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A New Wellness Center in Spain

When a place opens in Altea – a place that means healing – it’s as though it’s destined to be a wellness center. Enter ZEM: a new medical clinic in Spain, where their philosophy isn’t about shedding weight. It’s about extending the longevity and quality of your life. This is a first look at a place that may just change your life. Background While a little FOMO is inevitable no matter what you’re up to, ZEM Wellness Clinic Altea is…

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Hotel Reviews

Park Hyatt Paris

Twenty years ago, luxury hotels were generally a traditional bunch. It was almost on autopilot that the formula was white glove service, classic décor, and formal dining. Then the Park Hyatts burst onto the scene and ushered in a new era of modern luxury. We would say the Park Hyatt Paris was a game-changer for the Parisian scene. Atmosphere With the benefit of hindsight, looking back twenty years ago, the Park Hyatt Paris was visionary. They created a design that…

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Hotel Reviews

The Mandarin Oriental Costa Navarino

If you are with your entourage this summer, you need to go. If you are with your sig other this summer, you need to go. If you are a solo traveler, you guessed it, you need to go. The Mandarin Oriental in Costa Navarino is a hotel that will inspire you to skip the Greek Isles and stay on the mainland this summer. This is the insider’s review. The Mandarin Oriental Costa Navarino opened in August 2023 in an area…

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Destinations + Hotels to Inspire You

6 Best Amans in the World

You know a hotel is pretty special when it turns the most demanding people into bona fide junkies. What we mean by that is when Aman builds it, the top of the food chain will come. It doesn’t matter how far-flung either the destination is, and in fact, the more remote, the better. When Aman arrived on the scene over 25 years ago, it indisputably created its own class of luxury. So what, you’re asking, makes Aman so special? Yes,…

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Destinations + Hotels to Inspire You

Where to Celebrate New Year’s Eve 2024

You’re crushing it at work. The kids are top of their class and in every extracurricular activity known to man. You’re out 4 out of 7 nights a week making it all happen. Life is pretty perfect. Well, even if this total fantasy is not the current state of affairs, we know that your New Year’s Eve plans are probably up in the air. The fact is you’re busy, and there’s been no mind-space to think about where to celebrate…

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Travel Buzz

The Bulgari Rome

There’s a utopia where winters are so mild that you can eat gelato all year round. Here, people watching is always fashionable and no place makes a cacio e pepe pasta better. Welcome to Rome, which is a go-to destination especially now through the winter months. Even thinking about walking around the Spanish Steps makes us want an affogato. And now, there’s a new-ish luxe hotel that’s another reason you want to head to Rome. The Bulgari is up and…

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Travel Guides

La Fiermontina: A Baller Parisian Apartment

For anyone wondering where to spend the holidays, we’re here to remind you that Paris is always a good idea. And there’s a luxury Paris apartment for rent that’s both in and with a panoramic view of the iconic Place Vendome. To call La Fiermontina simply an apartment for rent though is like saying Roger Federer played a little bit of tennis. La Fiermontina is about to set new standards of living for you. Also to call it an apartment…

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Celebrity Travel

Favorite Mission Impossible Hotels

If there’s a time to go big, it’s the holidays, so we’re in a blockbuster frame of mind. No one quite brings it like Tom Cruise, who has filmed the Mission Impossible franchise in some pretty incredible locations. Along with that comes top hotels, because Tom doesn’t do anything halfway. Here are a few favorite hotels to put on the list. The Hotel: Selman Marrakech The Location: Marrakech, Morocco The Film: Mission Impossible 5 Overview Not every hotel keeps a…

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Best Of The Best

Where to Travel this Fall 2023

The most beautiful season of the year goes by way too fast. And the beauty of fall is that you don’t have to make a big production of it. You can hop in the car or take a quick flight to get that well-deserved weekend break. So, before the clock turns to winter, this is where to travel this fall. Of course these destinations have hotels are where you can get your fall on in all its glory. Destination: Tennessee…

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Reviews

Vive Restaurant in Paris

You’re on the circuit of Girafe, L’Avenue and Loulou. You have a standing table at Matignon (and dance on it too). In fact, you can walk into the Hotel Costes, no reservation, and get the best seat in the house. (Here’s looking at you, Ubah Hassan). Well, Vive, Maison Mer restaurant in Paris is none of that. In fact, it’s completely opposite of scene, where you are at Vive to experience the food. By some accounts, Vive restaurant in Paris…

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