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...ITALY As early as 1822, Italian entrepreneur Giuseppe Dal Niel rented the central apartments of the crumbling Venetian Palazzo Dandolo, the 14th century Doge's palace just off the Piazza San Marco. He restored and opened them to the public as the Hotel Royal, eventually acquiring the entire palace, which still welcomes guests today as the glittering Hotel Danieli. Many suites feature 18th century furniture and ceiling paintings; period artworks, some from the Caravaggio school, adorn the walls, and the d?cor?pink marble floors, gold-leaf columns and Murano glass chandeliers?are enough to make an old archduke weep. Rates...
...crave a walk on the exotic side and want to learn some ancient cooking techniques as well, "A Feast for the Senses" in Morocco might be the trip for you. It's run by food enthusiast and entrepreneur Peggy Markel, who started Culinary Adventures in 1992. Her small outfit specializes in unique journeys that promise to immerse participants in local cooking traditions. So don't expect slickly trained chefs. Instead Markel prefers local cooks who can impart techniques that have been passed through generations...
...they're under threat too. Governments don't have the funds to maintain all of them, and few buyers can afford to maintain them as private homes. So what's happening to these stately piles? Many find new lives as luxury hotels. ITALY As early as 1822, Italian entrepreneur Giuseppe Dal Niel rented the central apartments of the crumbling Venetian Palazzo Dandolo, the Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born...
...mogul Russell Simmons, one of America's foremost arbiters of cool, has dabbled in records and clothing, comedy and cell phones. So, what's next for rap's first large-scale entrepreneur? Taxes, naturally. Simmons, ceo of the sprawling Rush Communications hip-hop empire, has partnered with Intuit, owner of the TurboTax software program, to launch TTrefund.com a website geared toward tax filers ages 18 to 24. The TurboTax system guides young e-filers through the intimidating tax terrain and lets them deposit any refund directly into a checking account or Rush Card, a Simmons-branded prepaid Visa debit card...
DIED. HORACE HAGEDORN, 89, canny entrepreneur who turned the blue-crystal plant fertilizer Miracle-Gro, a staple of suburban backyards in postwar America, into the world's top-selling plant food; in Sands Point...