DESTINATION – QUEEN MARY 2 VOYAGES

Set sail on Cunard’s legendary flagship, Queen Mary 2. Uniting two legends of unsurpassed excellence, Canyon Ranch SpaClub® on Queen Mary 2 is an expansive, beautifully appointed spa that travels with you to exotic ports of call. Wherever you are in the world, you can enjoy the best pampering spa treatments including själ gemstone facial, rejuvenating body rituals and personalized fitness training.

Choose from endless possibilities for relaxation and healthy living, including signature Canyon Ranch services that reflect our emphasis on wellness. Learn about healthy living and savor Canyon Ranch resort's award-winning spa cuisine at lunch and dinner in the Britannia Restaurant.

http://cunard.com

DESTINATION - SOUTH AFRICA / GAUTENG

An oasis of style and comfort set amongst South Africa's raw wilderness. Only two groups stay at any time, allowing visitors to enjoy a private pool, chef, and tours ... privately.

If, indeed, there were a Lion King, he would likely demand accommodations at Morukuru Family. Perched at the river's edge in the Madikwe Game Reserve, this two-family lodge is nothing less than shockingly beautiful. The colonial exterior fits seamlessly with Morukuru's carefully selected modern interior design touches and furnishings. Morukuru Family walks the line between untamed nature, and unabashed luxury. 

The Madikwe Reserve is home to almost every type of big African game, not to mention over 350 varieties of birds, and an innumerable spectrum of fish. Whether guests choose to venture out on Jeep safari, bush walk, or fishing safari, they're sure to leave with a greater connection to nature in all its forms.

After a day on the savannah, and a dip in the infinity pool, guests are sure to have worked up an appetite. Thank goodness for that. How else would the private chefs keep busy? All diners are encouraged to eat outside, serenaded by animal calls echoing in the distance.

http://kiwicollection.com

DESTINATION - LEOPARD HILLS

Leopard Hills Private Game Reserve in Mpumalanga, South Africa, is situated on a hillside overlooking a natural waterhole. Each of the eight luxurious glass-fronted suites, complete with their own sundeck and heated rock plunge pool offer superb views of the African bush and beyond. At Leopard Hills each day is different, as you explore the endless fascination of Africa's wildlife in an open Land Rover. Leopards on the hunt, lions roar at twilight, hippos wallowing in the river, crocodiles basking on a sandy bank and overhead majestic eagles keep watch.

The suites at the Leopard Hills Private Game Reserve are generously spacious and immense in stature. The breath-taking romantic bathrooms, which include double indoor and outdoor showers, have windows which open to a glorious view of the passing cavalcade below. A special touch to each suite is the perfection of final touches provided from weathered notes and African poems, to a fine array of bath salts and other bathroom amenities. Savor the day, either in your hammock or pool lounger outside, whilst listening to the tranquil sound of the surrounding African wildlife. Aspects of nature have been incorporated into the suites, to provide the ultimate in luxury while experiencing Africa at its best.

http://www.leopardhills.com/

DESTINATION- THE NIMB HOTEL

International jet-setters may come to Denmark in search of modernist furniture. But the Nimb, is anything but a design hotel — the quiet confidence of this 13-room lodging leaves the hard-striving hipster boutiques in the dust.

This building, bordering on the famed Tivoli Gardens, has been in the family for generations. While its present incarnation as a hotel is brand-new, the look is timeless, classic furnishings and top-quality materials arranged with a keen modern eye, familiar and at the same time totally unique. It’s the oldest cliché in the book to say that a hotel feels like a private home but every now and then it’s true.

Then again very few private homes come with a food market, a wine shop, a chocolatier and even a dairy — Løgismose handles its organic single-origin milk with a reverence more typically applied to single-malt whiskies or reserve wines. Not to mention the restaurants: Thomas Herman is one of the leaders of Copenhagen’s ongoing culinary revolution, and his eponymous dining room (along with Nimb’s more casual open-kitchen eatery) is among the hottest tickets in Northern Europe.

Nimb

Bernstorffsgade 5, 1577 Copenhagen V

Copenhagen, Denmark

Style: Contemporary Classic

http://tablethotels.com

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TSCHUGGEN GRAND HOTEL, AROSA

Top hotels are another world. Full of life, full of luxury, they make everything easy, and bring together a select range of unusual attractions...
This, in fact, is as good as it gets. The Tschuggen Grand Hotel in Arosa is an exclusive hotel in an exclusive location. Tasteful surroundings, top quality – our hotel has always based its philosophy on these features. The Tschuggen Grand Hotel is a member of "Swiss Deluxe Hotels" and “Leading Hotels of the World”, and is thus numbered among the world’s top 450 luxury hotels.

To stay here is to experience winter, summer and autumn at its most beautiful. If you are raring to get up and go, you could hardly be better placed, 1800 meters above sea level. Alpine and cross-country skiing, curling and figure skating are all on offer here, not forgetting long rambles on 40 kilometers of winter rambling routes. Pure Alpine air is an added tonic. There are horse races on the frozen lake, hot-air balloon trips, paragliding and deltagliding, romantic rides on horse-drawn sleighs, and exciting toboggan descents. Don’t forget the mountain huts: the ultimate snug with exceptional culinary delights.

These man-made northern lights are just as magnetic. Perched atop Tschuggen Grand Hotel's new Bergoase Spa, the nine sail-shaped, glass-and-metal dormers illuminate the 43,000-square-foot minimalist facility, which comprises 12 treatment rooms, four indoor and outdoor pools, four sun terraces, and two spa suites, each with its own whirlpool and steam bath.

Since opening in 1929, the Tschuggen Grand has been one of Switzerland's preeminent winter retreats, luring skiers, snowboarders, and even paragliders to Arosa's 37 miles of trails.

http://www.concierge.com

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DESTINATION – BUTHAN AMANKORA RESORT

The resort

The richness of life is found in the still simplicity surrounding the remarkably unscathed geophysical and biological existence in Bhutan today. Due to a sincere Buddhist belief, adhered to since the 7th century, the co-existence of nature and nurture has resulted in a unique eco-system and a thriving mosaic of different peoples all linked by a common belief system that regards all life forms as sacred. This prevailing ethos washes the staggeringly beautiful undulating valleys, plains, deep gorges, and mountainous landscape with a force of supreme greatness; that of genuine harmony and environmental compatibility.

Amankora has created a series of lodges, all creatively unique and sympathetically balanced to their environment, in order to discover and comprehend the extraordinary wonders above and beneath this treasured land. The lodges are created to provide a circular pilgrimage in Bhutan’s breathtakingly spectacular central and western valleys.

Most journeys start at Amankora Paro or Amankora Thimphu. The lodge in Paro is nestled among glistening conifers in a 24-suite pine forest retreat. Amankora Thimphu, raised up in a blue-pine forest of the Motithang area, sits close to the capital’s intriguing sights and traditional shops.

Amankora Gangtey, set in the remote wilderness of the Phobjikha valley, proffers magical views across the bird-strewn gorge and to the empowering Gangtey Goemba, a 16th century monastery.

Amankora Bumthang rests adjacent to First and Second King’s palace, Wangdichholing, within the town of Jakar in the Choekhor valley, a valley sprinkled with an exotic mix of sloping pine forests, apple orchards, and restful fields of farm produce.


http://amanresorts.com/amankora/resort.aspx

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DESTINATION - VIEQUES

VIEQUES is less than 10 miles off the east coast of Puerto Rico and is an easy flight from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Pristine, secluded white-sand beaches and proclaiming the island to be the season's "undiscovered jewel." Vieques derives its name from the Taíno Indian word 'bieke' - for small island.

The timing of the attention is no real surprise. Vieques officially entered the tourist spotlight on May 1, 2003, when the Navy, the island's largest landowner, withdrew from its holdings and turned over control to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. This sudden power shift transformed nearly 80 percent of Vieques from a limited-access military enclave to the Caribbean's largest wildlife refuge.

"It used to be that if tourists found Vieques, they were actively pursuing it," says Sharon Grasso, a biologist and owner of Island Adventures, a local tour company. "With the departure of the Navy, we're an everyday word. It's pretty hard to keep it secret now."

Unlike its nearest Caribbean neighbors - the main island of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands of St. John and St. Croix - Vieques isn't packed with the high-rise hotels, chain restaurants or duty-free malls that often accompany large-scale tourist development. Instead, the local economy is dominated by small, locally owned businesses, including a handful of small hotels, a few guest houses and scattered restaurants, jeep rental companies and tour operations that serve the island's trickle of tourist traffic.

Under the watchful eye of the Fish and Wildlife Service, the beaches officially close at sunset, leaving the evenings free for beachcombers to explore the more civilized areas of Vieques.

http://vieques-island.com

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DESTINATION - HIGHLINE NYC

The High Line is located on Manhattan's West Side. It runs from Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District to 34th Street, between 10th & 11th Avenues. Section 1 of the High Line, which opened to the public on June 9, runs from Gansevoort Street to 20th Street.

The High Line was originally constructed in the 1930s, to lift meat trains off Manhattan's streets. Section 1 of the High Line will soon open as a public park, owned by the City of New York and operated under the jurisdiction of the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. Friends of the High Line is the conservancy charged with raising private funds for the park and overseeing its maintenance and operations, pursuant to an agreement with the Parks Department.

When all sections are complete, the High Line will be a mile-and-a-half-long elevated park, running through the West Side neighborhoods of the Meatpacking District, West Chelsea and Clinton/Hell's Kitchen. It features an integrated landscape, designed by landscape architects James Corner Field Operations, with architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, combining meandering concrete pathways with naturalistic plantings. Fixed and movable seating, lighting, and special features are also included in the park.

Access points from street level will be located every two to three blocks. Many of these access points will include elevators, and all will include stairs.

http://thehighline.org/about/park-information

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DESTINATION - Parrot Cay, Turks & Caicos

Local legend purports that female pirate Anne Bonny camped out here in the 1720s, lending the original name - Pirate Cay. This 1000 acre island with its mile-long powdered beach, now hosts the ultra luxurious and very private vacation hideaway Parrot Cay Resort and Spa, called by some the world's most exclusive resort where anyone can enjoy the solitude and anonymity. Beachfront homes have been built for notables such as Bruce Willis and Keith Richards.

Here you will find an award winning holistic spa, health cuisine and beach houses with private pools. At Parrot Cay Estates, the soul is unique with space to rediscover those forgotten rhythms of long days and easy nights.

Enter to win 5 nights stay at Parrot Cay's Como Shambhala.
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http://parrotcay.como.bz/Default.aspx
http://turksandcaicostourism.com/parrot-cay.html

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COMING SOONish...
SJÄL'S BLUE SAPHIR KASHMIR FACIAL AT THE MONDRIAN

Morgans Hotel Group’s latest Aqua Spa in Miami is an urban sanctuary which offers state-of-the-art spa treatments aimed at rejuvenating the body, mind and spirit. Designed by renowned Dutch designer, Marcel Wanders, the aqua is a 4,000 square feet retreat with six treatment rooms and private garden-view terrace.

The Aqua will exclusively feature själ’s blue saphir kashmir facial. This ultimate performance facial includes specially developed gemstone masks and nutrient-rich facial oil charged with blue sapphires from Kashmir.

AQUA SPA MONDRIAN
1685 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Tel. 305 674 6100
Open 9 AM-9 PM Daily

http://mondrian-miami.com/#/home/

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LUXE NATURELLE - WALDHAUS FLIMS

This 130 year old mountain resort and spa located in the picturesque Swiss village of Flims. This 5 star property boasts four landmark buildings including: the Grand Hotel Waldhaus, the Grand Chalet Belmont, Villa Silvana and the Belle Epoque Pavilion in addition to a state of the art spa.

The ultimate relaxation for the body and soul: the Waldhaus Flims spa includes exclusive treatments and wellness suites, indoor and outdoor pools containing local quartzite waters, a natural swimming pond with mountain spring water, steam baths, a Finnish sauna and hamam.

Overnight stays includes breakfast buffet, use of pools, pond, steam baths, hamam, fitness center as well as shuttle to Flims ski lifts.

http://www.waldhaus-flims.ch/