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Six Star Cruises unveils $1.5 million cruise holiday package
A never ending holiday, this package is for a cool 124 days luxury cruise trip! Departing from LA, this cruise ship will visit 28 countries including Maldives, New Zealand, Malaysia, etc. during its sea voyage. The $1.5 million per couple sum includes luxury treatments like guests being picked up from their home by a helicopter and transferred to a luxury Boeing business jet where they can treat their taste buds to Beluga Caviar which costs $5800 per kilogram and sip on the rare Da Hong Pao tea which costs over $3000 per kilogram or simply indulge themselves with a bottle of Dom Perignon Rosi. The package also includes four nights at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles and four nights in a suite on Sunset Island, Miami.
The Lodge at Kauri Cliff is the best hotel in New Zealand
The Lodge at Kauri Cliffs is the only property in New Zealand that has made it to the 2012 Gold List of the World’s Best Places to Stay with an impressive score of 98.4. The list was drawn up by the US magazine Cond Nast Traveler where it took inputs from its readers. The scores assigned here suggest the percentage of respondents who rated a property excellent or very good on specific criteria depending on the property in question. Similar ratings and lists were drawn up for other segments like hotels, resorts, and cruise lines.
Netscape Billionaire Refits Million Dollar Superyacht
Netscape billionaire Jim Clark’s Royal Huisman yacht Athena is the second largest sailing superyacht in the world. Just behind Barry Diller’s 305-ft. Eos and just ahead of the famed Maltese Falcon at 289 feet.
Now Clark, who’s said to have paid under $100 million for the craft back in 2004, is having her refit in New Zealand the largest such project ever carried out in the country at a cost of tens of millions of dollars including many high-tech additions.
Upgrades are reportedly being carried out at the behest of Clark’s much, much younger new wife, former Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue model Christy Hinze.
Hinze apparently wants to freshen up the somewhat stodgy, old-guy interior done up in dark wood and hotel suite-type furniture. The yacht’s deckplan features an open air lounge, media center, formal dining salon, library, main salon with wet bar and an alfresco dining area.
Myers Sells his Superyacht Senses to Larry Page of Google
Senses are the 59 meter luxury super yacht which had been cruising around the world with its Kiwi owner Sir Douglas Myers for some years now. The news is that Myers, who described Senses as an adventure boat, has sold the luxury motor boat to the Google co-founder Larry Page. Senses had been listed on the Boat International website for $60.5 million.
The super yacht has stylish interiors which have been finished by famous French designer Philippe Starck. The split level decks are home to sun lounging areas. There are sheltered indoor and outdoor dining areas, as well as a gym and on-deck Jacuzzi. The boat provides luxurious accommodation for ten guests and 14 crew members. The yacht carries pleasure boats of different sizes for the guests.
Myers could not be reached for comment as he is supposed to be holidaying on his Matauri Bay farm. Page’s company, Google, refused to comment on his pricey purchase. Allan Jouning, a yacht broker who operates in the New Zealand super yacht circles confirmed the sale of Senses and said that Page took delivery before the New Year.
Fist Snow Polo Tournament at Tianjin Goldin Metropolitan Polo Club & Hotel
Tianjin Goldin Metropolitan Polo Club is the first private polo club in Tianjin and has the largest polo facilities in China. Tianjin Goldin Metropolitan Polo Club & Hotel features two international-sized polo fields, stabling for 150 horses, training facilities, riding school and a luxurious club hotel. The infrastructure has been newly created to international standards. There is a team of professional international managers is in place to maintain and service the infrastructure.
The Snow Polo Tournament will feature six teams from the leading polo playing nations. Teams from England, France, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina and China will participate. Two matches will be held every day in the league format. Snow Polo first started in the Swiss resort of St. Moritz in 1985.
Lake Okareka Lodge by Lebua Is a Helluva Place
If you like what I mentioned just now, you should book rooms at your dreaming destiny, the Lake Okareka Lodge by Lebua, in New Zealand. You can book either a single room or suites. There are many suites such as the Lake Okareka suite measuring 1,400sq/ft, the 731sq/ft Rotorua and the Garden suites.
The lodges provide the same luxury items they used to provide the previous year but the prices have changed. Your personal chef prepares five course dinners and sumptuous breakfasts. Before dinner pre-appetising light food is served. They offer twenty four hours butler service. Amenities like music systems, DVD player, and bathrooms with under floor heating, etc. are available too.
You can go to the nearby Whakarewarewa forest where you view through the window a picturesque, spectacular dream world which would be materialized. Dreaming is free, but not the Lake Okareka Lodge, where you have to shell out about $5,224 per night.
International Wine & Spirits Competition
Australia has taken huge strides in the field of winemaking in recent years. This fact was established beyond doubt when the International Wine & Spirits Competition announced their awards for the Southern Hemisphere. Australia’s mastery of winemaking was recognized worldwide when it cornered a staggering 568 medals in all. They received 27 Gold which were the Best in the class awards. In addition they received six other gold level awards. .
It was Shiraz and Semillon who did Australia proud and cornered most of the awards received by the country. New Zealand also received 160 medals to boost the claim of the Asia/Pacific region as premier winemakers. South Africa was a worthy runner up to Australia with a total of 367 medals including five gold level awards. Australia tripped only in the Chardonnay category. Only one of the Australian Chardonnays could get a medal.
The International Wine and Spirit Competition is the most prestigious and credible competition of its kind. They have been holding this competition since 1969 where they blind taste the wines, spirits and liqueurs and select them for awards on a points system. The categories are subdivided on the basis of variety, region and vintage.
67 meter Sailing Superyacht Vertigo by Alloy Yachts
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One of New Zealand’s notable and most respected yacht building yards, Alloy is building a massive 67.50-meter classic cruising yacht – designed by Philippe Briand.
Set to launch at the end of 2010, the yacht was previously known under the build number, AY41, before being christened “Vertigo”. The interiors, designed by Christian Liaigre, spots shades of walnuts and white along with darkened sand blasted woods. Meanwhile, custom-made furniture blends seamlessly with the background.
Other features of the vertigo include a master cabin, spot four guest rooms, and crew accommodation for 11 members. There is also a lazarette garage which can be used as a storage area for water sport equipment, and other marine equipment.
Peter Jackson Upgrades to Top End Gulfstream G550
Sir Peter Jackson has now bought a very high end private jet to match that status. It has cost him New Zealand $68 million. It is a Gulfstream G550 which is considered the cr¨me de la cr¨me of private jets and will allow Jackson and his friends and associates to fly directly from New Zealand to Los Angeles.
Jackson earlier had a Gulfstream IV which had to stop for refueling at Samoa or Hawaii, on the same route because of its shorter range. His new jet will be parked in Melbourne, three hours away. The Wellington airport does not have a permanent hangar to protect the aircraft from the salty air during its spells on the ground. The flying club has been shunted out of the airport to make way for a permanent hangar.
An intercontinental G550 typically accommodates between 12 and 16 passengers in leather seats and divans arranged in several distinct living areas. These seats can normally be converted to beds for up to six passengers for an overnight flight.
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