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	'Another Reason to Visit China, The Homa Libre Hotel' 2009-01-27 15:10:19 A few years ago, a trip to China was hardly luxurious, with travelers limited to accommodation consisting primarily of grim, grey block Communist-style buildings. But as China continues to flex its economic muscle on the world stage, a new crop of hotels are popping up that will not only please discerning international travelers, but amaze them. And with the Beijing Olympics...

	'Le Corb Meets Cambodia?' 2009-01-27 14:51:54 Mid-century modern furniture in the Southeast Asian jungle? It`s difficult to picture Colonel Kurtz slowly going bonkers perched inside a Ball Chair. But Knai Bang Chatt has brought European style to Cambodia, replacing the mage of traditional, peaked-roof wooden buildings with sleek, modern, dare we say urban design. The resort, which consists of a three private villas...

	'New Modern Hotel Is a Work of Art' 2009-01-27 14:23:31 21c Museum Hotel,Louisville Kentucky If a vacation for you is all about visiting museums, and you're partial to modern art, you absolutely must make your next destination Louisville, Kentucky. Yes, we said Louisville. No, we're not kidding. This sleepy, southern city is now the home of the 21c Museum Hotel, the first-ever hotel that � as its...

	'Because Beijings 2008 Olympics should be a design experience as well' 2009-01-27 14:19:31 Beijing's ultimate Design hotels If you're lucky enough to be heading to the 2008 Olympics the August, you'll want to check out two of the coolest hotels of the new millennium. The first is the new Mandarin Oriental, part of the groundbreaking, Rem Koolhaas-designed CCTV Tower. While the hotel building is adjacent to Koolhaas's twisting, looping, 230-meter tower, it is no...

	'Jay-Z�s Hotel Gets Credit Crunched' 2009-01-07 16:59:31 He�s got 99 problems, and it looks like launching a luxury hotel chain in the middle of the worst financial crisis in our lifetime may be one of them. A year ago, rap superstar, producer and all around mega mogul Jay-Z was poised to become New York�s hippest hotelier, with the first of his planned line of J Hotels slated to begin construction on the site of an old Tim Warner Cable warehouse in...