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| just in...|
PORSCHE PANAMERA
Arrives in Dubai
Unique launch reveals four-door style
in fitting surroundings
Customers of Porsche Centre Dubai, Al
Nabooda Automobiles LLC witnessed
the first appearance of the long-awaited
Porsche Panamera in Dubai. Its unveiling
has heralded the arrival of one of the most
anticipated models in performance motoring
history.
During the car reveal, guests were treated to
a memorable audio visual tour of a vehicle
that has set out to reshape the boundaries of
performance motoring. Vijay Rao, General
Manager at Porsche Centre Dubai said:
“We are very pleased to start delivering the
pre ordered Panameras to our very excited
customers. But today is not only about
Panamera customers, its about celebrating
with every Porsche aficionado the arrival
of the new family member, the perfect
addition to our existing exciting line-up,
Porsche’s first entry into the luxurious
sedan segment”.
Packed with true Porsche DNA and a
wide range of innovative technologies
including five world firsts in motoring, the
Panamera combines the looks of a coupé,
the opulence of a luxury car, four-seater
space and Porsche’s distinctive driving
dynamics. Moreover, Porsche offers bestin-class performance with maximum fuel
efficiency to make the Panamera a uniquely
engineered sports car.
The Panamera fits alongside the 911,
Cayenne, Boxster and Cayman ranges as
Porsche’s fourth nameplate. It is available
for delivery in three versions—the S, the 4S
and the top-of-the-range Turbo.
Never before in the 61-year history of
Porsche has the Stuttgart carmaker boasted
a model range as attractive, powerful and
competitive as it is today.
A carefully conceived variant strategy and a
wide range of customisation options combine
to fill every customer’s requirements, no
matter how unusual.
Porsche Panamera is now available at
Porsche Centre Dubai showrooms where
further details and prices can be obtained.
Deesch Papke, Managing Director of Porsche
Middle East and Africa said: “This year
commemorates the 100th birthday of Ferry
Porsche, one of the truly great automobile
men. His vision continues tonight with a
new icon carrying the Porsche badge and
DNA. It’s not often that a manufacturer
has the opportunity to develop a completely
new vehicle from scratch. In developing this
four-seater Gran Turismo, our engineers,
technicians and designers invested all the
accumulated know-how and passion of the
past sixty years. The result is the Panamera,
an exclusive vehicle with an endless array of
unique propositions”.
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portfolio
In each issue we have a specific portfolio
portfolio | INTERVIEW
about a certain theme, varying among
fashion, beauty, design, weddings,
October 2009 marked the
successful launch of
AXOR URQUIOLA
at the Beirut Art Center in
Lebanon.
jewelry and many more...
Who or what inspires you?
Everything! Persons, situations, strange
cultures – in a nutshell, daily life as we
experience it! In the process, my memories
and personal experience play a very
important role. I observe quite a lot and
keep my eyes open, whether I’m in my
grandmother’s attic hunting for old furniture
or whether I’m in a restaurant in Singapore.
I’m inspired mostly by quite ordinary
looking objects or conventional handiwork
techniques I remember from my childhood
or which I’ve come across in the course of
my life. With all these impressions in my
head, ideas can develop even when looking
at a chair or sofa as to how archetypical
shapes can be decorated with new
materials, or how items perhaps forgotten
can be re-discovered or newly identified
once equipped with contemporary design.
Adam & Eve had the pleasure of
meeting this lovely personality,
PATRICIA URQUIOLA, in Beirut,
and we had the following chat.
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How does this express itself in the
Axor Urquiola bathroom?
It’s important to me to feel well with my
designs. And I believe I’ve succeeded in
this endeavor with Axor Urquiola and the
bathroom designed in this context. People
should enter a room and feel at home
straight away. This is not only because I
played around with familiar archetypical
shapes in designing the washbasins, or that
my fixtures are still identifiable as such.
There are also the small and large, but also
very personal objects – a travel souvenir
from the last vacation or this antique mirror
from a great-aunt – that turn a room into
a home. In the process, the Axor Urquiola
bathroom ambience provides a feeling of
security from the very beginning.
We saw a lot of green and plants in
your Axor Urquiola Bathroom? Tell
us more about it?
These days we all know that we don’t have
time to take care of our plants due to our
busy and hectic lifestyles, so what I wanted
to say through this design, is that we can
make use of the wasted water and since we
are in the shower we can simultaneously
take care of our plants. We all love nature
and we all want the feeling of it around us,
so why not do a simple daily routine that
will not take a lot of our time!
As I said in many interviews before, the
perception of the bathroom is changed and
it is now a place of intimacy and relaxation
and that is what I showed through my
design.
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one on one
EXCLUSIVE
INTERVIEWS
Time is marked by artists and famous
people, the way they live and their interests.
It is also marked by places and spaces.
The following subject articles are all from
this time made to mark it and keep track
of it through the people and the spaces
and The trends.
| interview|
Is the Creative Director of Villeroy &
Boch also the brand strategist in the
house?
KAI
STEFFAN
Strategy here is clearly a matter for the
Board. I see myself more as a “Custodian of
the Brand.” Filling this brand with life is a
creative job, my job. I lay down the general
direction of creation for product design and
brand presentation, back it up conceptually
– and I make sure that we, in spite of all
our awareness for our history, remain
contemporary. We are not just Wildrose
and Milles Fleurs, after all, but also Flow
and Memento. And with such a variety, with
tableware, bath, kitchen and tiling, I’ve got
my hands full.
“There are some
great stories behind
our products.”
If one of your focuses is the brand,
how does this Villeroy & Boch brand
position itself?
We are not a luxury brand, and we are not
a manufactory. We are a premium brand
offering upscale quality for discriminating
consumers. I wouldn’t like to talk about
positioning, either. I’d prefer to call it
“mindset” – as Villeroy & Boch, we want to
maintain our basic mindset concerning style
and quality, retain the dignity and class of
a great brand and make it accessible to the
consumer. Our products have to achieve
this, but also our communication with the
consumer.
Kai Steffan, Creative Director at Villeroy & Boch, about a great
brand, the deeper significance of design and lifelong curiosity.
Mr. Steffan, let’s talk about tiles.
You’re surprising me. Normally I like being
asked about the “Wildrose” decor. But I’ll
have to disappoint you anyway. Villeroy &
Boch doesn’t manufacture tiles. We create
tiling. Tiles are just furnace coverings.
Did you know that the German word for
tile, “kachel” comes from the Dutch word
for “oven?” So I’ve come to differentiate
between the two...
OK, then let’s talk about tiling...
You certainly want to do that because you
think it’s a rather prosaic topic. On the
contrary! Tiling is extremely important for
our company: The “Mettlacher Platten”
tiling was sold by the millions back in the
19th Century – it was so famous that it was
often copied. And even today you will be
walking, when you enter the great Cologne
Cathedral, on just this Mettlacher tiling. Or
take the Titanic: It was furnished with tiling
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from Villeroy & Boch, a wavy pattern that
now lies on the bottom of the Atlantic. We
have such great stories behind our products!
We have established ourselves as a global
brand in tiling, just behind our tableware.
And as far as decor is concerned, tiling
has built on the characteristics inherent in
tableware. A love of decor has remained
part of our brand identity to this very day.
And doesn’t the love of decor bring
us back to Wildrose?
And it’s still being hand-painted to this very
day. Certain topics or specific decors are
truly part and parcel to our brand heritage.
Just look out there – we’re in the heart of
nature, with the river, the forests, hills,
and the park all around us. The abbey is
surrounded by an old park that was planted
generations ago with trees not yet known in
those days, ailanthus from Asia or gingko
trees. This place lives and breathes nature,
and it finds its expression in such decors as
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French Garden or Petit Fleur.
Besides nature, is there anything
else that belongs to the “brand
heritage?”
Nature plus great European history: that
is what I see as the soul of the brand.
Villeroy & Boch has been around for more
than 260 years. We have democratized the
bath by being the first in central Europe
to manufacture sanitary ceramics on an
industrial scale. We have played a decisive
role in having the chamber pot vanish from
under the bed – and in helping you eat today
from gorgeous porcelain at affordable
prices! The Villeroy & Boch brand is in the
eighth generation of family ownership. This
also means eight generations of consumers
who have grown up with the brand! You
have to look long and hard to find something
similar elsewhere today. And Villeroy &
Boch doesn’t have to invent this brand story,
it has it in its own DNA.
And what does all this have to do
with design?
Design, function, materiality, concept and
mindset of the brand behind them, all of
this together is creation for me, and by
this I mean the entirety of all its creative
aspects. This kind of design work remains,
of course, a decisive factor for a premium
brand-maker: If a product isn’t pleasing, it
doesn’t get bought. Our target groups don’t
want to have anything in front of them that
they don’t like – and if they have to pay a
substantial bit more for it than they would
have for a cheap Chinese bootleg, then so
much the less. It’s like eating. If it doesn’t
taste good, I won’t eat it. The comparison
truly works: After all, we manufacture
sensual products, products that are intimate
with us, that we allow to come close to us,
for instance when we drink from a cup
or eat from a plate. Or in our bath where
we are truly completely exposed! That’s
why one should enjoy looking at products,
touching them, using them. They should
evoke emotions – the joy of a new set, pride
for the beautiful new bathroom.
Design should evoke emotions?
Precisely! Functionality is, however, always
the basic prerequisite. I don’t even have
to mention that. Design has to please;
people make “look-at” decisions, sort of
gut reactions. People actually fall in love
with good design. With less good design,
the best thing one can hope for is to grow
accustomed to it...
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style
Discover the latest trends of the season
by checking out the looks directly from
the runways.
| style - spring / summer collection 2010 |
STELLA
McCARTNEY
The Spring 2010 collection is divided into 4 stories;
Tuxedo, Out of the Blue, Tropic of Flowers White Hot
Desert Day, each working separately and across each
other in both fabric and colors.
This season further effort has been made to incorporate as
many eco friendly elements into the collection. 41 styles
of ready-to-wear are 100% organic or partially organic.
A biodegradable eco-suede is used in a moccasin which
comes as a flat and with high cone heels.
All the handbags have recycled lining and several styles
feature recycled metal hardware, while the nylon family
has been developed into eco recyclable fibers and new
organic cotton shoppers.
MATTHEW
WILLIAMSON
Showcases the
evolution of the
Matthew Williamson
woman.
This season demonstrates a powerful style which combines
with the brands traditional strengths of embellishment,
colour and striking prints. The palette continues the
tropical feel with cloudy, opaque fluorescents appearing
in two distinct stories. Neon lemon is softened through the
pairing with chartreuse and peppermint. Peach combines
with stone and apricot for warmth.
The collection celebrates the use of contrast to deliver the
signature eclectic Matthew Williamson aesthetic.
YVES
SAINT
LAURENT
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Stefano Pilati’s Spring/Summer 2010 women’s collection for Yves Saint Laurent praises
a natural and honest chic, an understated elegance, in an aesthetic paradigm of new
minimalism. A wardrobe based on traditions of work and discipline is proposed as a statement
on femininity, power and the nobility of function and utility in contemporary society. Proud,
always dignified, rich with intellectual wealth, the Yves Saint Laurent woman is presented
in dualities of exuberance and balance, multiplicity and focus, mystery and discretion.
Stefano Pilati thus leaves behind the identity politics of social postmodernism, forging
a space for a renewed dialogue on representation and the fundamentals of dressing. His
garments are given life by a woman with strength and resolve, in an era where questions of
gender and power are answered in a gesture.
DOLCE&
GABBANA
The Dolce&Gabbana Spring/Summer 2010 collection is a tribute to the Sicilian way
of life and the classic beauty in all of its reincarnations. Not only the beauty of the
body and soul, but also an homage towards the hedonistic beauty of a sartorial suit
studied to its finest and provoking sensuality with the use of lace, crochets and floral
prints. The symbol which embodies and ultimately fulfills this desire for beauty is
transparency, the main element of the collection, found on dresses, skirts, camisoles
and shoes. The pursuit of perfection is a stimulus to look into the future and discover
the ideal concept of an impeccable and timeless elegance.
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photoshoot
BIRDS OF A FEATHER
FLOCK TOGETHER
| photoshoot |
A Day of
&
Glamour
Style
with Dior…
The fashion shoot will feature both Adam
and Eve in a season style wearing the
latest styles and trends of the month.
Eve is wearing Dior
Christal Purple Watch
To illustrate this idea, here is the portfolio of a
fashion photographer where photography,
beauty and sophistication combine to
result in an exclusive layout.
Exclusively shot for Adam & Eve at the Neos Bar & the Lobby at The Address Hotel
Photography: Fares Jammal/ Shadow Professional Photography
Models: Anna & Aydin (Bareface models)
Hair : Dennie (Bareface) Makeup: Dior Make up
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table art
Luxury, Creativity and unique Table Art
design is what you can discover in this
section.
| TABLE ART |
| TABLE ART |
VILLEROY & BOCH
Nature, Lifestyle and Design - New
Cottage redefines white tableware
in the modern country segment
Extravagantly designed white tableware
has set the trend in recent years. In the
meantime, the range of products on offer
has become so multi-facetted that it has
also tended to be rather bewildering.
Villeroy & Boch is counteracting this
confusion by introducing the original New
Cottage tableware series to give clarity and
to redefine white tableware in the modern
country segment: subtle, unpretentious and
uncomplicated.
a new natural setting – full of tranquillity
and familiarity. On the lifestyle theme of a
‘healthy diet’ there is a Gourmet Special
selection with a well-thought-out range of
products, which combine function, trend
and convenience. It boasts a particularly
delicate, light and modern design and
conveys the idea of the country in a subdued
but sensual fashion: in soft, lightly organic
forms with leaf motifs in slight variations.
New Cottage does not rely on short-term
trends but on tradition and timelessness.
The aim of the New Cottage concept was to
develop a form which focussed on nature’s
harmonizing characteristics and which
incorporated modern lifestyle themes,
achieving a design which gives a sense of
lightness. Inspired by the minimalized beauty
of private gardens, New Cottage represents
People who, on the one hand, are deeply
rooted in traditional values but, on the
other, have a modern lifestyle, which they
structure to give a clear, harmonious
environment with their own personal touch,
will be inspired by the authentic forms of
New Cottage: They identify with nature’s
themes and, at the same time, appreciate
the special design elements it gives them to
set a beautifully laid table.
The New Cottage range of products includes fine china tableware
in a pure white finish or decorated using the lithographic printing
technique. A number of matching select tableware items in fine china
on the theme of a ‘healthy diet’, focussing on salad, is also available.
The tableware is microwave and dishwasher safe. The concept also
offers cutlery made of forged 18/10 stainless steel and crystal glasses,
both of which are also dishwasher safe.
New Cottage Basic - white tableware
distinguished by a subtle elegance.
The undecorated variation - New Cottage
Basic - has been conceived as feminine white
tableware distinguished by subtle elegance.
The central ideas running through this
range are harmony, lightness and balance.
The thin body highlights its overall delicate
charm and gives particular expression to its
lightly organic, sheer form. All the forms
are perfectly coordinated. The flowing
transition from mirror to flag of the flatware
calls a cup form to mind. Breakfast, dinner
and soup plates are available in both round
and oval variations, while cups and saucers
are only available in the round design. An
attractive feature of the hollow ware: The
handle resembles a stylized leaf.
Green Garland – decorated variations of
the white tableware.
Green Garland is the name given to the décor
for New Cottage Basic, which interprets the
modern country lifestyle, achieving both
an elegant and natural look. Soft shades
of green as a base with gradients of colour
and as a thread of colour are highlighted
with elder blossoms in yellow, red and white
and leaves, created using the aquarelle
(watercolour) technique. All this gives the
tableware a romantic and, at the same time,
a clearly identifiable, modern charm. The
plates are available in two décor variations.
The round plates have a wide coloured border,
which becomes lighter towards the middle
of the plate and which seems to follow the
light like a shadow of the form, while the
oval plates are decorated with a thread of
green colour. Both variations are decorated
with blossoms and leaves scattered all over
the plates and are perfectly coordinated for
use together.
New Cottage Special Serve Salad – select
items to prepare and serve food.
The Serve Salad line, which includes select,
white tableware items to prepare and serve
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food, was created in keeping with the theme
of a ‘healthy diet’. Although the design is
focussed on salad, the items are perfectly
suited for serving other dishes, such as
pasta or soups. Plates, bowls and serving
dishes are all presented in a curved leaf
form, further enhancing the natural appeal
of New Cottage. They supplement the basic
series as well as providing sophisticated
highlights for the beautifully laid table.
New Cottage cutlery – lightness and
strength.
Filigree lightness meets unequivocal strength
– Under this motto New Cottage cutlery is
being launched as a new interpretation of an
English classic in a contemporary context:
the curved ‘pistol grip’, which is both pleasant
to hold and pleasing to the eye, is an element
of design with modern appeal. The unusual
design of the handle, which is particularly
accentuated by traditional fronts, is to be
found on all the cutlery items. The slender,
dainty handles become solid towards the
end, producing a soft, lightly organic form
and giving an extremely elegant and rather
romantic effect. All the cutlery items,
including the hollow-handled knives, are
forged from polished 18/10 stainless steel
and are dishwasher safe. There are 24-piece
and 30-piece sets available.
New Cottage Glass – glasses with stylized
leaf forms and structures.
A crystal glass with relief has been
developed as a complement to New Cottage
but also to many other country series. It
gives added freshness to the modern charm
of the tableware: The design is a play of
stylized leaf forms and structures, resulting
in a clearly-defined, natural look with a
soft line. The glasses radiate elegance from
a typical country house perspective. The
solid stem enhances the value of the glasses
without undermining the notion of lightness.
The glasses are dishwasher safe.
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hotel directory
| hotel directory |
Breidenbach Hof
or nestle in, we would only
say,
made an exceptional choice! bravo, you’ve
A CAPELLA HOTEL
DÜSSELDORF, GERM
ANY
| hotel happenings |
Historic In Character
In The Heart Of The City,
The Pulse Returns
In 1806 Wilhelm Breidenba
ch knew his
young city of Düsseldorf
would soon need
a g rand hotel. And so
in
bold vision for this gloriousthat year, his
hotel began
to take shape. Upon its
formal debut in
1812, the landmark original
Hof established a standard Breidenbacher
of excellence
unsurpassed
since.
Centuries
later,
Breidenbacher Hof, a Capella
Hotel
is born
anew, holding court
at the intersection
where Europe’s artistic,
commercial and
financial worlds come together.
Brand new and resplenden
t from the ground
up, Breidenbacher Hof
is more than a
premier hotel - it is
the
of Düsseldorf. Prominent very epicenter
galleries, couture shopping theaters, elite
financial center surround and a thriving
Breidenbacher
Hof, making it once
again a place of
influence for the highest
strata of business
and social life.
Take In The Sights The
Enjoy Romantic Escapism at
THE PALACE - THE OLD TOWN
Shopping, Dining, Embracin
g the City
- All Without Leaving
the Property
Year round luxurious couple’s package
The Palace - The Old Town, an elegant five
star premium hotel located in Downtown
Burj Dubai invites you to partake of an
Overnight Romantic Escapism package
for your special occasions. This exclusive
romantic experience includes everything
from Limousine pick-up to an intimate
dinner for two on the Royal Suite’s private
balcony.
Available year round, the Romantic
Escapism package is the essence of luxury
and pampering in a five-star setting. During
the stay, couples can occupy the hotel’s 106
square meters Royal Suite which is like a
vision from the enchanting ‘1001 nights’
with rich colours, regional textures and
iconic furniture. Tastefully decorated with
a separate bedroom and living room it also
includes a large private balcony overlooking
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Burj Dubai, the world’s tallest tower.
Roger Hanna, Director of Rooms at The
Palace - The Old Town said: “We developed
this package for all couples wanting to
add that extra touch of romance to their
getaway. Prior to arrival, guests are
called by their concierge to ensure that
everything is to their liking thus adding to
the personalization and exclusivity of the
package.”
On arrival, guests will check in to the Royal
Suite with ease and special touches will
be incorporated to make it a unique and
memorable experience such as a peppermint
footbath and foot massage in their private
suite and an invitation to enjoy a luxurious
treatment in the hotel’s spa. A private butler
is available round-the-clock to cater to any
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special requests. Indulgent extras such as a
chocolate fountain, strawberries and cream
and an intimate candle lit dinner for two on
the suite’s balcony form part of the package.
An in house hotel band is also on standby
in the room to complete the magic. Finally,
before departure, guests can enjoy a bubbly
breakfast in the room.
A spa treatment also forms part of the
package where guests are invited to choose
from a selection of massages on offer,
including the Well Being massage and a
Deep Tissue massage.
Couples availing the Romantic Escapism
package can enjoy their massages in a
private couple’s
room, adding to the intimacy of the overall
experience.
Moment
You Are Greeted At The
Door Breidenbacher
Hof, a Capella Hotel straddles
two distinct
eras: a glorious past of
regaling guests for
two centuries, followed
by a more modern
period of untold exclusivity
personal attention otherwise and deeply
known as the
here and now. Your
accommodations at
Breidenbacher Hof, a Capella
Hotel are set
amid an artful décor of
timeless elegance,
yet with every modern
indulgence extended
to you as our guest. The
hotel
the Rhine at the absolute resides along
heart of the
Königsallee, or Kö, Düsseldorf
’s famed
avenue of premier shops
and
designer
boutiques. From here, the
worlds
finance and fine art converge of fashion,
at your feet,
and no other hotel serves
its guests with
greater care.
The Romantic Escapism package is priced
at AED 6,000 per couple per night.
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The Palace - The Old Town is owned and
operated by Emaar Hospitality Group’s
5 star hotel brand, The Address Hotels +
Resorts, and the landmark hotel features
242 beautifully - appointed deluxe rooms
including 81 suites, all with balconies
overlooking the lake or The Old Town
Island.
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2010
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While the myriad attractions
of Düsseldorf,
Germany and greater
Europe are within
effortless reach, the thought
of leaving the
comfort and convenienc
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Hof, a Capella Hotel is to
some unimaginable.
To all of our guests, who
either venture out
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Sophisticated. Distinctiv
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Personal. Your Suite Awaits.
True luxury is not easily
defined, but quickly
recognized. Our Grand
Suites are just such
places: unique layouts,
lavishly appointed,
with dramatic picture
windows affording
views of scenic Old Town
and every personal
indulgence thoughtfully
provided for you.
This is Old World opulence
on a grand scale,
updated and personally
delivered to please
today’s modern traveler.
Accommodations Of The
Highest Order
Only one other suite in Düsseldorf
compares.
That, of course, would
be our second
Presidential Suite:
the Breidenbacher
Suite. Offering equal, though
not identical
accommodations, with two
regally appointed
bedrooms, a formal entrance
living areas, and private hall, expansive
kitchens which
allow our guests the privilege
of living as
residents at the very
pulse
center. Executive privilege of the city ’s
indeed!
Dining Perfection Without
Pretension
“1806” our namesake
dining room stands
on its own and stands
apart from other
hotel restaurants. Preferred
by guests and
locals alike for its elegant
yet approachable
atmosphere, outstandin
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and uncompromising
personal service,
“1806” ensures each
dining
is nothing short of excellent. experience
Open for a
leisurely breakfast,
invigorating lunch
or memorable dinner.
For very special
gatherings, we also offer
our private dining
room, which seats 14 in
exclusive comfort.
After A Full Day, Seize
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savored. Aged cognac
flows freely. Dark
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No Place Compares.
As the centerpiece
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Perfect for a quiet conversatiof our guests.
on with your
Personal Assistant to
schedule the day’s
activities or to simply relax
between them.
Our Lobby Lounge is a
secret place known
to everyone. A respite and
a staging area. A
place where guests may
entertain or conduct
business in comfort and
style. In these
contrasts, one constant
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service surrounds you always. – attentive
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travel
I WISH
I WAS THERE
The travel section will take you to 5 of
the most recommended destinations
depending on the season and the best
hotels to stay at.
| travel |
OH LA LA FRANCE
The Ultimate Tourist Destination!
A land of cradled fantasies and stunning rows of purple flowers
stretch across to river beds and mountains. An austere beauty,
dotted with architectural features is sculpted by winds and waves.
Romance lingers from floorboards to the skies. Yes, cloud number
nine really does exist and the zephyr in its horizon is calling out your
name, so I suggest you do not resist.
France is located in Western Europe. It is the
largest country in the European Union and
the second largest in Europe. It is a country
with a series of beautiful charming stories
that link their pages and paint their colorful
words in your memory. France is densely
populated, especially the Metropolitan
part of France. With French as their first
language, the people have the ability to
make us foreigners fall to the ground on
bended knees. It is as if tiny cupids flitter
out of their mouths whenever they part their
lips to utter a word in the language. French
is a romance language spoken by 90 million
people as a first language and 190 million
as a second language. History, romance
and adventure hovers over the country of
marvel and beauty hence making it a very
attractive tourist location. Each city of
France holds its own power and specialty.
Having said that, let’s begin with the capital
city of Paris.
was first constructed in 1889 and is
probably the most famous landmark
in the world. This modern marvel
was designed and built by Alexandre
Gustav Eiffel, a well known bridge
engineer. The ‘Iron Lady’ dominates
the sky line of Paris and a marvelous
view of the city can be seen without
having to even go to the top.
It is a hub of entertainment, media, fashion,
shopping, science, business, education
history, culture and politics. Paris houses
many magnificent monuments that reflect
its proud past such as the Notre Dame
Cathedral, the Louvre Museum and the
Versailles Palace. The design of these
monuments is not the only aspect that
makes them so well known to the world, it
is the vast history that lives through every
brick and whispers a verse of poetry to its
visitors.
Paris is the largest city in France and it is
also very populated. Located on the Siene
River, it has two natural islands that are
connected to the city by bridges.The city of
light boasts of many tourist attractions such
as ‘The Iron lady’ of France, which is, of
course, the ‘Eiffel Tower’.
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The Notre Dame
Cathedral
was conceived in the 12th century and
completed in the 14th. It is without a doubt
the most magnificent gothic cathedral in the
world and the most famous one.
It is centrally located on the Ile de la Cité,
which is surrounded by the Siene River.
It was the heartbeat of the Medieval
Paris; however, it did go through a period
of abandonment. That all changed when
Victor Hugo recaptured its essence and
immortalized it in his stunning work of
Literature in‘The Hunchback of Notre
Dame’.
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