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The OUT NYC: New York’s First Gay Hotel
The very first gay ‘straight-friendly’ hotel in New York Out NYC, located in Hell’s Kitchen, opened its doors in January. New York is a very famous place for most travelers worldwide, but it also is a very popular destination for many gay and lesbian travelers. New York also recently legalized sam-sex marriage. And the LGBT community has another reason to celebrate.
As per NYC & Company, the official marketing, tourism and partnership organization for the City of New York, amidst growing advances in New York’s LGBT community, Parkview Developers announced plans to open New York City’s first gay hotel, THE OUT NYC on March 1, 2012. This straight-friendly urban resort is poised to become a travel and entertainment destination for New Yorkers and visitors alike. While LGBT members are accepted in other hotels and resorts, this is a first of its kind that caters to the community exclusively. Situated in the area known as Hell’s Kitchen on the 42nd Street in the Heart of Manhattan, the complex has many other features that enable visitors/tourists to spend a whole day in the resort. (more…)
Mandarin Oriental Cuisine Takes Flight on Lufthansa
All the business and executive level passengers flying from the US to Germany will now be able to enjoy meals straight from the kitchen of luxury hotel chain Mandarin Oriental. The main attractions are the dishes especially created by award-winning chefs at Mandain Oriental properties in San Francisco, New York and Miami.
The all new collaboration is part of Lufthansa’s Star Chefs Program, which the airline began 12 years ago and will include this year: Mandarin Oriental, San Francisco Executive Sous Chef Annie Hongkham; Mandarin Oriental, New York Executive Chef Toni Robertson; and Mandarin Oriental, Miami Chef de Cuisine Joel Huff.
The initial menus will be from Mandarin Oriental, San Francisco and will feature dishes such as Dungeness crab and avocado salad, served with lemongrass gazpacho dressing; and braised beef short ribs, accompanied by fava bean purée with wasabi and red cabbage slaw in first class. Business class selections will include vegetable nasi goreng, a stir-fried dish spiced with tamarind and chilies, or roasted breast of chicken with savory bread pudding and tarragon jus.
The World’s Best Sushi Chef
A documentary film has been made into the counter and into the life of a man who’s been called the greatest sushi chef in the world is set to open in New York Friday. Tucked away in an underground Tokyo subway station is an unremarkable-looking 10-seat eatery called Sukiyabashi Jiro which serves Michelin-starred sushi by 85-year-old Jiro Ono, the first chef in Japan to earn three Michelin stars. In trailers for the film Jiro Dreams of Sushi, filmmaker David Gelb captures the deft, economic movements of Ono’s hands as he shapes and molds the rice for his sushi and lacquers the fish with gentle brushstrokes.
Sushi and sashimi are placed on the black marbles slabs and diners eat in a hushed silence that speaks of their reverence for the ceremonial experience and the master sushi chef. The film is not just an ode to sushi and the octogenarian’s unrelenting pursuit of perfection, but also explores the father-son relationship and succession as the eldest son Yoshikazu is slated to take over the legendary restaurant.
The Hublot 5 Million Dollar Diamond Watch
Hublot, a subsidiary of French luxury goods group LVMH, will use the high-profile event to unveil “The $5 million” a watch comprising no less than 1,282 diamonds. As per Hublot, this is the most precious watch ever created by Hublot and its long-standing partner, Atelier Bunter in Geneva.
The piece is the result of 14 months work, including that of a “master-cutter” from New York who fashioned the largest stones.
According to Jean-Claude Biver, president of the watch company, it would be difficult to make a more expensive watch “because the surface of the watch is limited.” The watch will be displayed under very tight security, and only select Baselworld attendees will even be allowed to view it.
Ritz-Carlton New York introduces an All Caviar package
Nothing can go wrong as decadent as Caviar and the Ritz-Carlton New York is all set to redefine your caviar experience with the Caviar package. Valid all through the year, the All Caviar package infuses the finest delicacy into your meals with caviar tasting at Petrossian to spa treatments with caviar massages at the La Prairie at The Ritz-Carton Spa and much more giving caviar aficionados the ultimate caviar experience. The one-night package will begin with a Dirty Martini, salted with caviar on arrival, a Luxury accommodation in a Parkview guestroom, with sweeping views overlooking Central Park including a full American breakfast, in-room or in the elegant Star Lounge, a Caviar Tasting session with an expert at Petrossian with the finest caviar including Alverta Special Reserve, Ossetra Special Reserve and Kaluga, a lush Caviar Massage at the La Prairie at The Ritz-Carlton Spa, featuring La Prairie’s extravagant Skin Caviar products.
The St. Regis Doha unveiled
The new St Regis Doha hotel has welcomed its first guests, as Qatar’s capital embraces an increasingly ambitious future when it comes to tourism. The new hotel, which offers 336 rooms with views of the Arabian Gulf, is just one of several ambitious hotel projects on the way for Doha; although it’s easily among the most luxurious guests is offered butler service for the duration of their stay.
The property features some 16,000 square meters of leisure facilities, including a spa by Remède, an Olympic-size swimming pool, and luxury beachfront cabanas with private Jacuzzis, a private beach and a gym. The hotel also features a notable set of ten restaurants, including a Jazz venue led by Jazz at Lincoln Centre in New York, a Gordon Ramsay restaurant and a branch of famed Chinese franchise Hakkasan.
With an eye firmly on the World Cup in 2022, Qatar’s hotel market is now kicking up a gear InterContinental’s Doha The City property opened earlier this month and Shangri-La is set to open two hotels by 2013.
World’s tallest hotel, JW Marriott Marquis Dubai
The JW Marriott is all to reach a new pinnacle of success as it gears up for the title of world’s tallest hotel and landmark of global business hub thanks to the 1,608-room JW Marriott Marquis Dubai. Rising up to 355 meters (1,164 feet), the JW Marriott Marquis Dubai will be the “tallest dedicated hotel building in the world” and is a mere 26 meters shorter than New York’s Empire State Building. The luxury hotel will be open to guests in the last quarter of the year and will be launched in two phases. The first phase will feature 807 rooms and a large number restaurants and lounges.
The hotel also caters to luxury business travelers, with spacious options for MICE. This baby will feature two ballrooms, 24 meeting rooms and a total of 5,100 square meters (54,895 square feet) of event space. As for eating, meeting and partying, visitors have access to nine restaurants and five lounges and entertainment venues. The Vault lounge located on the 71st and 72nd floors will offer panoramic views of the city. Other restaurants include 68, a boutique steakhouse, Atul Kochhar’s Rang Mahal Indian restaurant, Positano for Italian coastal cuisine, an Arabic restaurant and La Farine, an attractive boulangerie and social meeting spot.
The Complete Collection of Elizabeth Taylor at Christies
Christie’s finally has got hold of the entire collection of Elizabeth Taylor. With no further question, the complete collection has already been sold out for a total of $183.5 million. The event was held in three parts and got an overwhelming response at 100 percent with seven lot fetching more than $5million and 30 lots bringing in more than $1 million. Many of the items auctioned sold for significantly more than the pre-auction estimates. The two-day Impressionist and Modern Art portion of the auction concluded Wednesday, February 8, in London. Thirty-eight works of art from Miss Taylor’s personal collection resulted in sales of more than $24.6 million. Vincent Van Gogh’s Vue de l’Asile et de la Chapelle de Saint-Remy was the top selling-item at $15,991,575.
According to Marc Porter, chairman, Christie’s America, the most prominent auctioneer’s first online-only portion of the auction, which ran concurrently, took in $9.5 million. More than 57,000 bids came in from the firm’s inaugural online-only activity. It has been an incredible honor for Christie’s to present this storied collection to the global collecting community.
From their initial announcement of the collection sales last summer in New York, to the worldwide tour of the collection highlights last fall, to the last rap of the auctioneer’s gavel today in London, the global outpouring of affection and admiration for Elizabeth Taylor from fans and collectors alike has been amazing for them to witness. They are grateful to the trustees of her estate for entrusting Christie’s with this one-of-a-kind collection, which will go down in history as one of the most successful private collection sales ever presented at auction.
Exclusive women’s timepiece for amfAR New York Gala
Hublot has launched their timepiece exclusively for women. It is Hublot’s second limited edition collection and features the signature amfAR logo. The timepiece for the fairer sex features a black ceramic case with white mother of pearl dial. The special-edition timepiece with dazzling white gold bezel is set with 48 baguette diamonds and the non-limited edition features steel bezel set with 114 circular diamonds. The movement is self-winding and amfAR’s colors and logo is visible at the 5 o’clock mark. The strap is an elegant white alligator strap sewn on black rubber and the timepiece is water resistant up to 100 meters. Hublot will donate part of the proceeds from the auction to the amfAR foundation which dedicated in its fight against HIV/AIDS. The amfAR New York Gala will take place on February 8, 2012 and will be hosted by actress Sarah Jessica Parker.
$11 million bespoke aquatic complex
A New York based high-end aquarium and pond design firm, Okeanos Aquascaping lately earned a spot on the list of most exclusive holiday gifts with their backyard pool-and-aquarium complex. Starting at $11 million the water complex design features a 30-foot-by-60-foot freshwater swimming pool that shares two of its walls with a massive glass saltwater aquarium. With such a thing by your side, your swimming partners would be eels, angelfishes etc. The best part here is one can even view the aquarium from outside the pool for it stretches from the floor of the pool to 15 feet above its surface. The aquarium is reported to be the Okeanos’ largest, and the pool will be the first undertaking of its kind by the company’s new division, Okeanos Swim.
The major factor in the component list is the actual use of chemical-free water in the pool which the makers have achieved by combining proprietary handmade filtration and water-flow systems. Their innovative method ensures that the water is, at all times, free from harmful bacteria and organic matter without the use of conventional chemicals like chlorine. The aquatic complex is available to one Robb Report reader, who must provide the land on which it will be built. Routine maintenance fees and the cost of sustaining marine life are not included in the price of the gift.
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