Springing to life…

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  • Post published:February 8, 2023
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With a focus on western-inspired cuisine particularly focusing on regional spring water, Spring Feast Restaurant in Chaohu is as unique as its location. Food and culinary encounters and cultural experiences that dialogue with the natural environment of hills and water come together in as nature…

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Happily haunted…

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  • Post published:February 5, 2023
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Inside the old servant’s quarters at the Merrill House, there’s more than just a spooky presence, there’s a history of unusual sightings.  Said to be frequently visited by the ghosts of several young children and the infamous Marchioness of Lorne, (who passed away in 1914),…

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Come float with me

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  • Post published:January 30, 2023
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Already more relaxed travelling than I’ve been in a long time, I arrive at The Retreat at the Blue Lagoon. As promised, it’s a tranquility nest that’s best visited when in need of first-class rest and rejuvenation. Located in the Reykjanes Peninsula that was officially…

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A grand re-entrance

By Kylie MacKenzie Back to it’s traditional splendour, Montreal’s Birks building on Phillips Street is once again a force to be reckoned with. In 1879 Canadian entrepreneur Henri Birks founded his jewelry company and opened his first store on St. James Street in Montreal. In…

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Once upon an island…

By Jessie Forbes In a remote corner of Melanesia a fortunate few will discover a one-of-a-kind twelve square kilometre island that’s home to COMO Laucala Island—a private resort and spa where lush forests, healing plants and paddock to plate dining helps redefine wellness, respite and…

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Summer at the Lake

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  • Post published:August 14, 2022
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Nothing says summer like a stay at a traditional lakeside retreat where long, lazy days spent swimming and sailing flow naturally into cozy evenings by the campfire, smores in hand. Thanks to a family of dreamers, the Lake House on Canadaigua has been reborn and,…

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Glamorous once more…

Alajos Hauszmann, a famous Austro-Hungarian architect, designed the New York Palace Hotel in historic downtown Budapest in the late 1890’s as the opulent headquarters for the New York Life Insurance Company.  Today part of the Anantara luxury hotel portfolio, the New York Palace Hotel is…

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