Ferran Adria launches cooking app

    Ferran Adria’s cooking app   Famous spanish chef Ferran Adria from the now shuttered Catalan restaurant El Bulli, has released a tablet app that contains 31 three-course meals based on his latest cookery book. Fish soup and beans, spinach and egg, all these meals written for a home chef.   Launched in partnership … Read more

Kazakhstan’s Almaty city attracts Ritz-Carlton

Ritz-Carlton’s first hotel in Kazakhstan to be opend in late 2013   Kazakhstan’s Almaty city, former capital of Kazakhstan, the nation’s largest city and an important business centre in the CIS region, will have own Ritz-Carlton Hotel slated to open in late 2013. The Ritz-Carlton, Almaty will be owned by a subsidiary of Capital Partners … Read more

Ethan Allen design centers opened in Montreal and Brussels

Ethan Allen, the American style and interior design center, continued its international expansion with the opening of Design Centers in Montreal and Brussels. The new addresses in Montreal and Brussels bring the number of international Ethan Allen locations to nearly 100. By the end of 2012, Ethan Allen will have 77 locations in China alone. … Read more

St. Regis debuts Mauritius Resort

St. Regis Hotels & Resorts continues its global expansion with the Debut of the St. Regis Mauritius Resort, the brand’s first hotel in Africa and the 30th St. Regis hotel in the world. The St. Regis Mauritius Resort follows recent openings in Hainan and Shenzhen in China; Doha and Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi in the … Read more

Luxury hospitality: $200 million to restore some of the most celebrated hotels in Europe

$200 million to restore Gritti Palace Venice and Prince de Galles Paris   $200 million will be invested by The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts, in the renovation and reconstruction of some of the most celebrated hotels in Europe.The brand is already off to a strong start with the reopening of two iconic hotels in … Read more

Bespoke $199,000 holiday season shopping package

Private jet transportation, two nights luxury accommodations, private dining room, a luxury sedan with driver, three separate shopping trips, and additional amenities, all are included in the new “Bespoke $199,000 Holiday Season Shopping Package” offered by Hazelton Hotel, Toronto Canada’s most exclusive five star hotel. The Hazelton’s Art Concierge will take the happy couple on … Read more