If you love beautiful things like jewelry, sculpture, lamps, art and antiques, there is no better place to get your “fix” of fabulous furnishings and jewels than at the annual Winter Show at New York’s Park Avenue Armory – now celebrating its 65th anniversary. The event is directed by Helen Allen. The program is supported […]
Art + Design. Wit, humor and WOW
In New York, thousands art connoisseurs, collectors, gallery owners (and their staff), interior designers converged on the Park Avenue Armory to raise money for charities. On a few cold November evenings in New York, thousands of well-heeled art connoisseurs, collectors, gallery owners (and their staff), interior designers and others who just like a great cocktail […]
The big reveal: oneworld’s newest member – Royal Air Maroc
Oneworld, an airline alliance, started February 1, 1999 and currently has 14 members, thanks to the new addition of Royal Air Maroc. Oneworld, an airline alliance, started February 1, 1999 and currently has 14 members, thanks to the new addition of Royal Air Maroc. As of 2017, the oneworld member airlines operated a fleet of […]
Luxurious South Africa
Wealthy South Africans know how to enjoy their wealth. According to the Credit Suisse’s Global Wealth Report 2017, there are 58,000 South Africans, or 0.2 percent of the population, that qualify as millionaires with 84,000 belonging to the top 1 percent of global wealth holders. Financial services firm Allianz, using data from national accounts, estimates […]
Going to Africa? Include Zambia
Tourism is becoming an important economic engine for Zambia, creating employment, stimulating infrastructure and increasing foreign earnings. On Your Radar? Of the 53.3 million international tourists visiting Africa in 2014 only 1.7 percent visited Zambia. The purpose of the visit was primarily business (54 percent) with only 25 percent booking for a holiday. While most […]
Botswana: A go-to destination for safari
Know Before You Go When considering a safari holiday in Botswana, one of the first questions asked, “Is It Safe?” Travel.state.gov advises visitors to exercise “normal” precautions while traveling in Botswana. What this means is that the country has crime, just as other countries; however, travelers frequently lose sight of their surroundings and become targets. […]
From Cape Town to Stellenbosch in under 1 hour
Cape Town is South Africa’s second largest city, with 4 million people and 10+ million tourists (2017). As an international hub, it attracts visitors from Russia, France, and Germany as well as the UK, New Zealand, Nigeria, and China. Located between the ocean and the mountains, with a national part in the center, this “Mother […]
Designers inspired at WantedDesign NYC
If you are an interior designer with a hotel focus you were at the WantedDesign show in Manhattan looking for new ideas and trends. If you are a cutting-edge manufacturer with a desire to develop trending furniture, fixtures, and jewelry – you attended the WantedDesign show, part of NYCxDesign, an annual design festival organized by […]
Baron Edmond de Rothschild wine: When the name is the story
Botswana: Safari adventures for the rich (and famous?)
Botswana recently reached celebrity status when it was revealed that Prince Harry presented Meghan Markle with an engagement ring from this African country at a (rumored) remote safari camp in the western part of Botswana’s Makgadikegadi Pans National Park. Why Go Botswana, a landlocked country in Southern Africa, is home to the Kalahari Desert, the […]