New Dehli–based luxury hotel brand the Oberoi Group opened its 12th Indian property in April with the debut of The Oberoi, Gurgaon. Located 30 minutes from the heart of New Dehli, Gurgaon has seen tremendous economic growth over the past 15 years, becoming the Indian seat for nearly 100 Fortune …
Monthly Archives: April 2011
Sneak Peek: Oberoi, Gurgaon
New Dehli–based luxury hotel brand the Oberoi Group opened its 12th Indian property in April with the debut of the Oberoi, Gurgaon. Located 30 minutes from the heart of New Dehli, Gurgaon has seen tremendous economic growth over the past 15 years, becoming the Indian seat for nearly 100 Fortune …
Spring Cleaning at Elysian Spa
Elysian Spa & Health Club, at the Elysian Hotel on Chicago’s Gold Coast, is offering exotic Thai treatments from now through the end of June as part of a yearlong series of seasonal spa menus, comprising culturally inspired services from around the world. These spring specials consist of the 60-minute …
Sport: Grounds for Celebration
In the early years of the last century, polo was an obscure sport in the Southern California resort town of Santa Barbara. In fact, the first exhibition match had taken place only a few years before, on a rainy afternoon in 1894, during the local flower festival. But that did …
Travel: Privacy Please
The 15-minute drive to Àni Villas Anguilla from the island’s bustling port of entry is an exercise in decompression. Anguilla’s long, skinny shape and undulating topography dictate that roads on the Caribbean island are narrow and winding, snaking past roadside fruit and barbecue stands and brightly painted beachfront shanties. Delays …
Golf: Baker’s Dozens
Peter Whalen, the head pro at the new Baker’s Bay Golf & Ocean Club in the Bahamas, predicts light traffic for the community’s Tom Fazio–designed course. "We’re projected to do around 1,800 rounds a year," says Whalen, adding that this figure translates to about five rounds per day. "So we …
Sneak Peek: Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong
On May 3, the Ritz-Carlton will open its latest location atop the International Commerce Center (ICC) in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Occupying the tower’s top 12 floors (106 to 117), Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong will be the tallest hotel in the world, reaching 1,600 feet above Victoria Harbor. The Ritz has 312 …
Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane
In 1970, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts founder Isadore Sharp opened his first property in Europe, the 227-room Inn on the Park in London. Later renamed Four Seasons London, the modern tower offered a less stuffy alternative to the city’s old-guard hotels. But after nearly 40 years, the Four Seasons …
The St. Regis Lhasa Resort
Not since 1645 has the Tibetan capital of Lhasa welcomed such a palatial retreat. In that year, the 5th Dalai Lama commenced construction of the 1,000-plus-room Potala Palace on Mar-po-ri, or Red Mountain. Now the nearly 12,000-foot-elevation city is home to perhaps the world’s highest high-end hotel: the St. Regis …
Montage Deer Valley
The crash of bowling pins is at first inaudible as you enter Daly’s Pub & Rec at Montage Deer Valley. The resort’s four bowling lanes—which guests can book as they would a tee time—can be seen but barely heard through the soundproof French windows that separate them from the main …