Get in on a centenary celebration in boho Paris.  Read More →

In Normandy they’re talking about France’s “cultural event of 2010.” We took a tour of the countryside to find out what it’s all about.  Read More →

What further allure does the French countryside need than its own cinematic beauty? Head northwest from Paris into Normandy and you’ll find a landscape so richly varied you’ll be hard-pressed to catch a breath: from verdant fields to sandy beaches, the snaking banks of the Seine to chalky cliffs plunging precipitously into the sea. Even  Read More →

New York’s Plaza Hotel has a new suite: it’s pink and black, and fabulously irreverent. That means it was either inspired by naughty, fictional resident Eloise, or it’s been styled by fashion designer Betsey Johnson. In this case, it’s both. Perched on the 18th floor, the Eloise Suite is a little bit sweet, a little bit  Read More →

Forget roasting marshmallows on an open fire, or building tepees in the mosquito-infested forest. Atlantis, a Paradise Island resort in the Bahamas, has a whole new way to entertain your kids — excuse us, “edutain” your kids — this summer. With the opening of a brand new, 8,000-square-foot kids club this year (think: touch-screen walls,  Read More →

What better way to watch Anna Wintour pout through The September Issue than with a martini in one hand, a manicurist pampering the other, and the starry night sky above? The Berkeley hotel in London — one in a trio of posh Maybourne Group properties — will transform its rooftop spa into an intimate midnight  Read More →

Right on the heels of a terrorist threat, Times Square is steeling itself for the most intense hotel activity in years.  Read More →

It’s not an exaggeration to say that Orient Express has some of the loveliest, most romantic hotels in Italy — have you seen the Hotel Caruso? Well, add two more to the list: the Grand Hotel Timeo and Villa Sant’Andrea, both located in the ridiculously idyllic hilltop town of Taormina, Sicily. After acquiring the properties earlier  Read More →

This Memorial Day weekend the annual exodus begins: when city folk flee the concrete inferno for breezy, sandy shores. They will repeat this every weekend thereafter through Labor Day, creating traffic jams on beach-bound highways across the eastern seaboard. But there’s a happier consequence, too: shorter lines and a little more sidewalk space in the  Read More →

The best places to target in the land of Robin Hood.  Read More →

Few films are so inextricably tied to their setting as the ones about Robin Hood, the legendary bandit whose group of “Merry Men” is said to have roamed the forests of England’s Nottinghamshire in the Middle Ages. Now, with the release of the newest Robin Hood directed by Ridley Scott and  Read More →

Leave it to one of fashion’s biggest names to choose the world’s tallest building for his first hotel. The debut property in the new Armani Hotels & Resorts collection opens tomorrow at the Burj Khalifa in downtown Dubai. With 160 rooms, the hotel also offers the first Armani-branded spa, a 12,000-square-foot wellness haven with thermal suites  Read More →

A New York tradition is renewed today as The Plaza Hotel’s Palm Court opens once again to the public. Serving breakfast, lunch and, of course, afternoon tea, the Palm Court now features a leaded glass lay light that recalls the original, which was lost to decay long ago and covered over for the installation of  Read More →

As the film industry prepares to descend on lower Manhattan for the Tribeca Film Festival, April 21 to May 2, the Trump Hotel Collection opens its latest property tomorrow: a 46-story glass tower on Spring Street in downtown New York. globorati got a sneak peek at the Trump SoHo’s neutral-toned interiors: the style is business-chic  Read More →

JW Marriott weighs in with its biggest hotel to date. But the size of its footprint might surprise you.  Read More →