http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog Pages of travel tales gathered from visits to hotels, hammams, beaches, boutiques, bars and everything luxurious in between Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:00:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/destination-dispatches-free-time-at-tribe-nairobi/18993 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/destination-dispatches-free-time-at-tribe-nairobi/18993#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:04:05 +0000 Kiwi Collection /blog/?p=18993 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/destination-dispatches-free-time-at-tribe-nairobi/18993/feed 0 Stacey Walker, one of our contest winners, recounts her stay at Nairobi’s Tribe. When Kiwi Collection promoted their “Every 100th Booking Free” campaign, giving away $100 Visa cards to dreamers who got 100 friends to “like” their dream vacation postcard on Facebook, this dreamer opted for a free night stay at a Kiwi hotel. Then [...] 006949-01-exterior-pool-view http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/city-travel-guide-a-palace-on-the-beach-in-rio%e2%80%99s-copacabana/18813 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/city-travel-guide-a-palace-on-the-beach-in-rio%e2%80%99s-copacabana/18813#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:00:07 +0000 Kiwi Collection /blog/?p=18813 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/city-travel-guide-a-palace-on-the-beach-in-rio%e2%80%99s-copacabana/18813/feed 0 Rendezvous in Rio? Bask in the sun (and sun-kissed bodies). You know you want to. Julie Falconer gives us a guide to the best beach in the Brazilian city. When most people think of Brazil, they think of Rio de Janeiro. And when most people think of Rio, they think of Copacabana Beach. The iconic [...] 000200-01-exterior-sunset http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/insiders-guide-2012-travel-hot-spots/18748 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/insiders-guide-2012-travel-hot-spots/18748#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:00:35 +0000 Kiwi Collection /blog/?p=18748 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/insiders-guide-2012-travel-hot-spots/18748/feed 0 Where in the world should you book this year’s great escape? Kiwi Experts and sojourn connoisseurs Bradley Cocks and Rene Vosslamber share their top picks of places and properties for 2012 travel. Thailand remains popular with a constant flow of new luxury hotels—in Bangkok, Siam Kempinski Bangkok, The St. Regis Bangkok, and the upcoming Siam [...] 002913-02-exterior-mountain-view http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/destination-dispatches-a-meadowood-meal-fit-to-photograph/18053 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/destination-dispatches-a-meadowood-meal-fit-to-photograph/18053#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2011 20:13:26 +0000 Kiwi Collection /blog/?p=18053 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/destination-dispatches-a-meadowood-meal-fit-to-photograph/18053/feed 1 The meal our guest blogger Christine Faulhaber had at Meadowood Napa Valley was so photogenic, not to mention delectable, it deserved its own post. Potato gravel, house-made milk brioche, epazote, traditional Mexican herbs, finger lime caviar, foie gras stumps with pear skin twigs. These are just a few of my new favorite things. The Restaurant [...] 72966c97 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/destination-dispatches-napa-lapping-up-low-key-luxury/17983 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/destination-dispatches-napa-lapping-up-low-key-luxury/17983#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:00:25 +0000 Kiwi Collection /blog/?p=17983 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/destination-dispatches-napa-lapping-up-low-key-luxury/17983/feed 0 After yesterday’s Fresh Pick post, we’ve got wines and vines on our brain. Thankfully, guest blogger Christine Faulhaber and her hubby just got back from a trip to Meadowood Napa Valley, California. She shares her experience and pics. Meadowood has its own street. With its rows of olive trees and winding upward drive, you can’t [...] 000111-01-exterior-aerial-forest http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/destination-dispatches-rocking-in-rio-recouping-in-bahia/17846 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/destination-dispatches-rocking-in-rio-recouping-in-bahia/17846#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 20:00:59 +0000 Kiwi Collection /blog/?p=17846 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/destination-dispatches-rocking-in-rio-recouping-in-bahia/17846/feed 0 You know what makes a balanced meal. When it comes to Brazil, this is a balanced holiday. One part party, One part repose. First, the party. Rio de Janeiro certainly knows how to throw one, aside from Carnival, which happens every year, Rio also hosts the world’s largest music festival, Rock in Rio and I [...] 003142-05-beach-chair-ocean-view-daytime http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/destination-dispatches-by-george/15971 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/destination-dispatches-by-george/15971#comments Sun, 14 Aug 2011 20:28:06 +0000 Kiwi Collection /blog/?p=15971 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/destination-dispatches-by-george/15971/feed 0 From the mighty Elbe to the Alster lakes, Hamburg’s identity is inextricably linked to its relationship with water. The creators of The George hotel knew how important this was when they chose their location just a block away from the larger of the two lakes, the Außenalster. The choice of neighborhood was equally important. No [...] 007422-01-lobby-mirror-reflection http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/destination-dispatches-reykjavik-101/15771 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/destination-dispatches-reykjavik-101/15771#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:08:40 +0000 Kiwi Collection /blog/?p=15771 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/destination-dispatches-reykjavik-101/15771/feed 0 It’s not often that a city experiences 24 hours of daylight. But when it’s summertime in Reykjavik, the sun shines day and night. One of the best places to watch this phenomenon was out the window of my room at 101 Hotel. Up on the fifth floor, my friend and I had a wall full [...] 2619619781_eb6ac5cd3d http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/men-about-salone-del-mobile-milan-tortona-time/14375 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/men-about-salone-del-mobile-milan-tortona-time/14375#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:26:24 +0000 Kiwi Collection /blog/?p=14375 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/men-about-salone-del-mobile-milan-tortona-time/14375/feed 2 A drop-in on Tortona Design Week was day 3 for our intrepid reporters slash interior designers Chad Falkenberg and Kelly Reynolds. Tortona runs concurrent to Salone del Mobile and highlights the area between Via Savona, Via Tortona and Via Stendhal, not far from Leonardo’s canals. Chad offers these notes and photos: Tortona goes far beyond [...] tortonadesignweek http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/men-about-salone-del-mobile-milan-prolific-patricia-urquiola/14336 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/men-about-salone-del-mobile-milan-prolific-patricia-urquiola/14336#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:34:51 +0000 Kiwi Collection /blog/?p=14336 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/men-about-salone-del-mobile-milan-prolific-patricia-urquiola/14336/feed 3 During fashion week, Miuccia Prada is Queen of Milan, but during design week another woman is bestowed the imaginary crown. With Day 2 under their new Italian leather belts, our men of Salone del Mobile, interior designers Chad Falkenberg and Kelly Reynolds, report that Patricia Urquiola, the Spanish designer made honorary Milanese since moving there, [...] PatriciaUrquiola