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DECEMBER 31, ANNUALLY New Year’s Eve celebrations in Manhattan’s Times Square are a must if you’re in the city at this time of year. An estimated one million people gather in famed Times Square to watch colorful pyrotechnic effects and a giant, illuminated Waterford-crystal ball drop, marking the very second of the new year’s commencement…. View Article
ANNUALLY IN SEPTEMBER The most prominent fashion weeks are held in the fashion capitals of the world, the “Big Four” receiving the majority of press coverage being New York, London, Milan, and Paris. Lasting approximately one week,fashion designers, brands or “houses” display their latest collections in runway shows to buyers and the media. Expect a… View Article
August 26 – September 8 Known as the Wimbledon of the U.S., this tournament is one of the world’s most important tennis competitions where some of the biggest tennis stars have forged their careers. The U.S. Open completes the season of worldwide Grand Slam events following the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon. Major matches… View Article
JUNE 9 The 2018 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, is three days of thoroughbred racing at Belmont Park featuring the 149th running of the Belmont Stakes,taking place from June 9 at Belmont Park. The Belmont Stakes is the final and most demanding leg of the Triple Crown and has been the venue for some of the most famous… View Article
April 25 – May 6 Following the attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001, Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff founded this film festival to encourage the revival of lower Manhattan. Over the course of the festival, Tribeca comes alive with celebrities, film and music. In the nine years since its launch,… View Article
New York Fashion Week – February 7 – 15 London Fashion Week – February 15 – 19 Milan Fashion week – February 19 – 25 Paris Fashion Week – February 25 – March 5 The most prominent fashion weeks are held in the fashion capitals of the world, the “Big Four” receiving the majority of… View Article
APRIL 2016 In April 2014, the Musical Olympus Foundation hosted its eighth annual Musical Olympus Festival at Carnegie Hall in New York. Carnegie Hall, renowned internationally as a premier concert venue, received young musicians from four countries in a festival performance showcasing their talent: Marc Bouchkov (France, violin), Rémi Geniet (France, piano), Igor Eliseev (Russia,… View Article
MARCH 3 – 16, 2016 The Armory Show is America’s leading annual fine art fair devoted to the most important modern and contemporary art of the 20th and 21st centuries. The show lasted four days on Piers 92 and 94, attracting some of the world’s most prominent artists, galleries, collectors, critics and curators. On… View Article
MARCH – OCTOBER, 2016 Watch New York’s most prized baseball team begin its season. The New York Yankees have been crowned World Series champions 27 times and may be the most franchised sports team in America. Some of the biggest names in baseball history have risen to fame with the Yankees and they remain the… View Article
The area where a maze of entrances and exits to the often gridlocked Lincoln Tunnel meets the rear end of the current Penn Station, the one with the character and charm of a Wonder Bread loaf, is just to the south of one of the most outdated convention centers of any major city. Still, I… View Article
In the modern history of upscale hotels Hyatt has long been at the forefront of innovation. While its roots only date back to 1957, it was the Hyatt Regency Atlanta in 1967 that redefined hotels for decades with its atrium lobby design. An article about the hotel in The Atlanta Constitution several years after its… View Article
Samuel Clemens was a member. Woodrow Wilson lectured at it. There have been exhibits of Degas, Monet and Renoir at it. The Lotos Club, dubbed “The Ace of Clubs” by member by Clemens, better know by his pen name Mark Twain, was founded in 1870 as a private members club for journalists, scholars, musicians, painters… View Article
Samuel Clemens was a member. Woodrow Wilson lectured there. There have been exhibits of Degas, Monet and Renoir. The Lotos Club, dubbed “The Ace of Clubs” by member by Clemens, better know by his pen name Mark Twain, was founded in 1870 as a private members club for journalists, scholars, musicians, painters and sculptors, art… View Article
St. Regis Hotels & Resorts joined Robin Hood for the Piaget Hamptons Cup which took place at the Equuleus Polo Club in Bridgehampton on Sunday. During this thrilling day of polo on the countryside, St. Regis defeated the Credit Suisse team by 9 to 6. This polo match marked St. Regis’ return to Bridgehampton for… View Article
St. Regis Hotels & Resorts joined Robin Hood for the Piaget Hamptons Cup which took place at the Equuleus Polo Club in Bridgehampton on Sunday. During this thrilling day of polo on the countryside, St. Regis defeated the Credit Suisse team by 9 to 6. This polo match marked St. Regis’ return to Bridgehampton for… View Article
The Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art is presenting two exceptional projects in celebration of its 30th Anniversary. From October 25, 2014 through February 22, 2015 New York based architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro will playfully inhabit Jean Nouvel’s iconic building and the Argentine artists Guillermo Kuitca takes hold of a piece by David Lynch and… View Article
Cartier traces its history to 1847 in Paris. It’s Fifth Avenue Flagship mansion (below) was originally built in 1905 and bought by Pierre Cartier in 1917 after having moved to the United States in 1909. The jeweler has catered to royalty from around-the-world, Hollywood and Bollywood stars, billionaires and heiresses in its glittering history. Many… View Article
JULY 4, 2015 Even if you’re not American, the celebrations of this country’s Independence Day are still well worth enjoying. The Fourth of July is a national holiday and it is nowhere more evident than in Manhattan, where many New Yorkers flock to celebrate. The Macy’s fireworks display, launched from six barges on the… View Article
New York may be the city that never sleeps with its towering glass, steel and concrete skyscrapers, late night partying, congested streets with honking taxis and proliferating street vendors. Traveling a couple hours outside the city in virtually any direction brings one to beautiful rural areas, be it the beaches for Eastern Long Island, the… View Article
If there are two luxury hotel groups that are diametrically opposed in their viewpoint, it may well be Four Seasons and Viceroy. While promotional material for both might feature an attractive, elegantly dressed couple gazing into each other’s eyes as they dance, only one would prominently display a tattoo on the gentleman’s wrist. Having started… View Article
This year’s fundraising event benefiting Stop Soldier Suicide, ‘A Night for Life’, took place on Wednesday, May 28 at 7pm aboard the USS Intrepid. It was an elegant evening full of entertainment and fundraising — with all proceeds benefiting our military and veteran communities. ‘A Night for Life’ held a silent auction through the evening with… View Article
After starting his hotel career in New York, George Cozonis vowed to return. However as he found career success in Miami, years went by and for anyone who dealt with this past winter in the Big Apple, one wouldn’t blame him for staying in the South Florida sunshine. As General Manager for the W… View Article
New York may be the city so nice they named it twice, but for elite travelers who want or need access to the concrete jungle, yet prefer the urban waterfront lifestyle of Sydney, Vancouver, Cape Town or perhaps Marina del Rey, a 200-acre master plan development named Port Imperial may be the right option. Set… View Article
It used to be that those who ruled the business world set up shop in global capitals such as Hong Kong, London, New York and Tokyo, and aside from vacation homes, that was pretty much it. Of course they still do, but as the Ultra High Net Worth population has grown (there are about 200,000… View Article
In a typical year Elizabeth Ann Stribling-Kivlan is in the Caribbean two to three times, makes it to the South of France and this year will be spending a few weeks in Southeast Asia. However, the place the native New Yorker is most comfortable is her home town where the brokerage her mother founded some… View Article
What do the likes of General Electric Pension Fund, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Starwood Property Trust, Starwood Capital, The Carlyle Group, iStar Financial, Westbrook Partners and Rockpoint Group have in common? Among others things, all have been partners with Witkoff, founded in 1997 by Steve Witkoff, a fully integrated real estate development… View Article
You may not have heard of RODE Advertising unless you are involved in building or marketing luxury real estate. However, if you have seen advertising for The Chrysler Building, Liberty Luxe and Liberty Green in Battery Park City, The Sheffield on 57th or Platinum NYC, you’ve seen their work. Referred to as the real estate… View Article
Broadway is a siren for aspiring actors and playwrights around-the-world. “If you can make it here you can make it anywhere,” crooned Frank Sinatra. Quite the opposite, Jim Strong has already made it. Considered one of the top luxury travel agents in the World, Dallas-based Strong serves on the Advisory Boards of Travel + Leisure… View Article
Elite travelers attending the Super Bowl in New Jersey this February will be happy to know that Signature Flight Support has opened a new state-of-the-art terminal at Newark Liberty International Airport. Officials estimate some 1,200 private jets will be split between Teterboro, Morristown and Newark airports for the football championship with additional planes going to… View Article
JULY 4, 2013 Even if you’re not American, the celebrations of this country’s Independence Day are still well worth enjoying. The Fourth of July is a national holiday and it is nowhere more evident than in Manhattan, where many New Yorkers flock to celebrate. The Macy’s fireworks display, launched from six barges on the… View Article
St. Helena, Calif. – Reported by Elite Traveler, the private jet lifestyle magazine Celebrate the spirit of the holidays with The Twelve Days of Christmas at Meadowood Napa Valley, benefitting Share Our Strength. There are a few changes in store for the 2012 celebration running Friday, December 7, through Saturday, December 22. These exclusive holiday… View Article
APRIL 17 – 28, 2013 Following the attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001, Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff founded this film festival to encourage the revival of lower Manhattan. Over the course of the festival, Tribeca comes alive with celebrities, film and music. In the nine years since its… View Article
MARCH 7 – 10, 2013 The Armory Show is America’s leading annual fine art fair devoted to the most important modern and contemporary art of the 20th and 21st centuries. The show lasts four days on Piers 92 and 94, attracting some of the world’s most prominent artists, galleries, collectors, critics and curators. On… View Article
YEAR ROUND These are two of the hottest destinations in New York, indeed the world, to watch live concerts. Madison Square Garden, known locally as The Garden is a multipurpose indoor arena and the third busiest music venue in the world in terms of ticket sales. As well as a pack concert calendar, Madison Square… View Article
