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...destination, "exciting and different from London, Paris, Rome." The Rialto (starting at $263 a night) is tailored to that kind of visitor. Poland's first boutique hotel, it opened last year as an alternative to the other five-star hotels and has since won acclaim for its spare, Art Deco decor and excellent cuisine. Low-cost airlines such as Air Polonia can take travelers into Warsaw from London for as little as $30 for a round trip...
...arrangements may welcome help in India. Keeping tabs on the new small hotels and knowing which ones have experienced declines in service require frequent visits. We loved one of the chic co-owners of Barwara Kothi, a new guesthouse in Jaipur. The food was delicious, and the Art Deco home where her in-laws' family entertained a maharajah has a good ambiance. However, it was noisy, though the owners have since planted barriers and reinforced windows. Also, be warned that some large travel operators snub the small hotels because the commissions paid are smaller than those of the big chains...
Lebanon's art-deco parliament building in downtown Beirut has the look of an old-time movie palace, which seemed appropriate on Tuesday as a steady stream of armored black luxury cars disgorged the country's politicians, who walked up the steps through a gauntlet of journalists as if they were actors at a high-security red-carpet ceremony. As it happened, however, the show was a dud. Meeting for the first time in over nine months, Lebanon's parliament opened today for a special session to elect a president of the republic, and then almost immediately shut down without...
Faceted stones are turning up everywhere?from bikinis to iPods?so it comes as no surprise, really, that some of the most sought-after scents this fall look like real gems. Leiber's eponymous first scent?bearing the refined shape of an Art Deco diamond, left?was designed for a "woman who appreciates what a little luxury can do for your spirit," says creative director Frank Zambrelli. Emporio Armani's Diamonds bottle, right, is sharply faceted, for the more audacious...
Beijing's golden resources mall ought to be a shopper's paradise. Built on the city's outskirts in 2004, the Art Deco-style center boasts a staggering 6 million sq. ft. (560,000 sq m) of retail space, making it the world's second largest mall, 30% bigger than Minnesota's famed Mall of America, once the largest. Golden Resources accommodates more than 1,000 shops, dozens of restaurants, 230 escalators and an ice-skating rink. On its five floors, you can buy everything from fur coats to exercise equipment to pet supplies...