luxury

May 14, 2011

Our esteemed Ed Hilary Doling recently had dinner with Jaume Tapies, President of Relais & Chateaux and some of R&C's best clients at Tetsuya's in Sydney.

May 13, 2011

Relais & Châteaux new and improved iPhone App

Relais & Châteaux has launched it new and improved iPhone application. The app makes planning a holiday, finding a hotel or resort and discovering a dining experience even easier, right at your fingertips. Information, videos and photos of 500 Relais & Châteaux properties will be available on the app. Other features include up-to-date news, share your favourite properties via Facebook and Twitter, find a property nearby with availability on the same evening and proposals of itineraries using Google Maps.
Relais & Châteaux ambassador is Richard Gere, whose hotel The Bedford Inn, in New York State, was accepted as a member of Relais & Chateaux in 2010.
To download the iPhone Application visit  www.relaischateaux.com/appstore

A Charitable Teddy in PJs

"Wake in the deepest dark of the night and hear the driving rain. Reach out and take a paw, and go to sleep again" - Charlotte Gray

Not too hard, not too soft but just right ... The Langham, Melbourne has launched the Teddy Bear Package to keep guests warm and cosy during this Australian winter. The Luxury Travel Bible just can't resist Grace the very special (and very cute) Langham Teddy Bear dressed in Pink Pyjamas who will join guests during their stay. Most importantly the Teddy Bear Package will be supporting a very worthwhile cause, the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Centre Appeal

Available until September 28 The Teddy Bear Package also includes overnight accommodation for two, breakfast in Melba Restaurant, delicious hot chocolate beverages, access to the Health Club and Wellness Centre and bear surprises to be delivered to your room.
So snuggle down with Grace and dream away in your own five-star fairytale.


Hilfiger Hotels

Clothing designer Tommy Hilfiger is going to join the ranks of Versace and Armani and create a designer hotel. According to the Wall Street Journal (a venerable publication that can be relied upon) Mr. Hilfiger and a business partner have signed a contract to pay $170 million for the Clock Tower, an office building near Madison Square Park in New York. Will the hotel be as preppie as Mr Hilfiger's clothing? Too early to say as yet but we do know he joins the rush to open up yet more accommodation in the hotel-hungry Big Apple. Mr. Hilfiger's old company, now part of Phillips-Van Heusen Corp which also owns Calvin Klein. isn't involved.

May 12, 2011

Teddy Bears for a good cause

"Wake in the deepest dark of the night and hear the driving rain. Reach out and take a paw, and go to sleep again" - Charlotte Gray
Not too hard, not too soft but just right ... The Langham, Melbourne has launched the Teddy Bear Package to keep guests warm and cosy during this Australian winter. The Luxury Travel Bible just can't resist Grace the very special (and very cute) Langham Teddy Bear dressed in Pink Pyjamas who will join guests during their stay. Most importantly the Teddy Bear Package will be supporting a very worthwhile cause, the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Centre Appeal
Available until September 28 The Teddy Bear Package also includes overnight accommodation for two, breakfast in Melba Restaurant, delicious hot chocolate beverages, access to the Health Club and Wellness Centre and bear surprises to be delivered to your room.
So snuggle down with Grace and dream away in your own five-star fairytale.

May 11, 2011

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May 9, 2011

Crystals of Etihad

The Luxury Travel Bible likes the sparkly prospect of Etihad Airways - the national airline of the United Arab Emirates - new amenity kits in First class. We especially like the kits for women, which come in a black cosmetic purse dotted with Swarovski crytsals. Inside are products from luxury brand La Prairie' including; moisturiser, hand cream and lip balm. For men there is a black leather cufflink box with the usual man-style amenities such as a shaving kit with Schick Xtreme 3 razor and shaving cream. The new kits will be available on flights between Abu Dhabi and London; Paris; Geneva; Sydney; and Melbourne and then rolled out progressively across the airline's whole First class long-haul route network.