Nomad Tanzania is offering just eight guests the opportunity to capture a rare view of Tanzanian wildlife in an exclusive tour led by professional photographer Paul Joynson-Hicks, who has been living and photographing in Africa for 20 years. The tour runs from January 16 to 24, but spots are already …
Monthly Archives: September 2012
Napa Valley Film Festival Pairs New Films with Food and Wine
Now in its second year, the Napa Valley Film Festival, which takes place November 7 to 11, offers an exclusive membership pass for its five days of film and epicurean activities and a host of special dinners. Entrance fees start at $250, and Patron Passes (from $2,500 is $25,000 a …
Bellagio Las Vegas Gets a Fall Makeover
The Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas has recently completed a $40 million renovation of its Spa Tower accommodations (from about $160 to $700 per night). All of the tower’s 928 rooms and suites—including 12 penthouse suites, three 1,900-square-foot two-bedroom Bellagio Suites, and a Chairman and a Presidential Suite, 4,000-square-feet each—feature …
Sneak Peek: Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa, San Diego
The 45-acre Rancho Valencia, a Relais & Châteaux property located 30 minutes north of downtown San Diego, has reopened this month after a massive renovation. The property refurbished 49 suites and its three-bedroom guest home, which has a private backyard and pool, along with the hotel’s bar, restaurant, ballroom, and …
Sneak Peek: Fairmont Jaipur, India
Fairmont Jaipur opened in August within India’s “Golden Triangle,” the region that is home to landmarks such as the Taj Mahal. The resort , the brand’s first property in India, has 255 rooms and suites and two restaurants—Zarin, a classic Indian restaurant, and Zoya, an all-day restaurant that serves international …
Sneak Peek: Four Seasons Hotel Baku
The Four Seasons Hotel Baku in Azerbaijan opens on August 1 with 142 rooms and 29 suites, nearly all with views of the Caspian Sea. The hotel will have two restaurants and two lounges, as well as an indoor pool set inside a skylit, two-story atrium. A 10-room, penthouse-level spa will …
Sneak Peek: Hotel Monteverdi, Tuscany
Hotel Monteverdi opened in early August in the restored 11th-century Tuscan village of Castiglioncello del Trinoro, joining three other Monteverdi villa properties that opened in the village over the past year. It has five rooms and two suites, which overlook the hillside and cypress fields (from about $300 per night), …
Sneak Peek: Hotel Refugia, Chiloé, Chile
The Refugia lodge, a 12-room hilltop hotel on the Chiloé archipelago in Chile, opened on September 1 with all-inclusive accommodations from $530 per person per night. It has a restaurant, spa, reading room, and lounge, and an outdoor terrace overlooks the Corcovado Gulf and the Andean mountain chain. The all-inclusive …