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Hello from Croatia, where we are, as always, researching so that WOW.travel, the online newsletter of Kiwi Collection, keeps you abreast of what is happening, worldwide, before you hear it elsewhere.
Read below for quick bites - you can also click straight through for Seven Sensational Hotels' Tents, for Insider thoughts on quality and new luxury from Geoffrey Gelard, MD of The Lanesborough, London. You have style from Nice-based Anyes Glogg and a concierge's ideas for Dublin, Ireland, and Away-night takes us to Aman at the Summer Palace, Beijing, China. Here, too, below, you have WOWconfidential.
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Kiwi Collection there to help honor J.W. Marriott
Kiwi Collection was a VIP sponsor at Cornell's dinner honoring J.W. "Bill" Marriott - the legendary hotelier is shown flanked by Philippe Kjellgren, President of Kiwi Collection and Mary Gostelow its Editor-in-Chief. Read about the event here.
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Sail the Andes with Cruce Andino
Or why not spend a day crossing the Andes by boat (and bus)? Leave, year-round, from Puerto Montt in Chile, to Bariloche, Argentina, via Lake Llanquihue, Puella, Puerto Frias, and Puerto Blest, www.cruceandino.com.
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Saddle up for a great adventure with the Dude Ranchers' Association
Get up in the saddle. In North America, the Dude Ranchers' Association DRA offers year-round activities, sleeping in everything from rustic cabin to luxury resort.
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Conches are king in the Turks & Caicos
On Provo (Providenciales) we watched fascinated, as conches were shucked - read about the lovely Turks & Caicos islands in the Caribbean here.
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Indulge in Castel Monastero's Wine Bar Restaurant
Every castle needs a wine-cellar - Castel Monastero, 15 miles from Sienna, has its cellar plus a Gordon Ramsay restaurant (the 74-room luxury resort opens July 7th, 2009 - read more here.
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Enjoy the finer things in life - like Amantaka
Laos holds mystique for so many seasoned travelers. This month Amanresorts opens there: the 24-room Amantaka, designed by Pascal Trahan, is a conversion of a century-old French hospital.
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Kiwi Collection at the Asia Luxury Travel Market
Kiwi Collection was there in force at the annual Asia Luxury Travel Market in Shanghai - here, Bradley Cocks, Senior Vice President - Asia Pacific and Erik Haugen its CEO, are with the Celebrity Chairman of the concurrent Shanghai International Film Festival Yue-Sai Kan.
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WOW.travel proposes a toast to The Peninsula, Shanghai
Talking of Shanghai, WOW.travel had the joy, with GM Paul Tchen, of being the first to drink Peninsula Champagne, on the rooftop of that company's sensational Rochon-designed hotel, opening October 18th, 2009.
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Go lobster fishing in Ardmore Bay
Stay at The Cliff House Hotel and catch an Irish lobster in Ardmore Bay (chef Martijn Kajuiter will later cook it for you). Read about owner Barry O'Callaghan's Dublin restaurant here.
The Cliff House Hotel, County Waterford, Ireland
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Sweet Love Hangover opens this month
Purple-green, transparent-plastic - designer Lionel Ohayon, photo, www.icravedesign.com - abounds at 24-hour Sweet Love Hangover restaurant, which Hollywood producer Elie Samaha and Rob Vinokur open this month in the former Fox Theater on Los Angeles' Hollywood Boulevard.
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Cycling 'round the world
Whenever we can, WOW.travel loves to cycle - we are pedalling around Adriatic islands as you read this. Read about our Away-night at the amazing Aman at the Summer Palace, Beijing, China here.
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Getting hitched? Marry in Zanzibar
Why not get married in exotic Zanzibar: book the three-bedroom Villa Zanzibar at Zamani Zanzibar Kempinski Hotel,Tanzania and you can take your bridesmaid and best man, too.
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Or tie the knot above Sydney Harbour
Alternatively, in Australia you can marry at 440 feet above Sydney Harbour as part of the unique www.bridgeclimb.com (BridgeClimb opened in 1998, organized by Paul Cave and backed by restaurateur Jack Cowin).
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WOW.travel meets up with Gilles Camilleri
Small world: on June 30, 2009, we met up in Croatia with a former Jack Cowin colleague, Nice-born Gilles Camilleri, of Gil's Cuisine & Pop Lounge, one of Europe's most sensuous sites, in the medieval ramparts of Dubrovnik old town.
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Coming Up Next Month...
Please enjoy the whole of WOW.travel, written as our team covers the globe for you (right now, Bradley is in Tuscany, Erik is on Crete and Philippe is in his native Sweden).
Next month, we have Seven Sensational Rooftop bars, and so much more.
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