Nobu Matsuhisa, the Japanese chef whose distinctive take on sushi made him a global celebrity with 26 restaurants around the world, recently opened the doors to his first hotel. Located within the Caesars Palace hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip, the Nobu Hotel features 181 rooms, including 18 suites, all designed by the architect David Rockwell, who is also responsible for designing most of the Nobu restaurants. Standard guest rooms at the Nobu Hotel are now available—rates start at $249 per night—…

Spa Nautica opened last month at the Ritz-Carlton, Marina del Rey, a small seaside community on Los Angeles’s Westside. After the hotel’s previous spa closed two and half years ago, Ritz-Carlton took its time finding a spa provider that would advance its goal of providing locals and guests with a “metropolitan oasis” where they could relax, revitalize, and escape the frenzy of the city.
The full-service spa—tucked into a niche between the hotel’s private rose garden and the harbor—offers massages, body wraps,…

Even though Ferrari may not have invented the concept of the supercar, it deserves credit for keeping the flame alive with a succession of these limited-run exotics dating all the way back to the 1984 Ferrari 288 GTO F40.
Now comes the Ferrari LaFerrari, the 963 hp mid-engine V-12 successor to the Enzo. Why the seemingly redundant name? Ferrari’s chairman, Luca di Montezemolo, says the car is the purest expression of Ferrari—so giving it a name that translates to just “the Ferrari” makes sense.
Made of four …

The sexy mid-engine Alfa Romeo 4C that debuted at this year’s Geneva Motor Show is paving the way back to the United States for the iconic Italian marque. Measuring 157 inches overall on a 94-inch wheelbase, the compact two-seater is poised to take on the likes of the Porsche Cayman in both performance and price late this year when it arrives at a network of dealers that already sell the Fiat 500.
Compared to the Maserati-based Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione—a limited-run 4.7-liter, V-8 car costing $259,000—the 4…

Bentley has recharged its most iconic model, the Mulsanne, with a series of new features that serve modern business executives. From the backseat, two picnic tables designed for an iPad and wireless keyboard deploy to create a comfortable workstation; the sleek metal-and-cowhide tables are adjustable and are built with an iPad charger that works when the car’s ignition is on. Additionally, a new mobile telecommunications system, which includes a SIM card reader, comes with onboard Wi-Fi that works with up to e…

The new Perle collection of faucets, taps, towel holders, and other bath accessories brings together an unparalleled triumvirate of luxury brands: the Normandy-based atelier for handcrafted bath fixtures THG Paris, the famed hospitality designer Pierre-Yves Rochon (whose international projects include Paris’s Four Seasons George V, London’s Savoy, and Shanghai’s Peninsula Hotel), and the legendary French crystal house Lalique. THG commissioned Rochon to design these “necklaces of transparent satin crystal pear…

Two upcoming auctions will offer bidders the chance to acquire pieces that have outfitted fine European-style properties.
In mid-April, following the late-March closure of Paris’s Hôtel de Crillon for a full renovation, an auction of selected contents from the famed property will be sold at auction. The palace-style hotel, which will reopen in 2015, was originally built as a residence in 1775 and has operated as a hotel since 1909, amassing not only a loyal guest list but also a fine collection of furnishings…

A pair of architecturally sculpted eagles that the designer Kristoffer Winters found at a salvage yard were the inspiration for his own Art Deco–influenced home—on the market for $24.95 million unfurnished, or furnished (price upon request)—in Los Angeles’s Holmby Hills enclave. Featured in Robb Report Home & Style’s March/April issue (see Smart Showings, page 37), the 10,005-square-foot estate on 1.89 acres bears the Reserve as its name, because the home’s eagles originally belonged to the facade of a 192…

When CRN launched the 262-foot Chopi Chopi earlier this year, 3,000 people watched, including residents of Ancona, Italy; international media; CRN staff; local government officials; and even the Chinese ambassador to Italy. (CRN’s parent company, the Ferretti Group, is majority owned by a Chinese firm.) Such pomp is largely due to the fact that Chopi Chopi is CRN’s largest megayacht to date. The yacht rises six decks high and has a beam of more than 44 feet. The vessel’s construction required an average of 80 …

The most sought-after wines of the legendary Massandra Collection—from the eponymous 19th-century Crimean winery built to supply wine for the summer palace of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia—are headlining Heritage Auctions’ upcoming Beverly Hills sale. Massandra is known for its mountainous granite terrain, and was chosen for the aging of wines that the tsar hoped would rival those of Bordeaux or the other great regions in France and Italy. The March 29 auction will feature 47 different Massandra vintages, represe…