Category: Travel
Posted by algie in Luxury, Travel Monday, 1 February 2010 00:42 No Comments
It’s not always that millionaires will hold meetings in secret. Taipei 101 has unveiled an exclusive VIP club for those mega-monies, who look forward to spending $44,241 in a single day for a year’s membership.
Posted by algie in Food & Health, News, Travel Wednesday, 13 January 2010 09:41 No Comments
International humanitarian agencies, emergency response teams and government authorities pleaded frantically early Wednesday for an unprecedented outpouring of support for Haiti, which was rocked the night before by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake and more than two dozen powerful aftershocks.
Posted by algie in Business, Real Estate, Technology, Travel Sunday, 27 December 2009 17:28 No Comments
Reardon Smith Architects’ proposed hotel development plan at the Hersham Golf Club in Surry, London is all about going back to the basics to retain the natural. The new plan proposes to construct all 200+ guest rooms under the ground in order to preserve the luxuriant appeal of this greenbelt location. The concept promises to integrate the hotel, spa and golf facilities into a single architecturally exciting organic composition, along with extensive on-site re-vegetation and re-organization of existing spaces that will actually leave the site even more eco-friendly than it is now. The commercially viable solution is also believed to be the first to do this.
Posted by algie in Travel Monday, 7 December 2009 00:48 No Comments
You have obviously heard of tour packages that satisfy vacation dreams, but have you ever heard of a life-changing tour? No, not the expression, but literally life-changing? Well, an affiliate of Utopia Residences of Beverly Hills has executed a binding letter of intent to build a luxury residential ocean liner, where passengers, call them residents, on the ship will be able to take all their belongings with them in their private homes as they travel onboard the grandest ship in the world. Measuring 296 meters and over 105,000 gross tons, Utopia will have 200 luxury residences ranging in size from 130 to 613 square meters along with a 204 room boutique luxury hotel, casino, spa, theater, night club, swimming pools, marina, signature restaurants and private residents club. If that’s not enough, the ocean liner will travel to ports during major cultural and sporting events such as the Cannes Film Festival, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, the Olympics, Carnaval, Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival, Melbourne Cup and other major events of international acclaim. Well, to make the luxury this gallant and glorious, Samsung estimates the value at $1.1 billion and hopes to deliver the same by 2013, but you’ve gotta hurry and contact Utopia Residences to purchase homes onboard the ocean liner.
Posted by algie in Fashion, Technology, Travel Sunday, 15 November 2009 17:35 No Comments
A trip to space will always hold its fascination to every sci-fi lover, and it will be a dream come true for those well-heeled folks who are resilient to the crisis. Apparently, a trip to space is still big on the list of the uber-rich, and that’s exactly why the Barcelona-based architects of the Galactic Suite Space Resort, which we have reported on back in 2007, are hopeful of opening their futuristic space resort to the public in 2012. Though looking at the time line from 2007 to 2012, it looks like it will remain a concept even in the future, but if you were to believe the Galactic Suite folks, it will soon become a reality. The company says it is on target to accept its first paying guests in 2012 despite all the question marks on the investment and time frame for this multi-billion-dollar project.
