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May 10, 2018By Alison J. Stein
February 21, 20186 Luxe Hotels in Unexpected Places
Hotel luxury in New York, St. Moritz or Bora-Bora is one thing: a pleasure, to be sure, but not exactly surprising. Excellence off the beaten path, far from top destinations’ celebrated interior designers and architects, well-trained workforces and reliable supply chains for the best food and drink, is another. Here are six hotels offering exceptional luxury in surprising places.
By Alison J. Stein
December 28, 2016Amazon Beauty: Uxua Casa Hotel & Spa
Brazil Trancoso, a small beach village in Bahia, Brazil, is the totally-off-the-radar getaway that everyone knows about—a place for the affuent but not glitzy, the good-looking but also really smart, as best personified by its newest part-time resident, newscaster Anderson Cooper. When he’s not occupying it personally, his three-bedroom Casa Anderson is the latest available […]
By Alison J. Stein
December 28, 2016New Urbanism: Shangri-La Ulaanbaatar
The Shangri-La is a marked upgrade for a city where high aesthetic praise includes laudatory comments about “old Soviet charm.”
By Alison J. Stein
December 28, 2016Mountain Escape: Nekupe
Nekupe, a new resort in Nandaime, Nicaragua, offers that rarest of amenities: genuine novelty.
By Alison J. Stein
December 28, 2016Fantasy Island: Nihiwatu
Indonesia's Nihiwatu resort takes commitment to get to, but is nothing short of fantasy-fulfilling once there.
By Alison J. Stein
December 28, 2016Reinvented Classic: The Ivy Hotel
The Baltimore, Md. hotel was originally constructed as a private mansion in 1889. Now, it could just turn Baltimore into a luxury destination.
By Alison J. Stein
December 28, 2016Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Geopolitical pressures make the journey to some remarkable destinations a balancing act of risks and rewards.
By Alison J. Stein
October 3, 2015All-Terrain Travel
It’s not just where you’re going—it’s how you get there. Here are four incredible destinations and the most exciting, romantic and inspiring ways to get there.
By Alison J. Stein
April 3, 2015Pacific Time
As the country’s third-largest state, California offers a wealth of vacation possibilities. How to choose? We asked some of the finest luxury travel companies to create custom trips to show you California like you’ve never seen it before.