Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts has been selected by an affiliate of Westbrook Partners, a privately-owned, fully integrated real estate investment management company, to manage its hotel in the 345 California Center building in San Francisco’s financial district. Currently known as the Loews Regency San Francisco, the Hotel will be renamed Four Seasons Hotel San [...]
Frankfurt Airport Retail (FAR) has reopened one of Frankfurt Airport’s two Hermès boutiques with a new and larger retail space. The new Maison Hermes which covers 160 sqm is located in a ‘prime location’ behind the passport control in area B of Terminal 1, is around twice the size of the previous boutique. “For decades, [...]
Crete Luxury Hotels & Villas Escape to an oasis of elegance on Crete Island. St Nicolas bay is a unique luxury private beach Resort Hotel on the way from Aghios Nikolaos to Elounda. This bungalow style resort and the private pool villas expanded in a small peninsula viewing both the spectacular Gulf of Mirabello Bay [...]
« I couldn’t believe my eyes the first time I saw how much of a cityscape can be seen reflected along the edges of glass buildings from on high », says Navid Baraty. This photographer left a career in engineering to pursue his passion, offering unique images on dramating landscapes and cities from above. For [...]
Overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, the Guaruja Peninsula House is a coastal retreat in São Paulo. The dwelling is made from a series of volumes staked on the rocky shoreline. A concrete rectangular base sits on a foundation of stilts for minimal impact on the land while a triangular volume is suspended above. Housing the private [...]
Far from the crowded corridors of major Santorini villages like Fira or Oia, Istoriathis link opens in a new tab sits above Perivolos Beach, one of the island’s most serene stretches of volcanic black-sand coastline. The third Santorini property from husband-and-wife hoteliers Antonis Eliopoulos and Kalia Konstantinidou, this 12-suite retreat had a former life as [...]
Mykonos can feel like one big 24-hour thumping beach club, so it’s a relief to find a peaceful (and stylish) redoubt like Katikiesthis link opens in a new tab. At this whitewashed retreat, perched above Agio Ioannis beach, each of the 32 rooms feature private plunge pools and unimpeded sea views. If you venture out [...]
Mexico Cabos Sunset cruise, captured the moment with an iPhone camera.
January guarantees snowfall in the French Alps, but February is when the action really starts to hot up on the slopes. Purge your back-to-work blues with a stay at Marcel Breuer’s avant-garde art village, Terminal Neige in Flaine. Set at 2,000-metres elevation, the 96-room hotel underwent a total revamp in recent years, and is a [...]
Architect Nicolas del Rio has put a South American twist on the Alpine chalet for his retreat in the foothills of the Andes in Chile. La Dacha – available to rent via Off Grid Hideaways from $450 per night – unfurls across 1,500 sq ft, and the mountain retreat sits between ancient oak trees and [...]
