The New York Times – Travel:
From cooking with a Michelin-star chef to taking a chauffeured shopping spree in Singapore, hotels and resorts are offering ever-more-lavish activities for guests.
Category: Luxury Goods and Services
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With Its Latest Vessel, Azimut Envisions ‘Conscious’ Yachting
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
The creators of the latest vessel from Azimut Yachts went to great lengths to reduce its emissions, but even they won’t call it green.
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Sustainability Activists Take Aim at Disposable Hotel Slippers
The New York Times – Travel:
Slippers supplied by hotels — flimsy models usually made of plastic and fabric — are the next single-use item in the cross hairs of sustainability activists.
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Blade Now Offers a $275 Bus Ticket to The Hamptons
The New York Times – Travel:
Blade, after a decade of flying passengers to eastern Long Island on helicopters, is getting into the luxury coach business.
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Handbag Designer Nancy Gonzalez Sentenced to 18 Months for Smuggling Exotic Skins
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Nancy Gonzalez, whose clients included Britney Spears and Sofia Vergara, smuggled purses from her native Colombia to the United States using couriers. She will serve 18 months.
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The 10 Best Things We Saw at Salone del Mobile
The New York Times – T Magazine:
From an exhibition in a 1940s-era Modernist house to a blood-red sofa, the highlights of Milan’s annual design fair.
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Malibu’s Most Exclusive, Butt-Kicking Spa Is Coming East
The New York Times – Travel:
The Ranch, which specializes in long hikes, communal vegan meals and snacks of precisely six almonds, is opening an outpost in the Hudson Valley.