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WOW Confidential Newsletter November 7, 2009
Hello from Marrakech, which you can read about next month. For now, we already have much of the world covered – read below for quick bites. You can also click straight through for Seven Sensational Hotels for Faces, for Insider thoughts from the Executive Chairman of the Jumeirah Group, Gerald Lawless, and style from Marcel Levy. Away-nights take us to England. Here, too, below, you have WOWconfidential.
Hotels for Faces November 2009
Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach, Florida, United States
WOW.travel stops by The Lausanne Palace
Chewton Glen, Hampshire, England
In Lausanne, Switzerland, we went to talk with Jean-Jacques Gauer, whose
Ritz Paris, France
many important hats include chairing The Leading Hotels of the World. He also runs one of Switzerland’s best hotels, The Lausanne Palace – read more here.... Read full story
Taj Boston offers a Tailgate Suite - perfect for watching the game!
Hotel Arts Barcelona, Spain Andanda - In the Himalayas, Uttaranchal, Narendra Nagar Chiva-Som International Health Resort, Hua Hin, Thailand The Peninsula Hong Kong, China
Will Boston Red Sox’ Jason Bay stay for $15 million a year? Watch the game from a Fireside Tailgate at Taj Boston: your Tailgate suite comes with a real-wood fire and a menu that can include clam chowder, chicken pot pie
Read full story
and cream pie, plus dri... Read full story
Also see... VIP Report On Location - November 2009 (and more...)
WOW.travel loves the spa at The Peninsula Hong Kong
Insider
At The Peninsula Hong Kong, GM Rainy Chan enthused about its splendid spa
Jumeirah – Stay different is our promise (and more...)
– read about a facial there, in our monthly Seven Sensations here. Back home, WOW.travel loves the new Simply Peninsula haircare products, composed by ESPA.... Read full story
Away Nights The Cliveden Hotel (and more...)
Photos of the Moment Private Picnics (and more...)
Rain or no rain? Plan of Rain Reduction at the Asian Games won't let that happen It will not rain in Guangzhou, China, on November 12th or 27th, 2009. The
News & Events It's a circus in Monte Carlo! (and more...)
organizers of the 16th Asian Games have a Plan of Rain Reduction, using
Around the World
liquid nitrogen, dry ice and silver iodide, for the Games’ opening and
Russia&CIS Hotel Investment Conference (and more...)
closing ceremonies at the c... Read full story
Recently Added Hotels
Betsey Johnson to design the Eloise Suite at The Plaza Hotel We love vivacity, which applies to Connecticut-born designer Betsey Johnson. She owns hotels in Mexico - now she’s designing an Eloise suite at The Plaza Hotel, New York.... Read full story
Learn about these cuddly water dogs at VILA VITA Parc Learn about Portuguese water dogs at VILA VITA Parc, in the Algarve. New Director of Portuguese Hospitality, Manuela Felgueiras, will introduce you to top breeders of Portuguese water dogs and to noted Portuguese fashion and jewelry designe... Read full story
W Retreat & Spa - Vieques Island Crosby Street New York The Westin Ottawa Kurumba Maldives The Peninsula Shanghai (and more...)
Secure Online Hotel Reservations Use Kiwi Collection to book your next stay and receive best available rates and in many cases added values such as complimentary upgrades or a VIP amenity. Now with a BEST RATE GUARANTEE. All bookings are made directly with the hotels and no credit card details are stored by us.
Ojai Valley Inn & Spa hosts the Celebrity Chef Classic We love food, and golf and natural beauty. Ojai Valley Inn & Spa, 90 minutes’ drive from Los Angeles, hosts its Celebrity Chef Classic November 13-15, 2009: golfing chefs include Alan Wong from the Pineapple Room, Honolulu.... Read full story
InterContinental Hong Kong is hosting the HICAP We ate Stavangar-chef Oyvind Naesheim’s fabulous food at Nobu at InterContinental Hong Kong (the over-water hotel’s stylish GM Jean-Jacques Reibel was also hosting the vital annual Asia-Pacific hotel investment conference, HICAP – r... Read full story
Abu Dhabi Art at the Vitra Design Museum - check it out! Abu Dhabi Art runs November 19-22, 2009 (it includes a panel, Sunday November 22, 2009, at Vitra Design Museum, with Deyan Sudjic, Director of the Design Museum, London). This month, InterContinental Abu Dhabi’s Yacht Club lounge is a year old:... Read full story
WOW.travel catches up with Marcel Levy, MD of The Eden In Rome, we caught up with our good friend Marcel Levy, MD of The Eden – he knows what is going on before it happens! Read about his elegant taste in this month's style report here.... Read full story
Bilila Lodge Kempinski brings in some special guests - 70 black rhinos Bilila Lodge Kempinski, in the Serengeti, recently welcomed a massive check-in. The luxury resort is currently working on re-introducing black rhino, helping to bring in, courtesy the US Air Force, 70 healthy animals to be put back into the wild. Re... Read full story
Bee-keeping at The Fairmont Royal York In Toronto, WOW.travel was introduced to bee-keeping on the rooftop of The Fairmont Royal York – read more about this here.... Read full story
Wine, Wolves & Witches package at Sedon Rouge Hotel & Spa You never know what you may come across when traveling. At the Sedona Rouge Hotel & Spa, in that Arizona town, a two-night Wine, Wolves & Witches package includes a wine tour, plus an hour-long Psychic Reading.... Read full story
The Pierre, a Taj Hotel stars in 'Mad Men' Mad Men, AMC Cable’s very-American Sundays soap on 1960s Madison Avenue advertising, showed Duck Phllips (photo) and Peggy Olson ‘enjoying’ themselves at The Pierre, a Taj Hotel. Rush to New York to recreate the happening, and watc... Read full story
Fans of middle eastern design will love Bokja The buzz is about Bokja furniture, designed by Hoda Baroudi and Maria Hibri in Beirut, Lebanon. By the way, Four Seasons Hotel Beirut opens next month, with a 26th floor rooftop pool.... Read full story
Missoni has so many followers in Russia Missoni has so many followers – we photographed, from left, Kurt and Lara Ritter, and Jonathan Worsley, at Grand Hotel Europe, St Petersburg. Read why WOW.travel went to Russia here.... Read full story
Check out whats new at Front - www.designfront.org Also hot news is Front (four Swedish designers Sofia Lagerkvist, Charlotte von der Lancken, Anna Lindgren and Katja Pettersson). We’ve already seen their full-size horselamp, for Marcel Wanders’ Mooi, in British Airways’ Heathrow Go... Read full story
Hullett House heralds a new age of appreciation for old Hong Kong Hullett House, an amazing conversion of Hong Kong’s 1881 Marine Police HQ, opens November 2nd, 2009 – and GM Phil Oakden showed us around. Each of ten suites is divinely unique – and you have five sensational restaurants, and great ... Read full story
Sydney's Sculpture by the Sea Sydney’s 12th annual Sculpture by the Sea, created by David Handley, runs through to November 15th, 2009 - shown, Mark McClelland’s She Thought. And, talking of Australia, read about an exciting outback station here.... Read full story
Jimmy Choo President Tamara Mellon launches her collection at H&M On November 14th, 2009, Jimmy Choo President Tamara Mellon launches a collection with Swedish fashion chain H&M (she follows designer Matthew Williamson): she’s also doing a psychedelic Aids-awareness collection with Sir Elton John, Project... Read full story
WOW.travel stays at Four Seasons Dublin Singer Brian Kennedy’s retrospective The First Twenty Years is scheduled for Dublin, November 21st, 2009 - on our last visit, we stayed at one of Ireland’s best hotels, Four Seasons Dublin (shown, GM José Soriano, right, and his pr... Read full story
Halloween fun at Kiwi Collection Yes, as always, the WOW.travel team, and its kiwicollection.com siblings, travels and reports on your behalf (by the way we also enjoy ourselves – see our Halloween party, in our Vancouver base – but no, Brian, Erik, Bradley and Mary did ... Read full story
Happenings this month... Click through now to read Seven Sensational Hotels for Faces (photo), the thoughts of Gerald Lawless and style tips from Marcel Levy. We have an Away-night in England. If that is not enough, Around The World introduces us to the one-and-only Harr... Read full story
Send to a friend
2008 Kiwi Collection Inc. All Rights Reserved
Click here if you cannot view this newsletter.
Hello from Marrakech, which you can read about next month. For now, we already have much of the world covered – read below for quick bites. You can also click straight through for Seven Sensational Hotels for Faces, for Insider thoughts from the Executive Chairman of the Jumeirah Group, Gerald Lawless, and style from Marcel Levy. Away-nights take us to England. Here, too, below, you have WOWconfidential.
Hotels for Faces November 2009
Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach, Florida, United States
WOW.travel stops by The Lausanne Palace
Chewton Glen, Hampshire, England
In Lausanne, Switzerland, we went to talk with Jean-Jacques Gauer, whose
Ritz Paris, France
many important hats include chairing The Leading Hotels of the World. He also runs one of Switzerland’s best hotels, The Lausanne Palace – read more here.... Read full story
Taj Boston offers a Tailgate Suite - perfect for watching the game!
Hotel Arts Barcelona, Spain Andanda - In the Himalayas, Uttaranchal, Narendra Nagar Chiva-Som International Health Resort, Hua Hin, Thailand The Peninsula Hong Kong, China
Will Boston Red Sox’ Jason Bay stay for $15 million a year? Watch the game from a Fireside Tailgate at Taj Boston: your Tailgate suite comes with a real-wood fire and a menu that can include clam chowder, chicken pot pie
Read full story
and cream pie, plus dri... Read full story
Also see... VIP Report On Location - November 2009 (and more...)
WOW.travel loves the spa at The Peninsula Hong Kong
Insider
At The Peninsula Hong Kong, GM Rainy Chan enthused about its splendid spa
Jumeirah – Stay different is our promise (and more...)
– read about a facial there, in our monthly Seven Sensations here. Back home, WOW.travel loves the new Simply Peninsula haircare products, composed by ESPA.... Read full story
Away Nights The Cliveden Hotel (and more...)
Photos of the Moment Private Picnics (and more...)
Rain or no rain? Plan of Rain Reduction at the Asian Games won't let that happen It will not rain in Guangzhou, China, on November 12th or 27th, 2009. The
News & Events It's a circus in Monte Carlo! (and more...)
organizers of the 16th Asian Games have a Plan of Rain Reduction, using
Around the World
liquid nitrogen, dry ice and silver iodide, for the Games’ opening and
Russia&CIS Hotel Investment Conference (and more...)
closing ceremonies at the c... Read full story
Recently Added Hotels
Betsey Johnson to design the Eloise Suite at The Plaza Hotel We love vivacity, which applies to Connecticut-born designer Betsey Johnson. She owns hotels in Mexico - now she’s designing an Eloise suite at The Plaza Hotel, New York.... Read full story
Learn about these cuddly water dogs at VILA VITA Parc Learn about Portuguese water dogs at VILA VITA Parc, in the Algarve. New Director of Portuguese Hospitality, Manuela Felgueiras, will introduce you to top breeders of Portuguese water dogs and to noted Portuguese fashion and jewelry designe... Read full story
W Retreat & Spa - Vieques Island Crosby Street New York The Westin Ottawa Kurumba Maldives The Peninsula Shanghai (and more...)
Secure Online Hotel Reservations Use Kiwi Collection to book your next stay and receive best available rates and in many cases added values such as complimentary upgrades or a VIP amenity. Now with a BEST RATE GUARANTEE. All bookings are made directly with the hotels and no credit card details are stored by us.
Ojai Valley Inn & Spa hosts the Celebrity Chef Classic We love food, and golf and natural beauty. Ojai Valley Inn & Spa, 90 minutes’ drive from Los Angeles, hosts its Celebrity Chef Classic November 13-15, 2009: golfing chefs include Alan Wong from the Pineapple Room, Honolulu.... Read full story
InterContinental Hong Kong is hosting the HICAP We ate Stavangar-chef Oyvind Naesheim’s fabulous food at Nobu at InterContinental Hong Kong (the over-water hotel’s stylish GM Jean-Jacques Reibel was also hosting the vital annual Asia-Pacific hotel investment conference, HICAP – r... Read full story
Abu Dhabi Art at the Vitra Design Museum - check it out! Abu Dhabi Art runs November 19-22, 2009 (it includes a panel, Sunday November 22, 2009, at Vitra Design Museum, with Deyan Sudjic, Director of the Design Museum, London). This month, InterContinental Abu Dhabi’s Yacht Club lounge is a year old:... Read full story
WOW.travel catches up with Marcel Levy, MD of The Eden In Rome, we caught up with our good friend Marcel Levy, MD of The Eden – he knows what is going on before it happens! Read about his elegant taste in this month's style report here.... Read full story
Bilila Lodge Kempinski brings in some special guests - 70 black rhinos Bilila Lodge Kempinski, in the Serengeti, recently welcomed a massive check-in. The luxury resort is currently working on re-introducing black rhino, helping to bring in, courtesy the US Air Force, 70 healthy animals to be put back into the wild. Re... Read full story
Bee-keeping at The Fairmont Royal York In Toronto, WOW.travel was introduced to bee-keeping on the rooftop of The Fairmont Royal York – read more about this here.... Read full story
Wine, Wolves & Witches package at Sedon Rouge Hotel & Spa You never know what you may come across when traveling. At the Sedona Rouge Hotel & Spa, in that Arizona town, a two-night Wine, Wolves & Witches package includes a wine tour, plus an hour-long Psychic Reading.... Read full story
The Pierre, a Taj Hotel stars in 'Mad Men' Mad Men, AMC Cable’s very-American Sundays soap on 1960s Madison Avenue advertising, showed Duck Phllips (photo) and Peggy Olson ‘enjoying’ themselves at The Pierre, a Taj Hotel. Rush to New York to recreate the happening, and watc... Read full story
Fans of middle eastern design will love Bokja The buzz is about Bokja furniture, designed by Hoda Baroudi and Maria Hibri in Beirut, Lebanon. By the way, Four Seasons Hotel Beirut opens next month, with a 26th floor rooftop pool.... Read full story
Missoni has so many followers in Russia Missoni has so many followers – we photographed, from left, Kurt and Lara Ritter, and Jonathan Worsley, at Grand Hotel Europe, St Petersburg. Read why WOW.travel went to Russia here.... Read full story
Check out whats new at Front - www.designfront.org Also hot news is Front (four Swedish designers Sofia Lagerkvist, Charlotte von der Lancken, Anna Lindgren and Katja Pettersson). We’ve already seen their full-size horselamp, for Marcel Wanders’ Mooi, in British Airways’ Heathrow Go... Read full story
Hullett House heralds a new age of appreciation for old Hong Kong Hullett House, an amazing conversion of Hong Kong’s 1881 Marine Police HQ, opens November 2nd, 2009 – and GM Phil Oakden showed us around. Each of ten suites is divinely unique – and you have five sensational restaurants, and great ... Read full story
Sydney's Sculpture by the Sea Sydney’s 12th annual Sculpture by the Sea, created by David Handley, runs through to November 15th, 2009 - shown, Mark McClelland’s She Thought. And, talking of Australia, read about an exciting outback station here.... Read full story
Jimmy Choo President Tamara Mellon launches her collection at H&M On November 14th, 2009, Jimmy Choo President Tamara Mellon launches a collection with Swedish fashion chain H&M (she follows designer Matthew Williamson): she’s also doing a psychedelic Aids-awareness collection with Sir Elton John, Project... Read full story
WOW.travel stays at Four Seasons Dublin Singer Brian Kennedy’s retrospective The First Twenty Years is scheduled for Dublin, November 21st, 2009 - on our last visit, we stayed at one of Ireland’s best hotels, Four Seasons Dublin (shown, GM José Soriano, right, and his pr... Read full story
Halloween fun at Kiwi Collection Yes, as always, the WOW.travel team, and its kiwicollection.com siblings, travels and reports on your behalf (by the way we also enjoy ourselves – see our Halloween party, in our Vancouver base – but no, Brian, Erik, Bradley and Mary did ... Read full story
Happenings this month... Click through now to read Seven Sensational Hotels for Faces (photo), the thoughts of Gerald Lawless and style tips from Marcel Levy. We have an Away-night in England. If that is not enough, Around The World introduces us to the one-and-only Harr... Read full story
Send to a friend
2008 Kiwi Collection Inc. All Rights Reserved
Click here if you cannot view this newsletter.
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