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	'Best 2009 Hotels for your 2010 Travel Plans.' 2009-12-31 09:46:58 Untitled Document The New Year means new trips to plan. Avid travelers may have their old standbys, but in 2010 you may want to try something new. Check out 2009�s highest rated hotels to fill some of your 2010 options. Conde Nast Traveller named Nuss in Buenos Aires, Argentina to it�s best of the year list. The hotel, which opened in February 2009, is a remodeled 1930s...

	'Design Destination: The Vine Hotel of Madeira - Portugal' 2009-12-15 11:17:37 Madeira is a group of islands in the Atlantic ocean. Although the archipelago is geographically closest to Africa, the destination is politically and ethnically a part of western European country Portugal. Those who travel to Madeira may be seeking the sun, the surf, or the historical sightseeing. But when you�re staying in a place like The Vine, you may not want to leave your hotel at allThe...

	'Treehouse Hotel a green exrerience with no regrets' 2009-03-05 15:50:23 For people who really, really, really love nature comes a new hotel that is so at one with its surroundings, you might not even see it. Designed by Swedish firm Tham & Videgard Hansson Arkitekter, this Treehouse Hotel really allows you to sleep in the trees, up among the leaves in an actual treehouse in the sky. The hotel uses the popular architectural technique of...

	'Setting the Standard in New York' 2009-02-23 09:52:09 If you�d like to spend the night in what The New York Observer called it �the most unusual and significant New York building in years,� now is your chance. While it�s still under construction, hotelier extraordinaire Andre Balazs latest opus, the Standard NYC, is already open for business, and discounting rates for hardy souls willing to brave the construction noise and dust for a...

	'5 Star Luxury on the Red Sea' 2009-01-27 15:24:19 With all the attention being paid to Dubai lately � what with another record breaking skyscraper being constructed every other week � it's easy to overlook the fact that the rest of the Middle East is packed with luxury destinations ready to cater to the discriminating international traveler. One such destination is the Jeddah Corniche, a strip of coastline running more than 20...

	'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...

	'NY�s Pod Hotel in Hot Water' 2009-01-02 12:58:13 Back in September, we introduced you to New York�s Pod Hotel, an ultra-hip, ultra-affordable accommodation that brings modern style to a new price bracket in an often exorbitantly expensive city. Now, unfortunately, we�ve learned that the Pod�s low prices appear to have come at a price. The hotel�s parent company, Easthill Hotel Corp, along with their fabric supplier Swavelle/Mill...

	'Bedding Down With Leo DiCaprio' 2008-12-29 11:45:20 Women � and some men � dream of spending the night with him. Now, people everywhere will be able to rest their heads at Leonardo DiCaprio�s place, even though the superstar actor may be nowhere in sight. The 30-year-old star of acclaimed and successful movies from �Titanic� to �The Departed� is entering into the hotel business, having purchased an island (yes, ladies, he now owns...

	'Philippe Starck Revolutionizes the Paris Hotel' 2008-11-26 16:50:21 Think you can't afford a stylish, elegant stay in the City of Light? Think again. Uber-designer Philippe Starck � the man behind the ubiquitous Ghost Chair -- has teamed up with the founders of Club Med to create a hotel that busts the stereotype of Paris as overpriced and under-friendly wide open. The 172-room, boutique hotel is called Mama Shelter, and it really does...

	'New NYC Hotel Thinks Small, Guide to New York hotels. ny hotels, ny modera' 2008-12-10 01:28:41 While the travel story of the summer may have been the ubiquitous, if somewhat-depressing, "stay-cation," we have another suggestion for would be holidaymakers on a budget. Forget the stay-cation and try a real, old fashioned vacation -- in New York City, of all places! Of course, to get your budget holiday right, you won't be checking in at the Plaza or the Waldorf...