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Borrowing a little wisdom from Paula Abdul, our writer suggests even Miuccia Prada might agree: everyone is your best friend when success arrives, a knowing reflection on fashion, fortune and fair-weather company.
Beyond the fluorescent bikinis, blasting bars and poolside parties lies another Miami, a city of vast, ultra-cool design-district warehouses and unexpected nuance that rewards the visitor willing to look a little closer.
There can be no finer way to cruise Cambodia and Vietnam than aboard the newly launched Aqua Mekong, a luxury boutique ship promising to carry well-heeled adventurers far beyond the usual tourist traps. Nick Walton sails along.
Now in its fourth edition under Sheikh Nasser Al Mohammad Al Sabah, the Kuwait Concours d'Elegance gathered sixty classic cars, world-class judges and record crowds, with Bespoke itself entering a rare 1933 Standard Avon.
Box House is no box at all, but an L-shaped building holding three family homes, each uniquely shaped with its own private courtyard. Kuwaiti architects Massive Order conceal this complexity behind a composed, deliberately simple façade.
Known simply as Room, Sir Antony Gormley's monumental sculpture is both interactive artwork and luxury suite at London's Beaumont hotel. Kasia Maciejowska explores a daring first for the Turner Prize-winning artist and his hoteliers.
Michael Hansmeyer's milled columns and grotto resist easy description. Generated by algorithms and printed in three dimensions, his grotto bears 260 million facets, some a tenth of a millimetre, shifting as you approach.
Greeted with a reviving bear hug from resident host Julian Bennett, our writer arrives intrigued by Salmontini's London debut. Admiring the Dubai original's effortless blend of style and substance, she wonders whether the capital can match it.
People rave about the sunsets in Islamorada, and our writer's first remains unforgettable. From a small white boutique hotel, the vivid sun drenched the horizon in indigo and magenta above the metallic, midnight-blue ocean.
The evolution of the customer base at Geneva’s top hotels means that the Arab customer is more important than ever. But before you worry about what the consequences of that might be, let us tell you that at the Mandarin Oriental, their targeting has been via discretion, good taste and a…
As with most Maldivian resorts, Maalifushi by Como has a mix of overwater and beachfront bungalows. But where it differs is in its fundamental premise. This isn’t just a tropical escape – it’s a place to detox too. If truth be told, my first impressions of Maalifushi were all over the p…
Zaha Hadid's Issam Fares Institute transports our writer to another time, recalling a first visit to Tripoli's unfinished Rashid Karami Fair, where Oscar Niemeyer's monumental concrete forms still rise from a landscaped garden, abandoned before civil war.