The Austonian, based in you guessed it, Austin, Texas is first big tower I've seen in this city. The 55-story luxury condo tower was recently profiled in the Austin American Statesman for having a dog toilet. The 10th floor of the building is home to an urban garden that includes a lap pool, billiards room, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Are you feeling tired, stressed out or pooped? It might be time for you to indulge yourself in a luxurious spa treatment. A romantic getaway is just beyond the red door. Escape with your special someone to Red Door Lifestyle Spa, designed to renew the spirit, nourish the soul and pamper your body. Red Door Lifestyle [...]
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Siberia is rarely thought of as vacation country—something to do with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, perhaps—but the launch of the Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Express should make the gulag archipelago a little more appealing to visitors of the optional variety. The $25-million luxury train, which debuts next week, runs from Moscow to the Sea of Japan—at almost 6,000 [...]
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A luxury resort has made its way to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, a place perhaps best known for being the home of Dollywood. The RiverStone Resort & Spa will have a spa, indoor pool, arcade, lazy river and a second phase that will include an outdoor pool. The Mountain Press reports that the first phase of [...]
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Camelback Inn, the deluxe resort in Arizona is getting even more luxe with a $45 million renovation that includes a new grand lobby and ballroom, BLT Steak restaurant and organic gardens. A new entrance to the resort will have a tree-lined passageway with water and fire features leading to the hacienda-style grand lobby. The main [...]
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The last thing the world needs is yet another boutique hotel. Except maybe for Shanghai, where the hotel market has till now been more about grandeur (the Four Seasons, the Grand Hyatt, the Pudong Shangri-La) than intimacy. Twenty-eight-year-old wunderkind developer Yenn Wong hopes to change that with her—yes, her—new JIA Shanghai. While she collaborated with [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, April 28, 2007
Flying from London to India just got a lot more comfortable. Jet Airways has created a service that is basically like having a small cabin to yourself for the flight The 26 square foot room has two seats that convert into an 83-inch bed, dining for two and a 23-inch flat screen TV. The cabin [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 26, 2007
We are back in the Dallas area for another condo-hotel. This one, the Lakeside Resort & Residences, is the first luxury high rise for the charmingly named town of Flower Mound, The Lakeside will be an 18-story tower located on Lake Grapevine. The building will be home to a 289-room four-star hotel with a luxury [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 26, 2007
The second phase of Donald Trump's Baja project has been announced. The Spa Tower at Trump Ocean resort will be home to 182 condo-hotel units. The project, located about 30 minutes from San Diego, will feature rooms with an organic feel. The suites will use organic furnishings, materials and colors taken from the local environment [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 26, 2007
The Cradle of Humankind World Heritage site located about 50 kilometers northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa is a unique tourism spot. The site includes a complex of limestone caves which were home to some of the world's earliest hominids and is called the birthplace of humankind. The area is also home to a luxury boutique [...]
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