 | | | On Location - December 2008 | | VIP | Friday, December 05, 2008 | Fontainebleau Resort re-opened!
Paris Hilton was among the celebrities at the re-opening of the Fontainebleau Resort on November 14th, 2008 (it was run by Hilton until 2005). Originally built by Morris Lapidus in 1954, it now has 1,504 rooms, www.fontainebleau.com. | | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | On Location - December 2008 | | VIP | Friday, December 05, 2008 | Melbourne Cup winner!
Running at 40-1, Viewed, owned by former Malaysian banker Dato' Tan Chin Nam, won the Melbourne Cup by a nose, on November 4th, 2008. Viewed was trained by Bart Cummings - who won his 11th Melbourne Cup in 1999 - and ridden by Blake Shinn. | | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | On Location - December 2008 | | VIP | Friday, December 05, 2008 | Amanda Staveley of PCP Capital Partners
Amanda Staveley, 35, is fast becoming the most important international woman in the entire Middle East. Her company, PCP Capital Partners, has recently brokered investments of £3.5 billion in Barclays and £210 million in Manchester City Football Clu...more | | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | On Location - December 2008 | | VIP | Friday, December 05, 2008 | JMW Turner Exhibit
Alisher Usmanov, left, and Lord Browne in front of JMW Turner's painting 'The Harbor of Brest '. Usmanov, a major shareholder of Metalloinvest and owner of Arsenal FootbalL Club, sponsored a Turner exhibition, on loan from Tate Britain, which opened at The Pushkin Museum of Fine Ar...more | | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | On Location - December 2008 | | VIP | Friday, December 05, 2008 | More on Tanya Rose, Owner of Mason Rose
Tanya Rose, Owner of the luxury representation company Mason Rose, sets off on a fact-finding trip. Read what is important to Tanya in this month's Style Report. | | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | On Location - December 2008 | | VIP | Friday, December 05, 2008 | Olga Kurylenko is the newest Bond girl
Ukrainian actress Olga Kurylenko plays Camille in the new Bond film "Quantum of Solace." A native Ukrainian who also speaks English, French and Russian (and a smattering of Hebrew since making a movie in Israel), she has been married to French fashion ...more | | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | On Location - December 2008 | | VIP | Friday, December 05, 2008 | Ruler of Kingdom of Bhutan makes an appearance
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck bowing at his coronation as the fifth Druk Gyalpo, ruler of the beautiful and unique Kingdom of Bhutan - and WOW.travel was there, read more about it here. | | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | On Location - December 2008 | | VIP | Friday, December 05, 2008 | Kelly LaPlante's designing green
Leading organic interior designer Kelly LaPlante, based in Venice Beach CA, USA, is author of ecologique, and host of Brilliant Green on Ovation Network. Her many designs include the Lexus Hybrid Living Suite at The Fairmont, Washington DC. | | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | On Location - February 2009 | | VIP | Friday, February 06, 2009 | Executive of the Year awarded
Clarisa Jiménez (third from left), President and CEO of the Puerto Rico Hotel & Tourism Association, was honored by the Caribbean Society of Hotel Association CHTA as the 2008 Large Association Executive of the Year. She is with CHTA CEO Alec Sanguinetti, Sue ...more | | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | On Location - February 2009 | | VIP | Friday, February 06, 2009 | A perfect wedding
Ronnie Fortis, left, GM of the Hilton Tel Aviv, kindly hosted a complimentary wedding for Sharon and Gilad Yaacobi, members of the Gevim Kibuthz, after their planned ceremony on January 8th, 2009, was cancelled by the Israeli Army. Read about sensational wedding venues worldwide her...more | | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | On Location - February 2009 | | VIP | Friday, February 06, 2009 | Listen to Clayderman
Richard Clayderman, left, with John Spooner, Guest Services Manager of Raffles Beijing Hotel, China. Says Spooner, 'I can always remember near 30 years ago lying on the beach at Cannes listening to Balade pour Adeline coming from a speaker system in the water - and I have been a ...more | | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | On Location - February 2009 | | VIP | Friday, February 06, 2009 | Mina opens another Bourbon eatery
Michael Mina, one of our all-time favorite chefs, has opened his latest Bourbon Steak restaurant in the Four Seasons Hotel Washington DC. As well as 500 wines on his own list, Mina also lets you bring your own bottles, for a mere $5 corkage fee, www.michaelmina.net. | | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | On Location - February 2009 | | VIP | Friday, February 06, 2009 | Preparing for the 2014 Winter Games
On January 5th, 2009 Prime Minister Vladimir Putin took 16 top skiers to Krasnaya Polyana mountains, to show readiness for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi. In a competition, Germany’s Felix Neureuther took first place, followed by France's Jean-Baptiste Grange...more | | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | On Location - February 2009 | | VIP | Friday, February 06, 2009 | Gisèle Freund exhibit
The photographer Gisèle Freund, 1908-2000, was honored at an exhibition at the Willy Brandt Haus, Berlin, which closed January 18th, 2009, www.willy-brandt-haus.de. Gisèle Freund was born into a cultured German-Jewish family near Berlin and she returned there in 19...more | | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | On Location - February 2009 | | VIP | Friday, February 06, 2009 | qualia hosts the Australian Ballet
qualia Great Barrier Reef, in Australia's Whitsunday Island, hosted the Australian Ballet October 31-November 2nd, 2008, www.qualia.com.au. It was arranged by Ballet board member Sarah O'Hare, wife of Lachlan Murdoch, and sponsors included Paspaley, www.paspaley.com...more | | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | On Location - February 2009 | | VIP | Friday, February 06, 2009 | Rafael Nadal wins Australian Open
The Australian Open tennis finished in spectactular form February 1st, 2009, with left-hander Rafael Nadal (shown) winning 6-2 after a 2-2 set match with Roger Federer. Mallorca-based Nadal has been ranked World No 1 in tennis since August 2008, www.rafaelnadal.com. | | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | On Location - February 2009 | | VIP | Friday, February 06, 2009 | Bailout for The Museum of Contemporary Art
Eli Broad, with his wife Edythe, has given a $30 million bailout to The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, www.moca.org. A friend of the Broads, Charles Young, 76-year old chancellor emeritus of the University of California, Los Angeles, has been appoi...more | | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | On Location - February 2009 | | VIP | Friday, February 06, 2009 | Most famous Australian woman?
Who is the most famous living Austrian woman? Some put singer Christina Sturmer (photo) top of the list. Also there should be Elisabeth Gürtler-Mauthner, MD of the Hotel Sacher and of the Spanish Riding School, skier Annemarie Moser-Pröll and sparkler heiress F...more | | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | On Location - February 2009 | | VIP | Friday, February 06, 2009 | Katie Holmes loves New York
Some say Katie Holmes - seen with daughter Suri - is singlehandedly keeping New York retail going (surely it is not true she has spent over $14 million since arriving in town July 2008 to appear in Arthur Miller's All My Sons?) Her favorite shops include Hermes and she lik...more | | Email this article to a friend |
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