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It starts when you arrive @ CDG. I had my first airport moto taxi in Paris, it was a nice scooter ride and I killed the rush hour queu. By the way really different I had it before in Thailand and Cambodia. If you arrive at Shangri-La Hotel, its elegant façade brings to mind its legacy as the former home of Napoleon Bonaparte’s grandnephew, Prince Roland Bonaparte. Attentive staff and a pleasantly discret check-in ensure that you receive the royal treatment right from the start….Continue Reading “Vie en rose – Hotel Shangri-La / Paris / France” →

House & Hotel Magazine features the Lake Palace Hotel in India. Its like a floating apparition, on four acres of rock in the middle of Lake Pichola in Udaipur, India’s City of Sunrise. Built by the Mewar ruler Singh I in 1628 as a private residence, the marble and granite structure was more recently converted to a luxury hotel by Maharana Bhagwat Singh due to financial constraints and a changing political state at the time. Besides necessary structural changes, neither the style nor the atmosphere…Continue Reading “Movie hotel James Bond “007 Octopussy” – The Lake Palace Hotel / Udaipur / India” →

We landed at Istanbuls International Atatürk Airport, took a taxi straight to the Hotel Witt, located on Istanbul’s European side in a chic bohemian neighborhood of designer boutiques. The Witt Istanbul Hotel occupies an unassuming corner building on a residential street. Owner and Istanbul native Tuncel Toprak chose the Witt’s location in Cihangir for its connection to a charmingly authentic local community. The Witt’s stylish yet domestic atmosphere, nice rooms and Toprak’s extensive network afford guests an nice stay in the thriving metropolis, without sacrificing…Continue Reading “Lovely stay at the Bosporus – Hotel Witt / Istanbul / Turkey” →

House & Hotel Magazine loves Australia and ecoluxury tourism. The editors went to Frazer Island and checkenden @ Kingfisher resort which was really suberb. The resort itself was built as an “ecological” facility and fits with the environment quite successfully. Frazer Island is an island located along the southern coast of Queensland, Australia, approximately 200 kilometres north of Brisbane. It is also Queensland’s largest island and the largest island on the East Coast of Australia. The island has rainforests, eucalyptus woodland, mangrove forests, wallum and…Continue Reading “Kingfisher Bay Resort / Frazer Island / Australia” →

Incredible India. House & Hotel Magazine features The Aayu Mumbai, a new luxury hotel in Mumbai. It will claim the top five floors of Kohinoor Square’s Central Tower.The all-suite hotel overlooks historic Shivaji Park and offers views of the Arabian Sea to the west, and the island mainland to the east. A 5-acre parcel of land is towering 203 metres above the Dadar area of Mumbai, great design will redefine the 50-storey Kohinoor Square complex of office, commercial, retail and residential space. Interior designer Jaya…Continue Reading “Hotel The Aayu / Mumbai / India” →