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(Topping Rose House) Colicchio and partners pen designer gastro-hotel

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:23:00 -0700

While some may pause at the idea at staying at what is truly a gastro-inn, rooms at Topping Rose House ease any trepidations. Rooms vary in location between the historic main house and a series of outlying structures that includes cottage accommodation nestled along the on-site farm and offering a bit more privacy away from the action of the restaurant and lounge. Entry-level King rooms feature pe...

(Monte-Carlo Beach) Iconic, updated Monaco beach resort hotel

Mon, 13 May 2013 20:19:00 -0700

A truly brilliant design overhaul by India Mahdavi now yields entry-level rooms that are inspired by the sea with bold navy sectionals accented with a nautical stripe next to beds tucked in embroidered linens and facing windows that open to furnished balconies and sea view. A selection of first floor rooms also offers private terraces with staircase leading directly to La Vigie promenade. Junior s...

(The Gritti Palace) Iconic Venice hotel reopens after grand renovation

Wed, 08 May 2013 11:32:00 -0700

A total of 82 guest rooms include 21 suites of impressive quality inspired by past guests like Hemingway, Ruskin and Peggy Guggenheim. Entry-level rooms are compact spaces facing interior alleyways of Venice with period windows lined in heavy, opulent drapery. Rooms feature a traditional Venetian dÃ©cor by that includes pieces restored from the original property as well and reinterpreted antique...

(Mama Shelter Istanbul) Top Paris design hotel opens in Beyoglu

Mon, 06 May 2013 11:28:00 -0700

The 81-room hotel benefits from a top-notch location and inventive design by the creator of the modern boutique hotel movement. Rooms are cast in a mix of pure white and slate gray color tone with built-in working desks at the end of simple beds adorned in white custom headboards. Larger garden and terrace rooms comes with architectural details like white brick walls, separate living area and outd...

(Hotel Metropole ) Former-papal palace is top Monte-Carlo hotel

Mon, 06 May 2013 11:05:00 -0700

Last renovated in 2004, entry-level rooms at the Metropole feature views of the city or the hotelâs cypress-lined entrance. A modern spin on belle Ã©poque design includes ornate carpets, custom-upholstered dÃ©cor and bathrooms lined in white Carrara marble. Deluxe rooms offer better views on higher floors while junior suites include an integrated living room with enough room for entertain...

(Hotel de Paris) Gilded luxury landmark above Place du Casino

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:38:00 -0700

A total of 182 room vary between entry-level courtyard views on lower floors to far grander Diamond Suites fit for royalty and celebrity visitors. All room are tucked within the grand, 19th Century faÃ§ade of the property that fulfills any Grace Kelly dreams of first time visitors. Superior rooms are well-styled with painted-white wainscoting, bold red headboards and subtle creamy drapery that h...

(Hotel Hermitage) Amenities galore at Monte-Carlo luxury hotel

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:28:00 -0700

Entry-level superior rooms face either the interior garden, courtyard or inland direction with a modern Belle Ãpoque style that equates to ornate chairs, delicate wall covers and wall of mirrored closet built for multi-week stays. Deluxe rooms come with upgraded views of the sea and port while terrace rooms offer more attractive toile wall coverings and rounded terraces more for seated enjoyme...

(Hotel Mercer) Design hotel within Barcelona Gothic district

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:06:00 -0700

Entry-level Superior rooms are some of the better youâll find in Barcelona within this category. Wide-plank wood floors strike a monochromatic chord with walls as historic stone deals juxtapose more modern wooden shutters and striking wooden beds tucked in sumptuous Egyptian cotton linens. With views of the interior courtyard or surrounding Gothic neighborhood, larger Deluxe and Gran Deluxe ...

(Hotel de Nell) Paris design hotel by Jean-Michel Wilmotte

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:31:00 -0700

Comfortable luxury with a design touch, a series of 33-room marry elements of parquet flooring, honed marble, Oregon myrtle wood and Oriental lacquers for classic rooms that oversize winder, queen bed and open-plan bathrooms with double-sink layout. Larger Deluxe rooms come with bay of windows facing an architectural cityscape of Haussmann architecture and spa-style bathrooms with Japanese soaking...

(Hotel de Paris) Sybille de Margerie pens St. Tropez design hotel

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 08:56:00 -0700

With mostly village views on lower floors and harbor views in select suites, a total of 90-accomadations include Classic rooms with bold double windows, geometric pattern drapery and custom lighting fixtures that add an element of old world grandeur. Larger suites offer separate living and bedrooms with design elements that lend touches of 50s Italian and 60s Parisian design. Terrace and Sky Suite...

(18 Bay) Farm-to-table eatery on Shelter Island

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:39:00 -0700

Housed in a 19th Century house of a civil war hero, this Shelter Island eatery offers an epicurean and historic pedigree unrivaled in the area. The structure was originally used as a post office and general store, before evolving into a series of inns and eateries that lead to its current incarnation. Today, leaded windows line a wrap-around terrace with outdoor dining in warmer months. Inside, ...

(Sienna Restaurant) T-Bar owner does riviera dining scene in East Hampton

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:32:00 -0700

In that famous Three Mile Road space attached but unaffiliated with SL East that seems to change with each season, the owners of T-Bar debut Sienna Restaurant and Ultralounge. Visually the dÃ©cor hasnât changed much since it operated as Beaumarchais last season, a classic brasserie feel with walls stacked in white subway tiles and glossy white wainscoting with red banquette that wraps aroun...

(BLT at Capri) Paleo pool scene arrives at Capri Southampton

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:20:00 -0700

In the space vacated last season by Nobu, starry steakhouse chain arrives to the renovated Capri Hotel in Southampton offers a beach-chic theme supper club open for lunch, brunch and dinner as well as poolside bites from Memorial to Labor Day. The space stretches from a newly redone indoor dining room and outside onto a covered terrace that perks with late night lounge life come warm summer nights...

(Beef Bar) The world's sexiest steakhouse born in Monte-Carlo

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:46:00 -0700

Born of a European meat importer's love for all things beef, Riccardo Giraurdi created the iconic Beef Bar in this principality once devoid of prime cuts and now home to perhaps the world's most fashionably delicious steakhouse. A minimalist but equally grand space in arranged in slatted dark-wood paneling with mix of rounded club chairs and more modern black leather seating that mixes elements ...

(Miss Ko) Philippe Starck does Asian futurism along George V

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:51:00 -0700

Cast on the gilded corner of Avenue George V and Champs ElysÃ©es, Miss Kō continues and refines a visual experiment started at Kong by designer Phillipe Starck. Japanese design meets space age futurism with a touch of Marie Antoinette, Starck combines walls strewn with street art with animated figures by David Rochline and ceiling lined in rice paper umbrellas. Amid a custom soundtrack ...

(Cafe Francais) Costes Brothers do brasserie at the Bastille

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:41:00 -0700

Opposite the Bastille Opera, the neighborhood seems an unusual location for the latest restaurant revamp by Parisian duo Gilbert and Thierry Costes who tend toward groovier arrondissments. But alas on land that once houses the famous prison, this stylish French brasserie is tucked behind a circular glass frontage that leads to a glamorous and visual space of geometric marble floors, deco-inspire...

(Louis XV) 3-star Michelin eatery leads Monaco's culinary scene

Mon, 13 May 2013 19:42:00 -0700

The grandest dining room in Monaco and perhaps the Mediterranean in terms of food and flair, this 3-star Michelin dining room by Alain Ducasse located inside Hotel de Paris in Monte-Carlo. Inspired by Grand SiÃ¨cle at Versailles, muted-colors give way to heavy gold leafing and modernized Louis chairs amongst walls strewn in swags of ornate drapery as marble busts look upon all this edible he...

(Le Vistamar) Flagship eatery with Michelin star at Hotel Hermitage

Fri, 03 May 2013 07:24:00 -0700

Recently renovated by celebrated Parisian designer amidst a decor designed by Pierre Yves Rochon, Le Vistamar is a fitting backdrop for Michelin star chef Joel Garault who narrates a seafood-minded menu. The space blends a modern palette of neutral-tone hardwood floors, linen-covered banquettes and mostly white dÃ©cor against a backdrop of aristocratic paneled walls and sprawling terrace with ma...

(Buddha Bar) Sexy space, hip crowd at Monaco installment of Paris supper club

Fri, 03 May 2013 07:13:00 -0700

Perhaps the best installment ever created of the Paris-born supper club, Buddha Bar Monte-Carlo finds a quaff home inside a former 20th Century theater just off Place du Casino. Inside, a towering two-story foyer is capped-off by an ornate 30-ft. ceiling and giant Buddha that presides over a series of spaces that include a more formal restaurant and lounge bar. As electronic lounge anthems fill th...

(La Vigie) Beach club style eatery ay Monte Carlo Beach

Wed, 01 May 2013 17:16:00 -0700

Set back from the concrete sprawl of the surrounding principality, La Vigie is tucked away inside a forest of coastal pines along a historic sea wall. Arrival comes by sea and land with mooring available for day trippers that arrive to a marquee-covered dining room and more coveted terrace facing the sea. Open for dinner throughout the year as well as for summer lunch buffet and Sunday brunch, the...

(Pink Elephant ) Pink Elephant returns as SL East neighbor

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:05:00 -0700

Once a fixture of Hamptons summer, Pink Elephant operated for years inside the old Capri Hotel in Southampton as the top nightclub around. Today, it returns for a weekend residency for the summer at new Sienna Restaurant and Ultralounge. At 10pm, the restaurant space morphs into a lively dance bar with VIP bottle service, outdoor terrace and door presided over by Artin Bey Archer. Expect rotatin...

(Chez Raspoutine) Former bordello, Gainsbourg haunt finds posh new life

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:33:00 -0700

Just walking through the front door you are swept to another time, long ago when clusters of harlots would clamor over visiting gentleman amongst the dark nooks of this Paris bordello that later became a well known cabaret club and now a popular VIP boite for models, billionaires and fashion society. The look of the club mixes elements of Byzantine hedonism with dark architectural details like sta...

(Sea Lounge) Apres-beach and supper club lounge at Monte-Carlo Beach

Mon, 13 May 2013 19:47:00 -0700

Tucked along the far side of the Monte-Carlo Beach pier, Sea Lounge is one of our favorite places in the principality offering a beach club style rendezvous of decadence from May through September. An elevated lounge deck is adorned in rococo mirrors flanking either side of a DJ booth with series of built-in banquettes surrounding a central lounge and late-night dance floor. Late-afternoons fe...

(Billionaire Monte-Carlo) Billionaire sets up poolside on Monte-Carlo rooftop

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:57:00 -0700

Cast upon the 7th floor pool lounge of the Fairmont Monte-Carlo, Billionaire brings its Porto Cervo panache to the principality for a spring and summer affair. The space is arranged in the usual Billionaire dÃ©cor of white leather wing back chairs and oversize day beds that host a dressy set of locals on hand for late-night sushi dinners and that famous 2am DJ set thatâs made Billionaire a ...

(Jimmy'z) Epic Monte-Carlo dance club with VIP following

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:11:00 -0700

Opening at its summer location within Sporting Monte-Carlo, Jimmy'z is a Monte-Carlo institution of late-night debauchery offering an all-year dance club scene that thrives from May to September. Truly one of the world's great nightclub franchises, visitors arrive to its new valet entrance and under a logo-emblazoned marquee into the foyer entrance of the club. Inside, a circular design featur...

(The Light Vegas) Cirque du Soleil does VIP Vegas nightclub starting April 26th

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:36:00 -0700

Along with the opening of Hakkasan, The Light Vegas will go down as one of the biggest openings of the year and alas provide Wynn with some competition for their DJ line-up that has dominated local nightlife since 2011. The collaboration with Cirque du Soleil that will feature nightly aerial acts and acrobatics ala The Box NYC, a massive industrial space is outfitted in one of the best sound and l...

(Daylight Las Vegas) Mandalay Bay launches Light VIP pool club May 24th

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:34:00 -0700

The largest VIP pool club opening in Vegas since Encore Beach Club, Mandalay Bay adds a house-fueled party pool to its beachside wave pool repertoire that includes Moorea Beach Club. The massive 5,000-pool space features an indoor-outdoor design with DJ grand stand and free-form pool surrounded in a lush tropical landscape with reserved day beds, loungers and cabanas available from late-spring thr...

(Bond) Performance art, DJ lounge inside The Cosmopolitan

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 02:22:00 -0700

In a town that puts more effort into its late-night dance clubs than actual bars, Bond is a sophisticated affair captured along the east entrance of the Cosmopolitan offering a consistent upscale cocktail scene just off the Strip. Visitors arrive to a towering lounge space cocooned within individual window boxes featuring musicians, performance artists and art installations throughout the day an...

(Story) Erick Morillo, Calvin Harris headline at top Miami club

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:57:00 -0700

When locals refer to it as a Vegas nightclub experience, they mean it as a complement. This massive house-palace on Collins Avenue offers one of the city's hottest venues for blue chip DJs like Erick Morillo (pictured), Steve Aoki and SHM's Sebastian Ingrosso. A massive warehouse-style space offer convenient Miami Beach address in the center of the action, marked by a massive line that circles d...

(The Glenmore) Rooftop lounge and billiards bar in The Rocks

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:29:00 -0700

A lingering landmark of Sydneyâs early 20th Century, The Glenmore is located in The Rocks just south of the Argyle Bridge. Pre-dating the Hrbour Bridge and most every other structure in the neighborhood, The Glenmore was rehabilitated in 2012 and now offers an all-day lounge scene with first-floor bar, mezzanine lounge and rooftop terrace thatâs currently one of the most popular in Sydne...

(La Biennale di Venezia) Biannual Venice art show rules summer art scene in odd-years

Mon, 13 May 2013 20:00:00 -0700

The Venice Biennale is one of the worldâs great art exhibitions, along paar with Frieze and Art-Basel, offering a biannual art exhibition. The art exhibition runs from early June through early fall and includes an architecture and dance component as well as Venice Film Festival. Coinciding with other summertime art events like Art-Basel, the festival centers on the Giardini where a series of ...

(White Gallery) Rome couture department store in fascist landmark

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:27:00 -0700

Located in a fascist era enclave of central Rome, this concept-lifestyle department store offers a sprawling and architectural compound of fashion, food and home dÃ©cor. Considered one of the most fashionable and unique in the city, a mammoth faÃ§ade encrusted in minimalist colonnade and ârationalâ architecture is modernized through a series of elaborate shop windows and contem...

(The Grounds of Alexandria) Farmerâs market and hipster cafÃ© in Alexandria

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:22:00 -0700

Located in Alexandria within a former 19th century pie factory, this commune of cool offers a hipster cafÃ© and all-day market thatâs one of the hottest weekend destinations for lunch in Sydney. A farmhouse-style warehouse offers rustic interior design surrounded in lush gardens and terraces lined in dining and lounge furnishings with a farmer-chic twist. Iron windows and corrugated walls f...

(Excelsior Milano) Boutique department store designed by Jean Nouvel

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:01:00 -0800

Located in a former-cinema complex at Galleria del Corso recreated by French architect Jean Nouvel, Excelsior Milano is equal parts design emporium and micro department store along the lines of such iconic shopping destinations as Harvey Nichols and Barneyâs New York. Each floor encompasses a different shopping vignette from the ground floor with its custom perfumerie, outpost of Tiffany and ...

(Ecole de Cuisine) Paris cooking school by Alain Ducasse

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:27:00 -0800

For anyone thatâs had the Parisian dream of culinary school or photo classes realized by touristy group courses taught by awkward expats, Ecole de Cuisine is a real deal cooking school. Offering courses as short as an 8-hour day or multi-day studies, classes vary between chocolate and bread-making instruction to courses specifically on foie-gras or seafood. The space is composed of a central ...

(The Kempinski Spa) Lavish spa facility inside Grand Hotel des Bains

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:11:00 -0800

Spanning over 25,000-square feet and two levels, The Kempinski Spa at Grand Hotel des Bains is often touted as the best spa in St. Moritz. Remodeled in 2012, the space features an indoor/outdoor holistic center with thermal glacial waters and fitness center open to hotel guests and daily members alike. The spa feature a mostly modern setting with indoor pool and series of mixed saunas where nudity...

(JK Iguatemi) Latin AmericaÃ¢â¬â¢s top designer shopping destination

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 07:55:00 -0800

In the worldÃ¢â¬â¢s sixth wealthiest city and home to 70% of BrazilÃ¢â¬â¢s total billionaires, itÃ¢â¬â¢s no coincidence that Sao Paulo is also home to the continentÃ¢â¬â¢s poshest shopping mall. In a country that takes fashion very seriously, it is here that you will find that top international brands in a signature shopping experience that includes high-end...

(Lagoon) Fine food and art on RioÃ¢â¬â¢s iconic Lagoa

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 13:38:00 -0800

Part live entertainment and part gastronomic destination, Lagoon is located on the famous Rio Lagoa where this architectural compound mixing fine food and art. A glassy steel and glass facade recedes to bright and airy interiors with live music theater, popular cinema featuring US and domestic films and selection of gastronomic eateries that include Gula Gula, Quadrifoglio and Giuseppe Grill....

(Cooper Avenue) Hybrid grocer, restaurant and lounge in Miami

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:36:00 -0800

Aimed to satiate the culinary needs of a MAC generation, Cooper Avenue is the first in a series of urban marketplaces located on the first floor of a parking garage adjacent to the New World Center. A pedestrian-minded location attracts a fashionable mix of residents and in-the-know visitors. An L-shaped space is lined in floor-to-celling windows with industrial loft vibe inside marked by concrete...

(Aire Ancient Baths) Ancient bath ritual in NYC TriBeCa

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 09:41:00 -0700

The chicest spa scene ever to open in New York's Tribeca, Aire is housed in a 19th century factory with the prerequisite grand brick columns and exposed walls that frame a modern palette of imported grey and ash-colored marbles aim to recreate the grand spaces of ancient Greek and Roman baths. Visitors arrive to a palatial white facade with Doric columns leading to an interior lounge framed in car...

(Ultra-pools dominate Vegas summer) Luxury pool clubs land at top resorts

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:10:00 -0700

Some credit the trend to Mandalay Bayâs beach wave pool and Moorea Beach Club that brought European-style sunbathing to a mass-audience. Others insist that it was the weekly Hard Rock pool party called Rehab, thatâs a margarita-induced pool party of muscle dudes and girlfriends that donât mind the occasional waterborne chicken-fight.

But adult-only p...

(St. Barth's leading villa rental specialist) The hotel alternative whilst in St. Barth's

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:31:00 -0800

We came to know the West Indies Management Company, or just WIMCO, after searching for a room in St. Barth's during the Christmas-to-New Year's madness. A room at the Eden Rock and even the Le Sereno was about to cost a staggering $1500 per night, not even a suite, but for which I was willing to pay just be part of all the warm weather ridiculousness that makes the island so much fun dur...

(Stars dominate Vegas New Yearâs Eve) Top-10 Events for Vegas New Yearâs

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:45:00 -0800

This year, more than ever before, the city's biggest casinos and nightclubs are relying on A-List celebrities and entertainment to lure in profitable big-spending revelers for VIP packages and tickets that cost upwards of $300 to $15,000. Coinciding with the city's biggest nightclub openings in over a year, Haze at Aria and Vanity at the Hard Rock, here's our take wha...

(Moncler: The Ultimate Snowy Catwalk) Moncler Gamme Rouge does sequins on the slopes

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:17:00 -0800

If following Olympic fashion is too Green-run proletariat than look no further than Moncler, the Italian-owned French retailer 48% owned by Carlyle Group, for this season's ultimate ski fashion. With what ...

(JetSetReport on Twitter) Tweets from JetSetReport Saved Our Life

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:49:00 -0700

Jill and Jenny looked forward to their summer vacation on Bodrum all year long.

Jenny recently lost her job and spent her severance check on a new Chloe bathing suit while Jenny kept quiet about the raise she got and new Chanel sunglasses she claimed were from Bluefly.com, but not really. Jenny and Jill said nothing to the other, but tweeted, "This vacation bet...

(Can We Be Facebook Friends?) Darling, Join us and tell only your chicest friends....

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:19:00 -0700

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In attempt to keep you even more up-to-date on the hottest hotels, best nightclubs and hippest restaurants we invite you to join

(New era of cheap-chic travel) Summer Vacation Trends For Recession Stars

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:50:00 -0700

Whether August on Capri or a July jaunt to Corsica, in previous years you could afford to wait till mid-June to decide your summer vacation. Those were also the days when you didn't mind paying out-of-pocket for Business or flexing your Marquis Card for a round trip ticket to paradise. But with the change in times, more and more people are resorting back to their frequent ...

(Chase Away Your Recession Blues) Where the Stars Party - End of Winter

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:31:00 -0800

It's not your usual parade of Winter Getaways on the slopes of Courchevel and beach clubs of St. Bart's. Instead the winter of 2009 is defined by frugality, an across-the-globe retraction of gluttony indicting anyone who dares to splurge, indulge or partake in the glutinous ways of the early 2000s. Sure many can still afford that jet share and yacht bash in Punta but good luck with c...

(Viva la Recessionista) Here Comes Populism's New It-Girl

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:23:00 -0800

The movement first became tangible during the holiday shopping season of 2008. Nowhere but Fred Segal, LA's ritziest fashion boutique, where the likes of Paris Hilton and Victoria Beckham arrive in their convertible Bentley's and spend the afternoon shopping the store's second floor designer emporium.

But this December was different, in lieu of packed par...

(Celebrity Burials - Worldâs Most-Famous Cemeteries) Donât let the fanfare stop with the funeral

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:43:00 -0700

Gary lived a glamorous life. He married three times, was the most-famous graduate from his Havard Business class and managed to accumulate a vast wealth coveted by distant relatives and diligent employees. With homes on Park Avenue and Hyde Park, he spent his final days contemplating the hereafter in the South of France fully ready to return to the states ala Med Jets and assume his place wi...