 | | | On Location - October 2009 | | VIP | Tuesday, October 06, 2009 | Burberry is a hit (like always!)
Burberry’s presentation, designed by Christopher Bailey, was the hit of London Fashion Week, September 23rd, 2009. VIPs at the fashion show included Gwyneth Paltrow, Freida Pinto, Liv Tyler and Emma Watson, plus Vogue editors Carine Roitfeld, France, and Anna Wi...more | | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | On Location - October 2009 | | VIP | Tuesday, October 06, 2009 | Lewis Hamilton wins Singapore Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton, for McLaren, won the second Singapore Grand Prix on September 27th, 2009. At Fairmont Hotel Singapore, all front-line staff wore special commemorative shirts. | | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | On Location - October 2009 | | VIP | Tuesday, October 06, 2009 | Frank Fiskers runs the Berlin Marathon
Stockholm-based Dane, Frank Fiskers, CEO of Scandic Hotels, completed the Berlin Marathon on Sunday 20 September, 2009, which was won, for the fourth time, by Haile Gebrselassie in two hours, six minutes and eight seconds. Fiskers raised over euro 20,000 for the...more | | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | On Location - October 2009 | | VIP | Tuesday, October 06, 2009 | Grand Prix winner named after Olympic champion
Singapore Grand Prix winner Lewis Carl Hamilton is named after former track champion Carl Lewis, photo. Lewis - nine Olympic golds, 10 World Championships – stayed at the David InterContinental Tel Aviv last month (hotel GM David Cohen says he stil...more | | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | On Location - October 2009 | | VIP | Tuesday, October 06, 2009 | Air plays at The Art House
Air (Mirabassi-Boltro-Rossi) played September 28th, 2009 at The Art House, Damascus. The ten-room hotel, a conversion of a stone mill in Mezzah, is one of Syria’s best hotels: it is owned by Nader Kalai, and designer is Ghiath Macnok. | | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | On Location - October 2009 | | VIP | Tuesday, October 06, 2009 | Read "For Richer or Poorer"
For Richer or Poorer is the latest book by English journalist and television star Victoria Coren, 33. In 2006 she won the $1 million European poker championship in Monaco (she is part of Team PokerStars). | | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | On Location - October 2009 | | VIP | Tuesday, October 06, 2009 | The Bodhi Tree Foundation launch
Jean-Philippe Laugier of Fasano Hotels, John Galante of JG Black Book of Travel and Yasmeen Sarwar of Grace Bay Club. They were at the launch of The Bodhi Tree Foundation, a travel industry preservation group set up by JG Black Book of Travel, Jena Gardner. | | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | On Location - October 2009 | | VIP | Tuesday, October 06, 2009 | Brazil to host 2016 Olympics!
There were jubilant scenes on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach on Friday October 2nd, 2009, as the International Olympic Committee IOC, meeting in Copenhagen, announced Brazil will host the 2016 Olympics. The winning bid was personally led by President Luiz Inaci...more | | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | On Location - October 2009 | | VIP | Tuesday, October 06, 2009 | WOW.travel loves Malmaison Aberdeen
WOW.travel was in Aberdeen, Scotland – and of course we stayed at one of Scotland’s best hotels, Malmaison Aberdeen (shown, on left, MWB CEO Robert Cook, and Malmaison Aberdeen GM Andy Roger). Read more about our Scottish trip here. | | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | On Location - October 2009 | | VIP | Tuesday, October 06, 2009 | Scott Schuman at Barney's, New York
Scott Schuman, who produces the cult fashion blog, last month set up a temporary pop-up shop in Barneys during New York ready-to-wear fashion week. Schuman has been carrying a digital camera around New York for the last four years. | | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | On Location - October 2009 | | VIP | Tuesday, October 06, 2009 | U2 plays in Chicago
Bono was in Chicago for U2's BlackBerry-sponsored 360-degree event, to a crowd of 61,5000, at Chicago's Soldier Field on September 12th, 2009. The group stayed at Park Hyatt Chicago. | | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | On Location - October 2009 | | VIP | Tuesday, October 06, 2009 | Helen Mirren starred in Phèdre
Dame Helen Mirren starred in a mere 12 performances of Jean Racine's epic tragedy Phèdre at the Shakespeare Theatre Company's Sidney Harman Hall, Washington DC, September 17-26, 2009 (tickets sold out in five hours). | | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | On Location - October 2009 | | VIP | Tuesday, October 06, 2009 | Speedy airport tranfers at Grand Hyatt Tokyo
Kazuhisa Shin, President Mori Building City Air Services Co; Dora Chong, GM Coty Prestige Southeast Asia; Christophe Lorvo, GM Grand Hyatt Tokyo, in front of the hotel’s new helicopter. Speedy airport transfers are now available. | | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | On Location - October 2009 | | VIP | Tuesday, October 06, 2009 | WOW.travel visits the Mount Kenya Safari Club
This VICM – Very Important Colobus Monkey – formed part of the welcome committee when we visited the beautiful Mount Kenya Safari Club. Read more about our trip to Kenya here. | | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | On Location - September 2009 | | VIP | Monday, September 07, 2009 | WOW.travel tours Nevis
At the exquisite Montpelier Plantation, Nevis, we were driven by cab driver TC, not only the top driver on the island but one of the most memorable in the whole Caribbean. She was a bus driver back home in Leeds, England, when she met a Nevitian, and she still retains her York...more | | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | On Location - September 2009 | | VIP | Monday, September 07, 2009 | Heitz Cellar visits Hotel Hana Maui
Kathleen Heitz Myers - seen with her husband George Myers - is President of Heitz Cellar, the St Helena CA label started by her parents Joe and Alice Heitz. She debuted Heitz verticals at Hotel Hana Maui, Hawaii, August 29-30, 2009. | | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | On Location - September 2009 | | VIP | Monday, September 07, 2009 | Family dinner at Le Canard
Robert Appelbaum, right, owner of Le Canard restaurant, Johannesburg, hosted friends and family: from left, Colin Bell - see this month's Insider - his mother, Le Carnard chef Freda Appelbaum, Mary and Martin Gostelow and his sister Karen Appelbaum. | | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | On Location - September 2009 | | VIP | Monday, September 07, 2009 | Patrick Jouin unveiled the future of hotel rooms
Designer Patrick Jouin - who works with Alessi and W Hotels Worldwide - unveiled his hotel room of the future at the Instituto Tomie Ohtake in Sao Paolo. This is part of the year-long celebration of France throughout Brazil. | | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | On Location - September 2009 | | VIP | Monday, September 07, 2009 | Sir Simon Rattle displays his musical gift
Conductor Sir Simon Rattle's August 28th, 2009, concert at the Digital Concert Hall was broadcast live on Deutsche Bank's. Also, on August 6th, 2009. Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation announced total grants of $1.4 million to 14 New York-area museums. | | Email this article to a friend |
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