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Washington DC EstateUsually I prefer a to see a house with the furniture in it but today's estate, located in Washington DC, is bare. Not just bare, it seems to have been scrubbed clean and given some sort of charmectomy. The walls are landlord white. Still the bones of this home are beautiful so let's just think of it as a blank slate. it was built in 1929 and has a stone Tudor exterior. Inside,

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Point Grey HomeMAJESTIC MANSION! Stunning panoramic view on all 3 levels, this superb quality h ome offer over 10000 sq ft of luxurious living. Dramatic circular entry hall, el egant living, dining and sitting room with special marble floor,access to large patio. Gourmet kitchen with wok kitchen, top of the line appliances. Family room with built-in media unit, access to gorgeous garden. All 4

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Swallow CaveToday's estate is in one of my favorite Massachusetts towns. Nahant is a rocky coastal town north of Boston. It has a dramatic coastline of sharp promontories and sweeping ocean vistas. The home shown here is Swallow Cave which was built in the late 1930s for John Roosevelt, son of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and his wife Ann Clark. This Mediterranean-style villa sits on two waterfront

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So Cal Ritz-Carlton Sold for $330MThe Ritz Carlton Laguna Nigel on the Southern California coast has just been sold for $330 million, or approximately $840,000 per room. This makes it the second most expensive hotel sale in terns of price per room, only surpassed by the sale of the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego, which had a price tag of $1 million per room.The 22 year old hotel has 393 rooms,

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Park Hyatt To Open Posh Buenos Aires HotelHyatt has restored the Palacio Duhau, a palace in Buenos Aires, Argentina as the site of their newest hotel. The Park Hyatt Buenos Aires will open on June 28, 2006 and sits on the Avenida Alvear in the middle of the city's most fashionable shopping district. The hotel is comprised of the Palacio Duhau which was built in 1934 and the contemporary Posadas

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Porto Hussong Looks To Make Ensenada UpscaleWay back when I was in college, Ensenada, Mexico was a small, cheap town to spend spring break in. Times have changed, Meridian Development Group has announced a new 16-acre oceanfront resort and marina on the edge of Todos Santos Bay. Porto Hussong will have 200 oceanfront condos, a five-star boutique hotels with 46 suites, the "Club Meridian" luxury

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Starwood Hotels Want You To Stay A Long, Long TimeLast year, Starwood Hotels launched "aloft," their new hotel brand. Now they have a new brand, Project ESW. Project ESW will be an extended stay version of the Westin Hotel and will include Westin features like the Heavenly Bed and the Westin Workout rooms. The hotels will be contemporary new builds with studios and one-bedroom suites. The

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The Razor's EdgeAccording to unconfirmed reports from my siblings, I missed Mother's Day entirely. With Father's Day looming menacingly on the horizon, I thank my lucky stars that Brave Soldier has commisioned this $149 carbon fiber razor by Razorkraft.I mean, whose dad is complete without a featherweight, indestructible, space-age, artisanal razor? And with next year's Mother's Day squarely on

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The Merrion Hotel, DublinIf you wish to join the merry (and slightly intoxicated) thousands on Dublin's O'Connell Street this St. Patrick's Day, why not chose to stay the night at one of Dublin's great hotels, The Merrion. Located across the street from the seat of government, the Merrion is a wonderful 5-star establishment that caters to distinguished travelers. The classical hotel is comprised

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Luxx HotelFrom the pictures, it looks like a modern boutique hotel in New York or Los Angles but Luxx is a new hotel in Bangkok. The tiny hotel of just 13 rooms offers chic and clean modern design to attract trendy travelers. It opened a few weeks ago and Luxx Hotel general manager, Dusadee Srishevachart says that they will be promoting the hotel to European and American guests. The hotel will

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Will A Scent Make You Choose A Hotel?Scent strips in magazines are nothing new but a scent strip for a hotel? I was reading my New Yorker this morning when I came across the Westin White Tea scent ad. The ads only say "White tea. The calming new scent of Westin." Curious, I opened the strip. In comparison to other scents that come billowing out of those tiny flaps of paper, this one is mild, more

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Mandarin Oriental Joins The Dallas Condo BoomDallas seems to be one of the places that is experiencing a massive boom of condos. The latest comes from the Mandarin Oriental which announced that they will build a 43-story tower in the Victory project near downtown Dallas.The Victory Tower will contain a 120-room Mandarin Oriental Hotel, retail space and 90 condominiums which will be priced from

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Which Hotel Will Move Into Kinmel Hall?It's about as prime a setting for a luxury hotel as you could wish for, a stately manor tucked into the Welsh countryside. Kinmel Hall near Abergele in Wales has been dubbed the "Welsh Versailles." The 19th century mansion house is need of a new tenant who can turn the beautiful but bedraggled estate into a five-star hotel. Derbyshire Investments, the

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Hearst Tower New York, NYPublishing giant Hearst Corp is upgrading their New York City offices to the tune of a 46 story tower designed by the amazing Lord Norman Foster. The new tower is an iconic design of diamond grid sitting atop the original 6 story art deco base built in 1928. The tower will be home to around 2,000 employees with the most popular magazines occupying the uppermost floors.

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Massive Race Car Hotel Planned For Nevada TownMore building exuberance from Nevada. This time the news comes from Beatty, a small town 120 miles north of Las Vegas. Developer Mark Fleming is planning a $2 billion hotel/casino/condo complex with a race car theme. The Xtreme Cars and Stars Hotel Casino will have four 27-story towers with around 2,592 condos, timeshares, and hotel rooms. There

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Johnny Depp Fights For His ViewsJohnny Depp may be famous for saying that he is raising his kids in France but that he still wants them to enjoy the view when they are in Los Angeles. The LA Times reports that Depp has filed a lawsuit over plans for a retail project that might impinge on the views from his Hollywood Hills home. Depp owns a $5.4 million home on Sweetzer Ave. (the same street

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Dubai's Bawadi ProjectDubai is planning to begin construction on what will be the world's largest hotel complex. The Bawadi Project, as it is called, will cost $27 billion and will be located just outside of Dubai City. The goal of the project is to double tourism in the state, increasing the 6 million visitors from 2005 to as many as 15 million in the next decade. Complete construction will take

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Steve Wynn In Talks For A Ferrari HotelWill Steve Wynn create a Ferrari hotel? As we've mentioned before, Wynn has been working on the Wynn Macau casino hotel. The $1.1 billion project is set to open in September. But Steve Wynn recently said that he is interested in creating a hotel under the Ferrari brand name as part of the project. Wynn's plans call for four hotels, three with casinos and he

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Westin's Latest Sense Offering Will Be MusicFirst, there was the scent, that pervasive white tea scent strip wafting out of magazines to promote Westin Hotels. Now, get ready for the sound. Westin has partnered up with eMusic.com to create a "digital music offering" that will be played in lobbies and offered as part of the in-room entertainment. The music is described as being global contemporary

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China To Get Underwater HotelCrescent Hydropolis Resorts has announced that the world's first deepwater Crescent Hydropolis Hotel and Resort will be the Hydropolis Qingdao in China. The HydroTower Landstation will be on 33,000 sq meters of land that was formerly the Ocean Entertainment Park in Qingdao while the Hydropalace underwater hotel will be southwest of the island of Chidao and southeast

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New York Palace in BudapestThe New York Palace Hotel in Budapest opened this week after undergoing an €80 million renovation that not only updated the interior, but built on an entirely new wing. The hotel was originally an office building, built in 1894 for a New York insurance company. It was purchased from the Hungarian government in 2001 by Boscolo Hotels for only €8 million. The redesigned

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The Bridge Suite at the AtlantisThough it was mysteriously absent from the Travel Channel's list of the most expensive hotel suites, the Atlantis Bridge Suite. Perhaps they did not consider the possibility that a hotel would charge an astounding $25,000 per night for a suite. The Atlantis is a premier destination in the Bahamas, known for its spectacular architecture and huge casino. The suite

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Will Kazakhstan Be The New Vegas?It seems almost like a late April's Fool's Day joke but it's true, Kazak authorities are pondering a gambling and entertainment complex near the city of Almaty. The BBC reports that President Nursultan Nazarbayev has said that he had long thought of building a version of Las Vegas on a steppe outside the city. A desert gambling oasis may help control gambling

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Scotland Hotel Hires A Lambo To Lure GuestsA month ago we mentioned that a London hotel is offering a Maserati Quattroporte to lure customers into a stay, now the Scotsman reports that the Macdonald Holyrood Hotel in Edinburgh is offering a chance to take a Lamborghini Gallardo for a spin. The £600 per person package makes the hotel the only one in Britain to offer a Lamborghini to its guests.

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Hotel de Saxe Opens in DresdenThe Hotel de Saxe which open in Dresden, Germany this month is a new hotel with an old look. The hotel, developed by the Frankfurt-based Steigenberger Hotel Group was modeled on the original Hotel de Saxe which was the place to stay from 1786 to 1888 when it was converted to a Baroque post office. After 1945, the building was used to hold stones from the

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Xscape, The Latest Place To Ski IndoorsIt turns out that Dubai isn't the only place with a new indoor ski slope. Xscape has the U.K.'s largest indoor ski slope as part of a family destination in Glasgow, Scotland that combines ski slopes with bars, restaurants, a cinema and rock climbing walls. Other features of this unique spot include a fan drop, robocoaster, bowling, and a skypark, aerial

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Kentucky Derby Houses for RentIf you are thinking of heading to Louisville for the Kentucky Derby it's still not too late to rent a local house but it will cost you. Like Super Bowl houses the Kentucky Derby options run from the relatively modest to the deeply extravagant. This five-bedroom home has a master suite with a Jacuzzi, formal dining room and a workout area. It comes with six free Derby

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Villa PassalacquaEnjoy a taste of the Clooney life on Lake Como in Italy. Villa Passalacqua is a gorgeous villa located not far from Gorgeous George's home, Villa Oleandra. Villa Passalacqua is perched in upper Moltrasio and its property runs from high up in the village all the way down to the lake’s shore. The home was built in the 1700s and was designed by Felice Soave. This amazing estate

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Angelina and Brad Cozy Up At Burning ShorePregnancy has not slowed down the Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie hotel tour. This week finds them in Nambia at the Burning Shore Resort near Walvis Bay. They have taken over the whole resort with their children and five other people. A private security firm and local police officials are making sure that the couple has privacy. The small resort has a

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Meier & Frank Department Store To Become Luxury HotelAn old landmark in Portland Oregon is set to become the next luxury hotel. The Oregonian reports that the Meier & Frank building once a large department store, will now be Oregon's first Luxury Collection hotel, a high-end brand owned by Starwood that includes The Phoenician in Scottsdale. The hotel's eighth-floor lobby will still be home to

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Hawaii Is the Most Expensive Summer Vacation in the U.S.It's no big surprise that Hawaii is the most expensive place to vacation in the U.S. AAA has released their annual vacation costs survey. They found that a summer vacation will cost 5.4 percent more than last year. The top five most expensive places for food and lodging for a family of four per day are:1. Hawaii--$5592. Washington D.C.--

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CostanoaTent resorts seem to be the latest way to get away from it all. We've seen them in places from the Swiss Alps to Thailand. The San Francisco Chronicle takes a look at Costanoa Lodge and Resort, a resort in Pescadero, California. Costanoa is not a new resort, it opened in 1999 after a 16-year struggle with environmentalists. The resort's woodsy location offers plenty of places to hike,

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Red Rock StationCan a lavish new casino resort in Nevada lure Vegas lovers away from the Strip? Red Rock Station is located fifteen minutes west of Las Vegas in Red Rock Canyon. The billion-dollar resort has views of the Red Rock Canyon and of the Vegas strip. The resort has opened with 414 rooms available and will eventually have another 436 (for a total of 850) by the end of the year. Despite

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Most Expensive US Hotel RoomsHotel prices are rising so quickly that it's a wonder anyone can keep up with them. The situation isn't helped by the fact that everyone ones to be the one to offer the most expensive, most luxurious suite possible. The average hotel room costs around $90 per night and that number increases every year. Some hotels, of course, are simply not equipped to offer $25,000

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Hyde de Villaine Wine Tasting At The Beverly Hills HotelYesterday I had the chance to attend the Hyde de Villane vertical tasting at the Beverly Hills Hotel. The wines are a collaboration between the Hyde family of Napa and the de Villaine family from Burgundy bringing together California grapes with French practices. They believe that gentle handling of the grapes and minimal intervention leads

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How A Crown Prince TravelsHotel Chatter has a great story of the fabulous lives of crown princes. One of their spies was at the Four Seasons Hong Kong at the same time the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia was staying there. Apparently the Crown Prince rented out 179 rooms (nearly half of the hotel), had 100 Mercedes-Benzes waiting for him out front of the hotel at all times and came with thousands

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Paradisus Palma RealTourism in the Dominican Republic is booming lately (most recently Brad Pitt has been rumored to be looking at land there). A new resort, Paradisus Palma Real had its official grand opening this month (its soft opening was in December). The $120 million new resort is Sol Melia's 2nd Paradisus in Punta Cana and their fifth in the Paradisus brand. The five-star all-inclusive

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Whatever-Whenever at W HotelsBeginning this week, W Hotels is relaunching its Whatever/Whenever campaign. The hotels will offer five brand new services in addition to the existing "Whatever/Whenever" button on hotel phones that would allow a guest to make a request easily. The new services are:Text messaging, which the hotels will use to alert guests when their rooms are ready, a package has

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Revolutionary Cognac and the LanesboroughThe Lanesborough Hotel in London recently began serving a revolutionary drink. Actually, the cognac it is offering is from the time of the French revolution, bottled in 1790. It is being served in small one and one-half ounce servings that cost £1,700 each. Unlike the $3,000 Bombay Sapphire martini, the drink doesn’t need to come with a pair of custom-made

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The Elysian Opens in BaliAnother luxury getaway has opened in Bali. The Elysian is a member of the design hotel group and is a 26 villa hotel. Each vill has its own pool and an open floorplan. Each villa also has broadband internet connection, 40 channel cable television, DVD/VCD/CD player and a preloaded ipod Nano on request & Bose sound dock. The main pool has a Balinese temple and cabanas

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The Lodge at Rancho Mirage: Where President Bush Spent The WeekendPresident George W. Bush spent the weekend at The Lodge in Rancho Mirage near Palm Springs, California. Bush stayed in the presidential suite of course, and was the first president to stay at the hotel since former President Bill Clinton stayed there a decade ago. The hotel, which is located above the Coachella Valley is

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Elvis Presley's Home For Sale on eBayGraceland isn't for sale but Elvis Presley's home at 1034 Audubon Drive in Memphis can be yours. Elvis purchased 1034 Audubon Drive with royalties from “Heartbreak Hotel”. The four-bedroom home was the first house Elvis bought and he lived in it for 13 months. Spoon-bending psychic Uri Geller is apparently among the bidders. He wants to turn the hotel into a

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InterContinental Hotel Comes to NashvilleThe best hotels in Nashville, Tennessee tend to be on the classic side. That's set to change when the InterContinental Nashville is completed. The new luxury hotel will be located on West End Avenue and there will also be an office tower, condos and retail space. The $250 million project will begin in June and the hotel is set to open in late 2008 or

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Tides' Million Dollar Buyout PromotionThe Tides South Beach has just launched a promotion that amounts to the ultimate hotel stay: for $1.2 million, their Million Dollar Buyout package allows someone to rent out the entire luxury boutique hotel for an amazing three days and two nights. The 45-room hotel will become a virtual playground, complete with luxury suites and expansive views. The package

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Steve Wynn Plans His EncoreThat didn't take long, Steve Wynn is working on a new hotel, Encore at Wynn Las Vegas. The resort will be located adjacent to the Wynn on the north side of the property on the site of the old Desert Inn. Encore will be a full scale hotel that will be integrated with the Wynn. It will include new hotels rooms, meeting space, a casino, restaurants, nightclubs, a spa,

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Canyon Ranch Expands to BethsedaCanyon Ranch, the Arizona-based health spa, is planning an expansion in Bethseda, Maryland, just outside of Washington D.C.. The nearly $1 billion complex will not be a spa, but a residential community with a wellness focus. is the second of its kind, as a Miami Beach location is already under construction. The property will have a 157 room hotel, 434 condos, 87

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Did A Hotel Strike Keep Tom Away?Did a hotel strike change Tom Cruise's plans? Breaking Travel News reports that 60 employees at the Ritz Hotel in Paris went on strike Tuesday. Cruise was scheduled to appear there to promote "Mission Impossible 3" on Wednesday. But Reuters reports that the actor ditched the press cued up outside and spent the day exploring Paris with his two older children. Katie

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Top 100 Hotel RestaurantsUsing decor and service, as well as food quality and taste, the Zagat guide has compiled a list of the 100 best restaurants found in hotels across the United States. Most of these hotels use their restaurant not as money making ventures, but as a way of enhancing the reputation of the hotel, giving it an added layer of luxury by offering some of the finest dining in their

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Peninsula Hotels Wellness ProgramsOne of the top trends for hotels is the whole fitness/wellness angle, the other is the selling of hotel-branded items. The Peninsula Hotels have announced 'Peninsula Wellness' a sweeping lifestyle program that combines both of these trends. The Wellness plan will center on the Peninsula spas which will combine Eastern and Western wellness and relaxation

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