Arizona’s award-winning L’Auberge de Sedona resort has recently completed a year-long -million expansion and renovation project, which includes 64 new or remodeled private cottages, 25 redesigned guest rooms, the addition of the Verdana bar and a number of other improvements timed with celebration of the resort’s 25th anniversary.
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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Bar Boulud, London
Daniel Boulud—the French-born chef who built his culinary career and restaurant empire in New York—this May opened Bar Boulud, London, at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park hotel. The wine-themed modern tavern, Boulud’s first restaurant in Europe, puts a British spin on the best of the chef’s casual New York eateries, …
Nyungwe Forest Lodge
Set on a rolling tea plantation on the fringe of Nyungwe National Park, Nyungwe Forest Lodge opened its doors in March as the first true luxury resort in Rwanda.
The 24-room property, which is tucked deep in the mountains a few hours’ drive from the bustling capital of Kigali, underscores …
Blood Horse
Few entertainments can match the pomp that Thoroughbred racing affords its spectators, as Jack Smith observes in this month’s article on the Maker’s Mark Mile (see "Spirit of 46," page 141). Yet the sport of kings has not always been a pastime in which monarchs could indulge with impunity. As …
Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek Gets Even Better
As a result of an extensive renovation, the Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas—arguably the Lone Star State’s best hotel—just got even better. Rosewood Hotels & Resorts has combined efforts with interior designer Michael Booth of San Francisco–based firm BAMO to freshen the look of the 30-year-old hotel’s lobby …