbreak of SARS in 2003. ...
St Barts - an increasingly popular luxury travel destination?
R&B star Usher has been recharging his batteries with model Eishia Brightwell with a holiday on the Caribbean island of St Barthelemy. The destination is becoming increasingly popular with the rich, being a favorite haunt for the likes of Harrison Ford and chat show host David Letterman, both of whom have homes there. With a ...
AAA Five Diamond rating
When you are awarded the AAA Five Diamond rating, you want people to know about it. But how do you go about standing out from the others who also have the accolade? Well… the Ritz-Carlton in Key Biscayne, Miami, has decided to place a $3,000 SABBIA diamond necklace under the pillow of one guest ...
Captain Cook Cruises
Captain Cook Cruises has won the Fijian award for ‘Best Overnight Cruising’ for 2005 for the ‘Ultimate Northern Fiji Dateline Cruise’ aboard MV Reef Escape. It received the honour at the 2005 Annual Tourism Awards for Excellence on Friday 9th December 2005 at the Fijian Shangri La Resort in front of 400 attendees including ...
Château de Massillan, Provence
This former home of Henry II’s mistress – Diane de Poitiers – is now a beautiful hotel. Château de Massillan has immaculate rooms and generous bathrooms equipped with SpaceNK products and designer fittings. Ask for room number 15 – it has a large terrace and overlooks the courtyard fountain. ...
Celebrity New Year
By Paul Johnson on Jan 02, 2006 in Accommodation, Celebrities, Hotels, Regions, Travel Miscellany, Vacation Rentals, Worldwide
Ever wondered where the stars see in the New Year? Well… whilst Lynn Redgrave is playing Scrabble with friends in Connecticut, director Mira Nair will be at the Taj Mahal in India and Jim Carrey with friends in Canada. Supermodel Rachel Hunter stayed at Coral Sands in the Bahamas. Producer Russell Simmons, on ...
Eva Longoria at Dallas hotel
By Paul Johnson on Jan 02, 2006 in Accommodation, Celebrities, Hotels, North America, Regions, Spas & Pampering, Speciality Travel, Texas, Travel Miscellany, USA
Eva Longoria, star of Desparate Housewives, has been relaxing at the spa at Hotel Crescent Court in Dallas. The Spa at the Crescent offers “77 one-of-a-kind treatments and services for men and women in 16 state-of-the-art treatment rooms”. Maybe she needed to wind down a little after harrassing a bike cop… Defamer – LA’s gossip ...
