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Attention Foodies: Gorge Yourself on These Fall Food Festivals
This week, we heard about some tantalizing foodie festivals at properties around the world, and here are three of the more intriguing ones, from happening Atlantic City to the bustling by-ways of Seoul, South Korea, to the pristine beaches of Grand Cayman, this fall means fabulous food for all.
Park Hyatt Masters of Food and Wine in Seoul, October 29-November 8
For over 20 years, Park Hyatt has held an annual Masters of Food and Wine festival at one of its properties, and this year, the fun-filled week is heading to the Park Hyatt Seoul. Over the course of a week, chefs and sommeliers from Hyatt’s properties all over the world will host seminars and demonstrations cooking up “gastronomic masterpieces.”
Highlighted participants include Michelin-starred chef Ulf Braunert of the Palace Luzern in Switzerland, the Park Hyatt Seoul’s executive chef, Stefano Di Salvo, and special luncheons and dinners including an “art gallery dinner” at the Gallery Park Ryu Sook. The whole week culminates with a gala dinner featuring the works of the following chefs:
· Daniel Chambon, owner and chef de cuisine of Le Pont de L’Ouysse in France
· Kenchiro Ooe, chef at the Park Hyatt Tokyo
· Sarawut Im-sup, chef de cuisine at the Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok’s Tearoom
· Ilhame Guerrah, pastry chef at the Park Hyatt Shanghai
· Hee Seok Seo, sommelier at the Hyatt Regency Incheon
· Chefs Braunert and Di Salvo
Rates at the Park Hyatt Seoul during the festival start at $250 per night.
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Victoria's Secret Trades Fontainebleau For Gansevoort South
The W South Beach may be the newest hotel in Miami, but that doesn’t mean it gets all of the buzz on the beach. Case in point: tomorrow, the Gansevoort South is hosting a casting event for Victoria’s Secret models.
Aspiring Angels should show up at the hotel between 8–10 a.m., with an entry form, ID, swimwear, and high heels. (No lingerie or visible logos—please, this is a classy contest!) Entrants must be 18–30 years of age, 5’8” or taller in bare feet, and come ready to rock the catwalk for the VS panel of “experts.”
Castings were held at Yankee Stadium in New York last weekend, and two more will follow—at the W Hotel Los Angeles Westwood on October 17, and the W Hotel Chicago Lakeshore on October 24. Ten finalists will be flown to New York for an “Angel Boot Camp”—they’ll live together in a loft and complete a series of challenges, all while being filmed. The public can watch videos of the contestants online and vote for the winner, who will get to walk in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show TV Special on December 1st.
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Miami's Epic Encourages Guests to Read With Wine
Plenty of hotels are pushing books onto guests these days, adding in-room libraries, Kindles or Sony eReaders to their list of amenities. We’re quite fond of reading by the fire or the pool at hotels but book club events, which are also on the rise, sound a little, well, earnest. Unless, of course, wine is involved.
Perhaps that’s why Miami’s Epic Hotel was smart enough to combine their ongoing literary series with their daily guest wine-hour program—and special room rates that make hitting the books totally worth it.
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The Ritz Paris Gussies Up For Fashion Week With Vintage French Cars
Fashion Week has just ended in Milan, clearing out the bar at the Hotel Principe di Savoia until next season, although from the gossip reports, it sounds like Dita von Teese had a good time there.
As of yesterday, all the air-kissing and high-heeled action has moved north to Paris for the finale of the Fashion Weeks, and of course the city's most lavish hotels are pulling out all the stops to entertain the editors and rich clients. Thank to the FashionWeek Daily, we get little blips of news from across the Atlantic, and it sounds like the Hotel Ritz is back at the top. The famed address on the Place Vendome was visited by a parade of vintage French automobiles, organized by the Association Française Automobile, which is exactly what it sounds like.
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Celebs Descend on The Four Seasons for The Emmy Awards and Swag
To call the Four Seasons Beverly Hills a celebrity sighting hotspot is one of those, "Yeah, duh," self-evident statements that even non-Angelenos are aware of. But with the Emmy awards this Sunday, we thought it was worth highlighting this B.H. institution, as it's inevitably reaching a peak of Primetime star check-in as we type this.
Tonight, according to BizBash, The Four Seasons will play home yet again to HBO's "Luxury Lounge" swag suite, where Emmy attendees and other invited guests (tip: don't try crashing this party) will take home a slew of fancy gifts including Bulgari skin care products, or "receive private treatments by appointment."
Expected guests include Emmy Award winner Tina Fey and Entourage's Adrian Grenier. Other area hotels that already have, or will, host Emmy-related parties or hospitality lounges include The Mondrian and the Sunset Marquis.
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Enjoy a Dive-In Movie With the Likes of Keanu Reeves (Sort-Of)
As the countdown until the end of summer ticks away and people try to cram in last-minute outdoor activities, San Diego's The Pearl is just getting started with its Dive-In Theatre, a weekly swim-and-cinema social. Every Tuesday year-round, the hotel screens a flick onto its 10-by-13-foot outdoor screen that overlooks the oyster-shaped pool.
Between 50 and 100 people show up to see the movie of the week at this retro-looking hotel, which avoids the trendy Gaslamp Quarter in favor of the quieter Point Loma area. The Pearl's been holding Dive-In Theatre—its signature event—since the hotel's opening in September 2007. It's free for hotel guests, but everyone else has to buy a drink at the bar to get access to the pool and lounge. The scene invites lingering, with hammocks, dim lights and a few palm trees. If you want to roll like a VIP, the hotel offers two poolside cabanas (though the movie screen is only visible from one of them) that have a $250 food and bevvie minimum. Food is served until 10 p.m., and bar stays open until midnight.
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W San Francisco is 'Sew Excited' for The Return of Project Runway
We’re not much of a fashionista (unless the GO designer lines at Target count), but several label-conscious ladies in our lives faithfully follow Project Runway. And we'll admit, supermodel Heidi Klum is one foxy mama (emphasis on the mama bit as she's prego with her fourth kid!)
Not one to miss out on anything involving the words "fashion" or "stylish", is a W Hotel who regularly puts together hotel packages for NYC's Fashion Week and has even once partnered up with dress designer Diane Von Furstenberg. So it's no surprise to hear that W San Francisco is serving as a screening venue for the Season 6 premiere episode of Project Runway.
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Double the Tesla Car Fun at The Plaza
Weren't kidding about the Tesla electric car taking up brief residence at The Plaza Hotel, and today it arrived to a gaggle of delighted tourists and confused hotel guests.
Granted that it's a day late in showing up, which leads us to think that this might be a one-day only deal because of the weather. Light rain now falls on both the Tesla Model S (the white one) and the Tesla Roadster (the hot little red number), and yet the curious continue to approach for cell phone snaps and quick chats with the Tesla representatives. Luckily we snapped our pictures before the Tesla reps surrounded the cars with stanchions.
Says a Tesla rep of their decision to park in front of The Plaza, of all places: "Well, this Model S is just our push car, so the interior is filled with foam. The working model took publicity pictures yesterday in front of MoMA, and we've been all around New York. Here is great exposure." You heard it here first, folks: The Plaza Hotel is now doing double-duty as an eco-auto showroom. Get there today, just in case they split before the weekend!
Check out all of our pictures from the Tesla's visit to The Plaza at the Flickr Set.
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Tesla Electric Car Will Park at The Plaza This Week
It may be auto show time in the more car-centric cities of the United States, but New York City, as usual, has other plans. Instead of packing a convention center with the newest gas-guzzlers, the city will have one of the Tesla Model S electric cars on display for two days in the lobby of The Plaza Hotel. Although we definitely don't equate eco-friendly innovation with The Plaza, the fact that they're allowing Tesla to squat in their opulent digs raises our opinion of the place a tad.
Just a tad, though, as the car will only be on display on April 30 and May 1, reports Treehugger, who also notes that Tesla representatives will be on hand to answer questions and even take orders for the Model S. If you're not in New York, you can catch the Tesla car on the David Letterman show the night before its Plaza debut, April 29.
Expect us to totally be checking this out, and we think that the lobby will be packed with other curious urbanites, green advocates and car fans during its brief Plaza stint. If one can no longer drop $60 on a single tea service in The Palm Court, then at least the hotel has given people something else at which to gawk and snap pictures.
[Photo: PSFK]
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Get Into The Plaza For Free With a New Architectural Tour
Still not keen to spring for a night at The Plaza Hotel despite our secret discount? There may still be a way into the grand dame without having to endure the painful silence of its Retail Collection: free architecture tours!
Beginning this week, the revered old property will launch twice-weekly public tours of its spaces, such as The Oak Room, The Palm Court and the Grand Ballroom, as well as peeks behind some closed doors. Led by architectural historian, author and teacher Francis Morrone, the 45-minute tours will happen Tuesdays and Saturdays at 3pm, and will be limited to 20 people who must reserve a spot by calling The Plaza Boutique at 212-588-8012.
As you can be sure we're all over this and itching to get our toes in those private spaces, expect a full tour report in the future. For now, however, we recommend giving them a ring to schedule your own Plaza spelunking.
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Ding Ding Dong, The SLS Is Open
Yesterday, we posted a quick snapshot from the official opening and bell-ringing of the SLS Hotel in Los Angeles. Aside from Sam Nazarian and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, several other VIPs were on hand for the occasion. They were councilmembers Jack Weiss and Wendy Gruehl; Arash Azarbazin, President of SLS Hotels; Philip Dailey, SLS General Manager; Bazaar chef Jose Andres, Carla Murray, Starwood's VP of Operations for the Northwest Region and even Sam's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nazarian.
We don't think every hotel has an opening ceremony like this but thanks to Nazarian's money-making SBE which has the hottest nightclubs prominently featured on "The Hills" (remember Heidi once worked here) like Area and Hyde, and the Katsuya and XIV restaurants, the city is kind of in love with Sam. Also it helps that SLS has created 400 new jobs and SBE's properties will bring the city about $4 million in tax revenue. Thus Villaraigosa presented Sam and SBE with a city proclamation. It's good to be Sam right now.
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Tokyo Ritz Holds Stinker of a Truffle Auction
Why is it that world’s most unappetizing foods are also its most expensive? Sevruga caviar and white truffles both look like something produced by the digestive tract. Still, tasting these rare flavors is a sign of status, and a group of tycoons gathered at the Ritz-Carlton Tokyo last night to bid for the rare Italian mushrooms.
Maybe they wanted to avoid the bumping nightlife surrounding the hotel, or perhaps the lousy economy is finally hitting the people at the top (who, arguably, caused the whole mess), because, guess what? The event, The 10th Annual Word Alba White Truffle Auction was a big flop.
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