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First Gay Boutique Hotel opens in South Beach
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The newest boutique hotel in South Beach Miami to open its doors is Lords South Beach on exclusive Collins Avenue. It is the first self-identified gay boutique hotel and describes itself as an ?appropriately oriented hotel'. It aims to cater to the gay community that gravitates around this bijou area. Located just around the corner from the former Versace mansion, Lords also welcomes straight guests who are open minded enough to be enjoying the South Beach lifestyle.
On the surface this hotel...
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Downton Abbey TV Drama Sets the Trend for Hotel Packages
From Luxique Luxury Travel, 2 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
The British TV period drama Downton Abbey, which weaves stories around the lives of a fictional aristocratic family and their staff in the early 1900s, seems to have captured the imagination of luxury hotels worldwide. The series was featured as a Masterpiece Classic PBS program in the USA, and New York's Oheka Castle luxury hotel in New York decided to offer its own Downton Abbey experience. It has created special ?Aristocratic Escape Packages' where Lords and Ladies can be entertained in the...
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Where to Go Shopping in the Sunshine
From Luxique Luxury Travel, 2 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
The New Year is traditionally a time to go sales shopping and tourism enjoys a boost as shoppers head to international destinations. Luxury hotels in New York look forward to shoppers hitting Fifth Avenue or visiting during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in early February.
Paris offers the elegant temples of Chanel, Dior and Hermes and Milan's couture is world famous. However, shoppers looking for a luxury destination in the sun with superb shopping malls are now reportedly heading to Dubai in the...
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Maldives Luxury Hotels Ordered to Close All Spas
From Luxique Luxury Travel, 3 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
The Maldives Government recently ordered that all spas in luxury hotels in the Maldives should be closed. The order followed protests by the opposition Islamist Adhaalath Party which claimed the spas were breaching Islamic law.
More than 850,000 tourists visit the 1,100 coral islands and atolls that make up the Maldives. Vacations typically include sunbathing, snorkelling and diving on the beautiful coral reefs along with spa treatments and massage. The destination is popular with wealthy...
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Four Seasons Offers 15-minute Room Service Menu
From Luxique Luxury Travel, 3 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Four Seasons Atlanta and Whistler luxury hotels are giving their room service menus an overhaul ? and guaranteeing a speedy delivery to your door. The new service aims to satisfy guests that are tight on time but need a hot snack.
The latest in-room menu will offer a range of fast-food items and guarantees the order will be delivered to your room within 15 minutes of ordering. Each Four Seasons hotel (and Luxique offers 52 of them worldwide) has a different twist on what to offer. For example...
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Women-Only Hotel Rooms Hit Legal Problems
From Luxique Luxury Travel, 3 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
What started out as a novel way to attract single female travellers and groups of ladies has turned into a legal nightmare for a boutique hotel in Denmark. The Bella Sky Hotel in Copenhagen opened last year as Europe's largest design hotel. It reserved one floor specifically for women and added extra feminine touches such as makeup mirrors and glossy magazines to make their female guests feel more pampered.
Unfortunately Denmark's Equal Treatment Board ruled that the initiative was illegal....
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Design Hotel Chain Introduces Pop-Up Hotel in Mexico
From Luxique Luxury Travel, 3 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
The luxury travel market is suddenly being inundated with a new term ? ?Pop-up?. While the term is common in temporary pop-up seasonal shops, it is also now being applied to hotels. One British company calling itself the ?Pop-Up Hotel' specializes in crafting temporary spaces for events and retreats, and other hotel chains are now joining in.
While temporary usually equates to cheap, in the case of the Papaya Playa Project in Mexico, it is anything but. Priced at up to $675 per night, the...
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Recession Hits Hotel Breakfast Buffets
From Luxique Luxury Travel, 4 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
According to the Miami New Times, luxury hotel breakfast buffets are being seriously affected by the economic downturn. Locals are apparently posing as guests and helping themselves to free hot breakfasts, muffins, bagels, fruit and whatever else may be on offer. Hotel General Managers in luxury hotels in Miami are reporting that the problem is worse in hotels where the buffet is on the first floor, or visible from street level.
Many luxury hotels have a two-tier system; free breakfast for...
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Business Lobbies in Luxury Hotels Get Mixed Reception
From Luxique Luxury Travel, 4 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Courtyard by Marriott was one of the first luxury hotel groups to redesign their dead lobby space into something more functional. So far they say the investment is paying off with a 50% increase in food and beverage revenues. As business and leisure guests spend more time socializing and ordering snacks and drinks in these public foyers, they have seen revenues from pay-per-view movies and room service drop. Overall, however, they report higher food and beverage sales that more than make up for...
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Luxury Hotel Chain Promotes Art Theft
From Luxique Luxury Travel, 4 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
There have been plenty of news articles about the theft of hotel items, but one chain of luxury hotels in Australia is actually encouraging it. Each of the Art Series Hotels in Melbourne is named after a well-known artist and aims to attract art lovers, seekers of culture, corporate travellers and those who enjoy the good life. From December 15, 2011 to January 15, 2012 they are also encouraging those with a slight criminal tendency to book a room.
Guests are being challenged to steal an...
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