The Shangri-La Hotel Paris marries European grandeur and the Asian art of service, to great acclaim. The 101-room hotel boasts views of the Eiffel Tower and the Seine from the balcony of its exclusive seventh-floor La Suite Shangri-La, which will be available this summer from around $27,200 a night. From July 12 through August 6, the suite will open to the public, hosting nightly offerings of Krug Champagne and Petrossian caviar on the terrace. Reservations are required, and guests should expect to spend aroun…

The renowned British jewelry designer Theo Fennell has created a series of four elaborate one-of-a-kind rings featuring hidden compartments, reminiscent of the famous 16th-century European poison rings that concealed a toxic substance to be used on one’s enemies. (Later these small treasure boxes held locks of hair or miniature portraits.) Fennell’s Opening Rings puts his own artistic vision on this age-old concept. The designer collaborated with the sculptor Willard Wiggan to create the Empty Quarter ring ($2…

On April 14, when the Grand Hotel Tremezzo reopened for the season, the 92-room Lake Como palace celebrated the completion of a three-year-long renovation. After its 100th birthday in 2010, the hotel embarked on the facelift, and in 2012 it showcased an entirely new floor with eight new suites. This year, Tremezzo’s Lake View Prestige rooms and Aurelia Suite are in the spotlight. New closets, flooring, furniture, linens, and Verona-marble bathrooms grace the Lake View Prestige rooms (from about $680), which st…

The first production version of the highly anticipated HondaJet flew for the first time in late June, bringing the aircraft one step closer to first deliveries in 2015. The company says that production is on schedule for the twin-engine light jet. Its engines are fuel-efficient GE Honda HF120 turbines, developed over 10 years by the two companies working in partnership. The engines are distinctively mounted above the wings, placement that HondaJet says dramatically improves the aircraft’s performance and fuel …

The Capella Marigot Bay Resort and Marina is debuting on August 15 after a multimillion-dollar renovation. Capella took over Discovery Hotels and Resorts’ St. Lucia property nearly a year ago, establishing its first Caribbean location. OBM International’s modern redesign of the three-level property pays homage to the island by incorporating the surrounding tropical greenery and highlighting the neighboring Marigot Bay, using accents of turquoise, coral, and green in an otherwise neutral color palette to draw o…

A relative newcomer to the world of fine scotch, whisky maker John Glaser’s 14-year-old Compass Box Whisky Co. has turned out an impressive, diverse array of small-batch whiskies. A prime example is his latest endeavor, the General ($300)—a blended Scotch whisky named after the Civil War locomotive that appeared in the classic 1926 Buster Keaton silent film of the same name. Just like its steam-powered namesake, this non-chill-filtered, 106.6-proof cask-strength whisky is imposing and powerful.

The General …

A new business-class-only airline offering flights between Paris’s Charles de Gaulle Airport and the Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey (located about 15 miles from Manhattan) is debuting this summer. La Compagnie will have four or five regularly scheduled weekly flights between the two cities throughout the season, with its inaugural flight set to depart from Paris on Friday, July 11, at 5:50 pm and arrive in Newark at 8:30 pm the same day. All subsequent Newark-bound flights will follow this …

Louis Kazan has added a new piece to its Venus coffee table collection, a line that debuted in 2013 in a lacquered wood version with an inset crystal top. The Venus Rustic table, introduced in March, has a white-lacquered, rough-hewn texture that distinguishes it from its siblings (the table also is available with a finish of exotic wood veneer). Though each version of the Venus table is made with a metal interior and solid wooden frame carefully melded together, the Rustic’s exterior is crafted from Brazilian…

Piero Lissoni is one of several creative contributors on a massive new project in Miami. Lissoni will design the interiors for the common areas in Miami’s One Paraiso tower, which breaks ground this fall. The 53-story building is part of a 5-acre, Arquitectonica-designed residential development located in the Edgewater neighborhood, overlooking Biscayne Bay. The Paraiso community, begins construction later this summer, ultimately will comprise four residential …

The G2G Collection destination club looks different from its competitors from a number of angles: None of its properties are hotel rooms. No annual fee is required for membership. That membership can be shared by more than one party. But by far the most distinguishing feature of the club is its charitable component. Half of the $15,000 initiation fee is paid in the form of a tax-deductible contribution, and 5 percent of each nightly rate is redirected to the member’s charity of choice. Since G2G sold its first…