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...host of restaurants and the outdoor nightclub and sushi bar Vogue, which has spectacular water views and is named after the one fashion glossy that isn't yet in the Turkish market ("They want to come, but we have the name," says Buyukugur). The pair recently entered into the hotel market with Ajia, a bijoux boutique hotel on the Asian side, to which the speediest access is by boat...
Still, the Ottomans are certainly back in style. There's the funky T shirt label, Ottoman Empire, which features groovy graphics of sultans and taglines like THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. The latest hotel, Les Ottomans, looks as if it has been there since the days of the empire but is in fact a new building with interiors by designer Zeynep Fadillioglu, a striking 51-year-old who wears Rick Owens clothes and is responsible for the look of some of the city's smartest restaurants and bars...
...Hotel Normandy, 256 rue St. Honoré. I love the faux-English-bar ambiance with the tartan carpet. It has very good cocktails...
...grape-seed-extract antiaging formula, is expanding its offerings. The company celebrated the opening of its fourth Vinotherapie Spa in grand fashion last month in Rioja, Spain. King Juan Carlos I toured the spa alongside über-architect Frank Gehry, who designed the accompanying Marqués de Riscal Hotel as a sweeping homage to the local culture. The enormous titanium roof is sculpted in the shape of a flamenco skirt and tinged to match the pink and gold shades of vintage wine bottles. The 15,000-sq.-ft. spa has 14 treatment rooms and features, among other vineyard-inspired treatments...
...Another laudable feature is the site's dual-grading system. The first rates a hotel's overall standards, the second grades commitment to the community - be it through hiring practices or energy conservation. But best of all, the site gives deserving operators a heftier online presence - and that should get every traveler's tick of approval...