Few national landmarks are as iconic as Japan’s Mount Fuji. The 12,380-foot-high, cone-shaped volcano is a UNESCO World Heritage Site some 60 miles from Tokyo; through May 31, guests of the Mandarin Oriental can enjoy an exclusive aerial tour of the mountain as part of the hotel’s Mount Fuji Helicopter Flycation package.

The 80-minute flights happen aboard a sleek Hermès Edition Eurocopter, luxuriously upholstered in soft leather that enhances the extra-quiet ride inside the cabin. Passengers enjoy spectacu…

For his latest solo exhibition, Wilderness and Ornament, the Los Angeles–based designer David Wiseman has assembled nearly four dozen nature-inspired decorative items, from statement-making bronze room separators and ornate bowls to a series of site-specific plaster walls, which are adorned with handcrafted porcelain patterns with alternating rope-like, lacy, floral, and geometric patterns. Wiseman constructed the walls in his New York studio over the past year, adding finishing touches to the piece after it w…

For his latest solo exhibition, Wilderness and Ornament, the Los Angeles–based designer David Wiseman has assembled nearly four dozen nature-inspired decorative items, from statement-making bronze room separators and ornate bowls to a series of site-specific plaster walls, which are adorned with handcrafted porcelain patterns with alternating rope-like, lacy, floral, and geometric patterns. Wiseman constructed the walls in his New York studio over the past year, adding finishing touches to the piece after it w…

The destination spa Cal-a-Vie in Vista, Calif., will pour wines from Château Margaux, a bastion of Bordeaux in the Médoc region of France, during the Château Margaux Food and Wine Experience taking place from April 19 to 22. The menu includes two nights of wine tastings and meals prepared by the executive chef Curtis Cooke. The winery will provide three flights of its Pavillon Blanc, five of the Pavillon Rouge, and four from its signature Grand Vin. Included in the latter will be the 1985 vintage, which has a …

For Abercrombie & Kent’s latest offering, Around the World with Geoffrey Kent by Private Jet: The Tropics to the Arctic, an exclusive group of 50 travelers will join the luxury-travel pioneer Geoffrey Kent (no stranger to extravagant around-the-world excursions) for a one-of-a-kind monthlong journey to some of the world’s most fascinating and remote destinations. The 26-day, nine-country adventure ($135,000 per person, double occupancy) will take place from May 1 through 26, 2016, with guests transported b…

From the air of permanence in its great room, and the ease with which guests settle into the space’s couches and chairs, this Park City’s resort seems to have always been the best place in town. And though it opened in December 2010, Montage Deer Valley also appears to have had the area’s first choice of location: a 13-acre mid-mountain site a few dozen feet from the Empire Express lift at Deer Valley Resort.

Montage Hotels & Resorts debuted in the mountains of Utah as successfully as it did on a Califo…

Mercedes-Benz unveiled two GLE Coupe models at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit: the Mercedes-AMG GLE63 Coupe and the Mercedes-AMG GLE450 Coupe.

Offering top-of-the-line performance, the 2016 Mercedes-AMG GLE63 Coupe features a 5.5-liter, biturbo V-8 engine that can generate 577 hp and 516 ft lbs of torque. It is coupled with a 7-speed automatic transmission that helps the car accelerate from zero to 60 mph in 4.2 seconds.

The entry-level, 2016 Mercedes-AMG GLE450 Coupe features an A…

Forget the Spruce Goose; the Stratolauncher is set to become the world’s largest airplane when it begins flight-testing early next year. Currently under construction inside a massive, 103,257-square-foot hangar at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California, the carrier plane will be equipped with twin fuselages built from light-but-strong composite materials that will extend 238 feet from nose to tail when complete. Its sweeping wingspan will measure 385-feet—wide enough that if the plane was taxied to the ce…

Sweden’s Radinn—short for Radical Innovation—has introduced the Wakejet Cruise jet-powered surfboard, which features the latest in board-sport technology. Similar to powered surfboards from Jet Surf and other companies, this board is powered by an onboard motor. The Wakejet Cruise features a jet-propulsion engine, which the user controls by wireless handheld remote. The board can travel for up to a half hour at its top speed of 25 knots or for up to a full hour at slower speeds. (The replaceable battery pack h…

Manhattan’s recently reopened Knickerbocker hotel is home to three new dining destinations helmed by Charlie Palmer, the famed U.S. chef and restaurateur. The iconic hotel’s fourth-floor signature restaurant, Charlie Palmer at the Knick, offers a seasonal breakfast, lunch, and dinner menu of Palmer’s progressive U.S. fare, featuring such items as Scotch quail eggs  with popcorn shoots, Dijon mustard, and pancetta aioli, and the Knick Burger: a dry-aged, custom-blended beef patty topped with short ribs and…