But when General Manager Guillaume Benezech and The Ritz-Carlton team took over the property in the autumn of 2015, the lobby’s deep reds and yellows felt heavy, musty, and well, old. Representing the Ritz-Carlton’s first…
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Dubai has announced plans to become the first city in the world with a fleet of flying taxis, and it has even signed a deal with a German aviation company called Volocopter, for the supply…
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There are so many good hotels in Paris these days it’s hard to decide where to stay but the Mandarin Oriental, with its discreet obsession for perfection, is a worthy contender. Once upon a time,…
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The name Lalique might conjure images of a glamorous bygone era, yet the company is making sure its creations fit right into our modern way of life. Projects like Damien Hirst’s Eternel butterfly panels and…
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The Beirut Design Fair aims to put Lebanese design on the international map and show that creativity is thriving despite the country’s multitude of challenges. Beirut has always been a lively Mediterranean nucleus of innovation…
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Nimerology is a luxury tableware brand started by Nour Al Nimer, a half-Turkish half-Palestinian artist who grew up between Beirut and London. “When I was at Central Saint Martins, I came across a surface design…
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Beirut was once home to hundreds of palaces. Perched on the hills of Ashrafieh, Zokak El Blatt, Clemenceau and Kantari, and spreading east to Gemmayze and Mar Mikhael, these spectacular gems of the Ottoman and…
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On Twitter (where she has 7.1 million followers), she describes herself as “a mum and a wife with a really cool day job”. That job is being queen and she looks the part with her…
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If you want to get up close and personal with some of the mere 5,000 remaining black rhinos in Africa – one of the world’s most critically endangered species – then there’s no better place…
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Jeff Koons is the most successful American artist since Andy Warhol, and this is a very brief but beautifully put together documentary about him. Narrated by Scarlett Johansson, the video was commissioned by MOCA Los…
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