Category: SHELTER
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Light meets crystals – new LED-driven Swarovski chandeliers
Candella, Crystalon & Enlace – new LED-driven Swarovski chandeliers Evoking the glamour of bygone eras, the Swarovski LED Crystal Candle, a world-first Swarovski innovation, lights the magnificent chandeliers of the Palais de Versailles, and Liechtenstein Palace and Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna with effects that simulate the flickering of hundreds of candles. In 2013, the manufacturer…
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Most expensive and cheapest hotel rooms: report
9th edition of “Hotel Price Index”: Where you’ll find the most expensive and cheapest hotel rooms in the world Average hotel prices in 2012 were highest in the Monegasque, while Cambodia’s Phnom Penh had the lowest prices in the hospitality industry, according to the ninth edition of the Hotels.com’s annual “Hotel Price Index”, a report…
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900 grams for Stradalli’s new “R7” full carbon road bike frame
Florida-based high performance carbon bicycle manufacturer Stradalli Cycle has released a new full carbon road bike frame. The R7 frame, which weighs just over 900 grams, is Stradalli’s lightest frame yet. To design the R7 Stradalli went back to the drawing board and crafted a completely new frame. Using the experience and intellectual property (IP)…
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The art of imagination: Artist Walter Chin for Spring 2013 Art of Fashion campaign
Artist Walter Chin is the photographer of Neiman Marcus’ The Art of Fashion campaign for Spring 2013. Other notable photographers of the Art of Fashion campaign have included Richard Avedon , Arthur Elgort , Helmut Newton , Annie Leibovitz , Lillian Bassman and Paolo Roversi. Debuting nearly 20 years ago, The Art of Fashion was…
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World’s largest message-in-a-bottle constructed by the owner of Koeningsegg supercars
Bård Eker, the owner of Koenigsegg supercars, has been in charge of creating the world’s largest message-in-a-bottle. The 2.5 tons and 26 feet long “boat-bottle” will be released to the ocean currents outside of Tenerife on March 13th. The Norwegian soft drink Solo is behind the project that also involves polar explorer Jarle Andhøy. Inside the…
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Little Master Chef at The Leading Hotels of the World
Luxury Hotels Encourage Budding Chefs with Fun Cooking Classes Who knows where the next Julia Child, Mario Batali, or Gordon Ramsay may be? askes The Leading Hotels of the World luxury hospitality chain. Many Leading Hotels offer programs created specifically to introduce children to the fun and joy of cooking, with hands-on classes. Among the host…