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Now finally we are in a new year, and we all hope that 2009 will be more positive than its predecessor. This is the year to invest in experiences, and we will continue, at WOW.travel, to give you ideas from many areas.
This month, Around The World offers the International Luxury Travel Market in Cannes, France, and there are reports too on the famous kebabs of Lucknow, India, and the wines of Australia's Margaret River area. Read, too, about best surfing hotels, and how Washington DC is gearing up for the inauguration of Barack Obama on January 20th, 2009. You can also read reports on Cape Town, South Africa; Monte Carlo, Monaco, and Tristan da Cunha, the most remote archipelago in the world, in the middle of the South Atlantic. Away-Night is Acqualina Resort & Spa On The Beach, in Sunny Isles, Florida, and our Concierge is Pino Dolce, sharing his personal tips on Rome. Style specialist is perfume creator Blaise Mautin. Our insider is top designer Lars Malmqvist of Living Design AB, based in Stockholm. Oh yes, and we also have Seven Sensational Hotels where you can perfect experiences, learning everything from gardening to skiing.
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Kiwi Collection and WOW.travel cover the world!
Happy New Year to everyone - and may 2009 bring yet more worthwhile quality travel and experiences. Over the last few days, by the way, the Kiwi Collection WOW.travel team has variously been in Australia, Canada, China, Morocco, Norway, Turks & Caicos, the UK and the USA and, in my case, exploring the Caribbean on Silver Shadow. Yes, we cover the world, for you.
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Kiwi Collection announces partnership with Forbes Traveler at ILTM
The best people in town came to the Kiwi Collection party before the start of the annual International Luxury Travel Market in Cannes, France - read more about Kiwi Collection at ILTM here.
Kiwi Collection already partners with such other giants as the invitation-only social network A Small World - and this evening Philippe Kjellgren President of Kiwi Collection announced its latest partner, the mighty Forbes empire in the form of Forbes Traveler, which also covers Forbes 400. Yes, we are the exclusive hotels' provider to both services...
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Discover Depot-Ventes in Paris
We cannot wait to rush back to Paris, to stock up on designer gear at 'depot-ventes', homes of newly or gently-used couture. We like the sound of Griff'troc on 119, Bd Malesherbes 75008 Paris and Réciproque, 88-101 rue de la Pompe, Paris 75016.
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Thinking of popping the question?
Thinking of popping the question? Graff has designed a limited edition of classic white or rare colored diamond engagement rings - and wedding bands - exclusively for the Graff stores at The Peninsula Hong Kong and The Peninsula Tokyo.
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Lights of Monte Carlo
WOW.travel was lucky enough to be invited by Monte-Carlo SBM to the switching on of the Principality's fabulous Christmas lights, in front of the casino. There is always so much going on in Monte Carlo - read more here.
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Personal Shopper? Yes, please!
WOW.travel knows that personal shoppers avoid making expensive retail mistakes - and we are starting a directory (please send your proposals to retailmistakes@kiwicollection.com). We kick off with Alla Prokopov at Bergdorf Goodman, New York, who knows her Chanel like the back of her proverbial hand.
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Markus Anderson at Babington House
Markus Anderson, Membership Director of the Soho House invitation-only worldwide membership clubs, eats his breakfast boiled eggs and 'soldiers', buttered fingers of toast. He was at Babington House, Soho House's luxury country retreat in 18 acres of classic English countryside - read more about Babington House's spa here.
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An oasis of luxury linked to Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport
Flying through London Heathrow's terminal five? If you have time, head landside for the superb new ESPA in the equally opulent Sofitel Heathrow. It's a five-minute indoor walk away - and we like it, too, for staying over, before an early flight or after a late arrival.
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WOW.travel can't wait to be back in Mumbai
It is fantastic news that, in Mumbai (Bombay) both Oberoi's Trident Hotel and the Taj Mahal Tower Wing (photo) reopened on Sunday, December 21st, with full facilities, and the type of service that is renowned at the Oberoi group, and at Taj Hotels, Resorts and Palaces. We cannot wait to be back in Mumbai ourselves, at the end of March.
The Taj Mahal Palace & Tower, Mumbai, India
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Relish the lifestyles of the kings of yore on board the Palace on Wheels
Royal Rajasthan on Wheels starts January 11th, 2009. The eight-day 104-passenger luxury rail tour runs Delhi to Delhi via a Rajasthan Tourist Circuit of Bikaner, Chittorgarh, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur and Udaipur (super deluxe cabins have bath tubs and Internet Wi-Fi),
www.thepalaceonwheels.com.
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Visit Peter Nagy's Nature Morte gallery
While in Delhi, visit Peter Nagy's Nature Morte gallery - shown is Hema Upway's Robes from Winged Pilgrims, and this month's artists include Radhika Khimji and V.N. Aji. Nagy launches his next Nature Morte gallery in in Berlin this May.
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Legend Hotels plans to expand throughout the Baltic and Poland
Tarmo Sumberg (left) and designer Raul Uutmann, two of the owners of Legend Hotels and Restaurants, in Tallinn, Estonia, plan destination spas throughout the Baltic and in Poland. Legend already owns the Hotel Telegraaf, a conversion of Tallinn's 1878 telecommunications office, and the Georg Ots hotel on Saaremaa Island, Estonia.
Hotel Telegraaf, Tallinn, Estonia
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Admire works of art at Grande Provence Estate
At Grande Provence Estate, in Franschhoek, near Cape Town, admire works by top South African artists in owner Alex Van Heeren's art gallery, enjoy Angels Tear and Grande Provence wines and dine in its avantgarde restaurant. Explore the vineyards, and, ideally, stay over in the five-room Owner's Cottage, with private pool (watch the sunset behind Hothenhuis Mountain).
Grande Provence Estate, Franschhoek, South Africa
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Monte Napoleone claims to be the most elegant street in Milan
Milan's fashion scene is often - well, controversial. Guests at the Carlton Hotel Baglioni on via Senato, only a healthy ten-minute walk from the city's most famous couture area, Monte Napoleone, have the added enticement of an exclusive range of Kore that can be brought to the hotel for viewing, www.baglionihotels.com.
Carlton Hotel Baglioni, Milan, Italy
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Discover the history of Hyde Park (while enjoying a great meal)
How about dinner for two - or even more - actually within the upper part of Hyde Park Corner's Constitution Arch, topped by Adrian Jones' 1912 Quadriga (photo)? InterContinental London Park Lane can arrange this for you.
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Bollywood in Boston
Bollywood in Boston (the Massachusetts USA one of course)? Yes, you can join in on January 21st, 2009, at one of the luxury hotel's themed evenings, with authentic Indian cuisine and music and lots of entertainment. If you stay over, we really like the '09' corner suites, overlooking Boston Common, www.tajhotels.com.
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The first Ritz-Carlton Reserve to open
Escape colder climes with a visit to Thailand's beautiful Krabi area. Ritz-Carlton's first Ritz-Carlton Reserve will open at Phulay Bay in 2009, offering stress-free adventure and cultural experiences. Another plus, it's designed by Lek Bunnag,
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Coming Up Next Month
Coming next month: Seven Sensational wedding venues around the world.
Please enjoy this issue of WOW.travel, and pass it on to as many friends as you like and encourage them, too, to sign up to receive it on the seventh of every month, with our compliments.
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