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WOW Confidential Newsletter
November 7, 2009
Hello from Marrakech, which you can read about next month. For now, we already havemuch of the world covered – read below for quick bites. You can also click straightthrough for Seven Sensational Hotels for Faces, for Insider thoughts from the ExecutiveChairman of the Jumeirah Group, Gerald Lawless, and style from Marcel Levy.Away-nights take us to England. Here, too, below, you have WOWconfidential.
WOW.travel stops by The Lausanne Palace
In Lausanne, Switzerland, we went to talk with Jean-Jacques Gauer, whosemany important hats include chairing The Leading Hotels of the World. Healso runs one of Switzerland’s best hotels, The Lausanne Palace – readmore here....Read full story
Taj Boston offers a Tailgate Suite - perfect for watching thegame!
Will Boston Red Sox’ Jason Bay stay for $15 million a year? Watch thegame from a Fireside Tailgate at Taj Boston: your Tailgate suite comes with areal-wood fire and a menu that can include clam chowder, chicken pot pieand cream pie, plus dri...Read full story
WOW.travel loves the spa at The Peninsula Hong Kong
At The Peninsula Hong Kong, GM Rainy Chan enthused about its splendid spa– read about a facial there, in our monthly Seven Sensations here. Backhome, WOW.travel loves the new Simply Peninsula haircare products,composed by ESPA....Read full story
Rain or no rain? Plan of Rain Reduction at the Asian Gameswon't let that happen
It will not rain in Guangzhou, China, on November 12th or 27th, 2009. Theorganizers of the 16th Asian Games have a Plan of Rain Reduction, usingliquid nitrogen, dry ice and silver iodide, for the Games’ opening andclosing ceremonies at the c...Read full story
Hotels for Faces
November 2009
Four Seasons ResortPalm Beach,Florida,United StatesChewton Glen,Hampshire, EnglandRitz Paris,FranceHotel Arts Barcelona,SpainAndanda - In theHimalayas,Uttaranchal,Narendra NagarChiva-Som InternationalHealth Resort,Hua Hin,ThailandThe Peninsula HongKong,ChinaRead full story
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Photos of the Moment
Private Picnics (andmore...)
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It's a circus in MonteCarlo! (and more...)
Around the World
Russia&CIS HotelInvestment Conference(and more...)
 
Betsey Johnson to design the Eloise Suite at The Plaza Hotel
We love vivacity, which applies to Connecticut-born designer BetseyJohnson. She owns hotels in Mexico - now she’s designing an Eloise suiteat The Plaza Hotel, New York....Read full story
Learn about these cuddly water dogs at VILA VITA Parc
Learn about Portuguese water dogs at VILA VITA Parc, in the Algarve. NewDirector of Portuguese Hospitality, Manuela Felgueiras, will introduce you totop breeders of Portuguese water dogs and to noted Portuguese fashionand jewelry designe...Read full story
Ojai Valley Inn & Spa hosts the Celebrity Chef Classic
We love food, and golf and natural beauty. Ojai Valley Inn & Spa, 90minutes’ drive from Los Angeles, hosts its Celebrity Chef ClassicNovember 13-15, 2009: golfing chefs include Alan Wong from the PineappleRoom, Honolulu....Read full story
InterContinental Hong Kong is hosting the HICAP
We ate Stavangar-chef Oyvind Naesheim’s fabulous food at Nobu atInterContinental Hong Kong (the over-water hotel’s stylish GMJean-Jacques Reibel was also hosting the vital annual Asia-Pacific hotelinvestment conference, HICAP – r...Read full story
Abu Dhabi Art at the Vitra Design Museum - check it out!
Abu Dhabi Art runs November 19-22, 2009 (it includes a panel, SundayNovember 22, 2009, at Vitra Design Museum, with Deyan Sudjic, Director of the Design Museum, London). This month, InterContinental Abu Dhabi’sYacht Club lounge is a year old:...Read full story
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WOW.travel catches up with Marcel Levy, MD of The Eden
In Rome, we caught up with our good friend Marcel Levy, MD of The Eden– he knows what is going on before it happens! Read about his eleganttaste in this month's style report here....Read full story
Bilila Lodge Kempinski brings in some special guests - 70 blackrhinos
Bilila Lodge Kempinski, in the Serengeti, recently welcomed a massivecheck-in. The luxury resort is currently working on re-introducing blackrhino, helping to bring in, courtesy the US Air Force, 70 healthy animals tobe put back into the wild. Re...Read full story
Bee-keeping at The Fairmont Royal York
In Toronto, WOW.travel was introduced to bee-keeping on the rooftop of The Fairmont Royal York – read more about this here....Read full story
Wine, Wolves & Witches package at Sedon Rouge Hotel & Spa
You never know what you may come across when traveling. At the SedonaRouge Hotel & Spa, in that Arizona town, a two-night Wine, Wolves & Witchespackage includes a wine tour, plus an hour-long Psychic Reading....Read full story
The Pierre, a Taj Hotel stars in 'Mad Men'
Mad Men, AMC Cable’s very-American Sundays soap on 1960s MadisonAvenue advertising, showed Duck Phllips (photo) and Peggy Olson‘enjoying’ themselves at The Pierre, a Taj Hotel. Rush to New York torecreate the happening, and watc...Read full story
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