October 6th, 2009
Reports say that Hollywood celebrities Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are considering building an airport at their French chateau.
Brad and Angelina, who both have pilot licences, would then be able to fly their brood in and out of the 1,000-acre estate without being seen by paparazzi.
The couple, along with their six children, stays in a vacation property in Chateau Miraval estate whenever they are in France.
July 24th, 2009
Dubai International Airport’s new fine wine and spirits shop is to sell some of the world’s rarest wines in the world – duty free.
The wines in « Le Clos » include Château Petrus 1947 ($12,500/ bottle), Château Cheval Blanc 1961 in magnum ($15,750) and Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 2005 ($27,770/ bottle).
The shop also stocks a number of New World wines, including vintages from Napa icons Opus One, Harlan Estate and Screaming Eagle.
July 21st, 2009
If you have a hankering to join the mile-high club but you’re frightened of flying, Holland’s brand new Honecker Hotel could be just the ticket.
A vintage four-engine plane that’s been converted into a luxurious five-star hotel, it boasts a whirlpool, sauna, bar, kitchen, flat-screen televisions, wireless Internet - and it doesn’t even leave the ground.
Instead, the 1960s jet is perched on the edge of the runway at Teuge airport, just east of Amsterdam, so visitors can watch other planes take off and land while remaining on terra firme.
July 21st, 2009
The latest hotel to open at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport won’t be any comfort to stranded passengers and businessman with canceled stopovers.
The new facility that opened last month is built… specifically for goldfish !
Travel agent D-reizen has opened the Goudvissen Hotel so travelers have a safe place to leave their pet fish while they are on vacation.
June 22nd, 2009
Billionaire Chelsea boss Roman Abramovich is topping other high fliers with private jets - by splashing out on his own airport, it was reported today (monday).
Abramovich is heading a syndicate of Russian tycoons in a bid to snap up Tassignano airport in northern Italy as an investment.
The terminal - worth more than 4 million GBP - is near a settlement of exclusive villas and holiday homes, reports Italy’s Corriere della Sera newspaper.
March 3rd, 2009
Plan your trip to the French Riviera with The LEAD Guide that details a very selective inventory of prestigious and unusual locations (hotels, restaurants, spas, art galleries and art villas, etc) of the French Côte d’Azur.
Published by a non-profit student enterprise - affiliated to the CERAM Business School of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, France - the LEAD Guide is available in the private lounges of the Côte d’Azur Airports (Nice, Cannes and St Tropez).
It will also be sent to the exclusive yacht brokers, prestigious limousine and car renting agencies, outstanding golf resorts and renowned luxury real estate agencies around the area.
