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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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New York City

Top Special Occasion Dinners in NYC

Sometimes you want to celebrate the holidays. Or a birthday. Or a promotion. And sometimes you want to have a special occasion dinner for no reason at all. All of the above call for a special occasion restaurant that you wouldn’t necessarily go to every day. You know, the kind of place for which you get dressed to the nines, and order without abandon from the menu and the wine list. This is your list for where to blow it…

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Style

The Holiday Gift Issue

You’ve not made your list, much less checked it twice. And it doesn’t matter if they’ve been naughty or nice. You have a boatload of people to buy gifts for as usual this year. So we have your inspiration, no matter who it is. Yes, even for that person who has everything. This is the ultimate holiday gift list and your go-to this season. Best Holiday Travel-Inspired Gifts The Gift: Simple Human Cleanstation You do not want to know how…

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Victoria Beckham Handbag on Model Holiday Gifts

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 Core Club’s New NYC Location

We all know that the private club craze has taken over New York City. But before there was Bond Street, Casa Cruz or Casa Cipriani, there was the Core Club. They were the first movers to bring in the modern age of private clubs that were less stuffy and anything but old school. But their space grew a little tired, until now, where they may just be the leader of the pack again. Overview: Core Club once again is showing…

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New York City

Cocktail Bars in NYC to Know

It used to be that heading to a bar for a nightcap was the afterthought for the evening. That was before it became an art to craft a cocktail and drinks started to compete with wine as a pairing for food. So, naturally the landscape for cocktail bars has changed in NYC where there are lounges that are worthy of the main event of the evening. These are some of the cocktail bars in NYC to know now. Shinji’s The…

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Luxury Family Travel & Lifestyle

Top Family-Friendly Resorts in the Caribbean + Mexico

The best gift you can give your kids isn’t Thomas the Train. Or, even that Bentley electric car (though the Continental convertible is pretty cool). Instead, it’s quality time together, preferably with lots of sunshine and a beautiful beach. These are the top family-friendly resorts to put on the list for this winter season. The Resort: Four Seasons Nevis Location: Nevis, West Indies Overview The setup of the Four Seasons Nevis on a Robert Trent Jones championship golf course set…

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Destinations, Celebrity Travel

Where Celebs Spend the Holidays

It’s always fun mind candy to see where the financially enriched, supernaturally beautiful, and well-known to the world spend their holidays. For a lot of us too, it’s travel inspiration for December and beyond. Because you know that these celebs aren’t roughing it and you need a new list of hotels to aspire to, these are the places where celebs spend the holidays. The Destination: Aspen The Celebs: Lizzo, Kate Hudson, Margot Robbie and the Kardashians Overview: The 12 days…

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Destinations + Hotels to Inspire You

The Travel Shop: ANI Resorts

We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again –where do you go after staying at Aman? The answer is Ani Resorts, which is made up of a team of Aman refugees who are rocking their craft at this new-ish portfolio of hotels. At first glance Ani, may look like private villas, but then you realize that they’re big, or bigger, and have all the bells and whistles of a full-scale resort. In fact, to call them a villa is…

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