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SECOND ANNUAL BARBADOS FOOD & WINE AND RUM FESTIVAL ORIENT – EXPRESS HOTELS’ SUMMER OFFERINGS STEP INTO ‘SUMMER ON THE WATERFRONT’ AT FORTY 1° NORTH WITH FOUR NEW VACATION PACKAGES FOR THE SAVVY TRAVELER Augmented Reality and The Millennial: Seven Examples of How Luxury Brands Are Engaging Digitally Nokiate Offers Upscale Asian Fusion in Guatemala The Ritz-Carlton Destination Club and THE ABERCROMBIE & KENT RESIDENCE CLUB unveil first of its kind partnership Orient-Express Properties Chosen to Host 2011 World Leaders Forum in South Africa, Featuring Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu and F.W. de Klerk
 
SECOND ANNUAL BARBADOS FOOD & WINE AND RUM FESTIVAL

SECOND ANNUAL BARBADOS FOOD & WINE AND RUM FESTIVAL

New York, NY (June 8, 2011) – In partnership with the Travel + Leisure, FOOD & WINE, Departures and Executive Travel brands, the Barbados Tourism Authority today unveils November 18-21, 2011 as the dates for the second annual Barbados Food & Wine and Rum Festival.  The four-day epicurean festival will feature, for the second year [...]

SECOND ANNUAL BARBADOS FOOD & WINE AND RUM FESTIVAL
ORIENT – EXPRESS HOTELS’ SUMMER OFFERINGS

ORIENT – EXPRESS HOTELS’ SUMMER OFFERINGS

MAY 26, 2011 – This summer, pack your bags and indulge in an ultimate summer getaway with Orient-Express Hotels’ unique summer offerings. From exclusive tours through the Iguassu Waterfalls in Brazil to adventurous crabbing excursions in St. Michaels, Maryland, Orient-Express combines luxury and experiential packages for travelers of all ages. Orient–Express Italy: Celebrate Italy’s 150th [...]

ORIENT – EXPRESS HOTELS’ SUMMER OFFERINGS
STEP INTO ‘SUMMER ON THE WATERFRONT’ AT FORTY 1° NORTH WITH FOUR NEW VACATION PACKAGES FOR THE SAVVY TRAVELER

STEP INTO ‘SUMMER ON THE WATERFRONT’ AT FORTY 1° NORTH WITH FOUR NEW VACATION PACKAGES FOR THE SAVVY TRAVELER

NEWPORT, RI (May 26, 2011) – Looking for fun ways to enjoy the sun and surf this summer?  To celebrate its first fully operational season since opening, Forty 1° North has announced four fabulous new package ideas that are simply perfect for guests looking to spend their summer vacation enjoying all the property and Newport [...]

STEP INTO ‘SUMMER ON THE WATERFRONT’ AT FORTY 1° NORTH WITH FOUR NEW VACATION PACKAGES FOR THE SAVVY TRAVELER
Augmented Reality and The Millennial: Seven Examples of How Luxury Brands Are Engaging Digitally

Augmented Reality and The Millennial: Seven Examples of How Luxury Brands Are Engaging Digitally

{reprinted via HIDDEN} Augmented reality is proving a major force in the engagement between luxury brands and the Millennials – the generation of tech orientated consumers born in the 1980s. Earlier this week, luxury lifestyle journalist Susan Kime reinforced this theory in JustLuxe.com with encouraging statistics for premium brands which are considering new methods of [...]

Augmented Reality and The Millennial: Seven Examples of How Luxury Brands Are Engaging Digitally
Nokiate Offers Upscale Asian Fusion in Guatemala

Nokiate Offers Upscale Asian Fusion in Guatemala

Nokiate, which in Spanish means ¨Knock Yourself Out,¨ is one of the newest and hottest restaurants in Guatemala City – the largest city in Central America and the Caribbean. With a diverse Asian-Latino Fusion menu, the location offers live music several nights a week and on Saturday evenings hosts a guest DJ. Decor includes a [...]

Nokiate Offers Upscale Asian Fusion in Guatemala
The Ritz-Carlton Destination Club and THE ABERCROMBIE & KENT RESIDENCE CLUB unveil first of its kind partnership

The Ritz-Carlton Destination Club and THE ABERCROMBIE & KENT RESIDENCE CLUB unveil first of its kind partnership

ORLANDO, Fla. and DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. – October 25 , 2010 — Announced today, industry leading, equity based, luxury destination clubs, The Ritz-Carlton Destination Club and Abercrombie & Kent Residence Club, have forged a new exchange opportunity for the benefit of their Members. This strategic alliance presents Members of both Clubs an expanding universe of [...]

The Ritz-Carlton Destination Club and THE ABERCROMBIE & KENT RESIDENCE CLUB unveil first of its kind partnership
Orient-Express Properties Chosen to Host 2011 World Leaders Forum in South Africa, Featuring Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu and F.W. de Klerk

Orient-Express Properties Chosen to Host 2011 World Leaders Forum in South Africa, Featuring Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu and F.W. de Klerk

One-of-a-kind travel event combines a customized educational program in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Kruger National Park, and Victoria Falls SOUTH AFRICA (September 9, 2010) – Orient-Express has been chosen by San Francisco-based World Leaders Travel to host an exclusive World Leaders Forum, The Changing Face of South Africa, at four of its luxury Southern Africa properties. [...]

Orient-Express Properties Chosen to Host 2011 World Leaders Forum in South Africa, Featuring Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu and F.W. de Klerk
FAMILY FUN FOR ALL AT REID’S PALACE IN MADEIRA, PORTUGAL

FAMILY FUN FOR ALL AT REID’S PALACE IN MADEIRA, PORTUGAL

09 June 2010

Complimentary Second Room with No Minimum Stay June 9, 2010 — Reid’s Palace in Madeira, Portugal introduces “Fun at Reid’s”, an affordable luxury escape for families that offers parents a complimentary second room for the kids when booking in June or September 2010, with no minimum stay. Children between the ages of two and 17 [...]

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NEW LUXURY TASMANIA HOTEL WELCOMES FIRST GUESTS

NEW LUXURY TASMANIA HOTEL WELCOMES FIRST GUESTS

08 June 2010

NEW YORK (June 8, 2010) – Australia’s newest luxury hotel, Saffire, located on the picturesque East Coast of Tasmania near Freycinet, is now open. Saffire is considered by its developers to be an iconic development for the Australian tourism industry.  Its concept and design are like no other current hotel in the country, capturing the [...]

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Abercrombie & Kent Residence Club Adds 22 European Villas

Abercrombie & Kent Residence Club Adds 22 European Villas

06 May 2010

Due to increasing interest and demand from members for family-friendly European travel, the Abercrombie & Kent Residence Club is adding 22 European villas across Tuscany, Provence and Cote d’Azur to its Travel Credit Program. These extraordinary properties, in the most-requested destinations in Italy and France, are particularly well suited to multi-generational families traveling together. Members [...]

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Travel + Leisure and Luxury Link Announce Partnership with the Launch of Vacationist

Travel + Leisure and Luxury Link Announce Partnership with the Launch of Vacationist

06 May 2010

New Website Provides Limited-Time Invitation-Only Offers at Top Hotel Properties Las Vegas, NV – May 2010 – Travel + Leisure, the world’s leading travel magazine brand, and Luxury Link, the leader in online luxury travel, announced the launch of Vacationist (www.vacationist.com), an invitation-only, private-sale travel website for luxury travelers, at the American Express Publishing Luxury [...]

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Eco-Friendly and Fashionable for Four Years: Happy Birthday, Toms Shoes!

Eco-Friendly and Fashionable for Four Years: Happy Birthday, Toms Shoes!

05 May 2010

For the uninitiated, a brief intro – Tom’s Shoes has donated over 600,ooo shoes to the underprivileged in Argentina, Guatemala, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Haiti and beyond since 2006 by abiding by their guiding principles and furthering their One-to-One movement of donating a pair of shoes for every pair purchased. This concept of eco-friendly, socially responsible, “conscious [...]

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THE SPA AT CHARLESTON PLACE AND MUSC TEAM UP FOR THIRD ANNUAL CAMPAIGN TO INCREASE MELANOMA AWARENESS

THE SPA AT CHARLESTON PLACE AND MUSC TEAM UP FOR THIRD ANNUAL CAMPAIGN TO INCREASE MELANOMA AWARENESS

03 May 2010

“I Will Reflect” campaign aims to create local awareness, encourage prevention and raise funds for skin cancer research at Medical University of South Carolina CHARLESTON, S.C. – May 3, 2010 – As the Lowcountry heats up, The Spa at Charleston Place and Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) are launching their third annual “I Will [...]

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Add Glamour to Camping and What Do You Get?

Add Glamour to Camping and What Do You Get?

30 April 2010

GLAMPING! Where HAVE we been?  Is it possible the GLAMPING trend nearly passed us by? Maybe so, since our first glimpse of glamps occurred in this month’s AARP magazine.  Glamorous camping there was described as combining “the splendor of the great outdoors with the comfort of a top-tier hotel.” In Google retrospect, we see that [...]

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Yosemite Lodge at the Falls Unveils Eco-Friendly Guest Rooms

Yosemite Lodge at the Falls Unveils Eco-Friendly Guest Rooms

27 April 2010

Two prototypes are the first of their kind in Yosemite National Park Yosemite National Park, CA – April 2010 – Yosemite Lodge at the Falls, a popular year-round lodging destination in the heart of Yosemite Village, unveiled today two prototype guest rooms on the cutting edge of environmentally-friendly interior architecture and design. The two rooms [...]

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