VIP Report

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, real estate mogul and publisher of The New York Observer, married October 25th, 2009, at the Trump National Golf Club NJ.

The Gleneagles Hotel entertained Virtuoso’s Chairman’s Club October 21-23, 2009. Seen from left, Patrick Elsmie, Matthew Upchurch, Bernard Murphy.

The Dorchester Hotel team won the third Profile Regatta, organized by Britannia Events off Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, September 22-23, 2009, were followed by a Springboard charity dinner at the Royal Yacht Squadron. Entrants also included the Eton Collection and Small Luxury Hotels.

CEO of the Corinthia Hotel Group Tony Potter, right, hosted the vital Russia & CIS Hotel Investment Conference at the splendid Corinthia St Petersburg Nevsky Palace (run by GM Asaad Farag, left). Read more about the Russia&CIS Hotel Investment Conference here.

HRH The Duke of York – seen here with Fairmont Bab Al Bahr Abu Dhabi GM Michael Kaile – opened the hotel’s Frankie’s and Marco Pierre White Steak House restaurants October 28th, 2009, The just-opened 369-room hotel is owned by RMAL Al Fattim.

George Clooney was in London for the premiere of Fantastic Mr Fox, which kicked off the London Film Festival, October 14-29, 2009. He was with his girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis, the Sardinia-born model-actress currently co-hosting Italian television’s Total Request Live.

Barcelona Mandarin Oriental’s MOments will be run by Spain’s only 3-star female chef, Carme Ruscalleda of Sant Pol de Mar Sant Pau – with her son, Raül Balam, in the kitchen (Carme Ruscalleda, a farmer’s daughter who studied charcuterie and business management before marrying a grocer, also has 2 Michelin stars for her Tokyo restaurant).

Kim Canteenwalla’s Society Café at Encore at Wynn Las Vegas is one of John Mariani’s 20 best new restaurants in the USA (read about one more of the best restaurants here). The 168-seat restaurant, designed by Roger Thomas, is a partnership with Elizabeth Blau and Sean Christie. Best sellers include Mac ‘n Cheese Bites with Truffle Dipping Sauce, and Braised Kurobuta Pork Short Ribs with corn succotash.

Heiko Kuenstle, a would-be banker who is now GM of The Pierre – a Taj Hotel, one of New York’s best-loved hotels, hosted The Pierre, Again, a celebration evening October 19th, 2009, in honor of the historic hotel’s re-opening.

The amazingly-named Michaelangelo L’Acqua, Teaneck NJ-born co-founder of Onda, has scored and licensed music for nearly 200 commercials (clients include Karl Lagerfeld, Old Navy, Revlon and, now, W Hotels), www.music2management.com.

Eighteen cyclists from Starwood Hotels & Resorts completed the second annual ‘Road to Awareness’ bike ride - a three-day, 240-mile journey through some of the most legendary climbs in the Pyrenees in aid of UNICEF’s Egyptian street kids initiative. The team was led by hotels’ President EAME Roeland Vos.

Bobbi Brown - Michelle Obama's favorite facial specialist - has a Paris studio where fashionistas are flocking for make-up lessons. It's a stone-throw from Place des Vosges, so pop in first for a Carita makeover at the Pavillon de la Reine's new spa.