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...bracket is crucial. Last spring I was on a long travel break when the tournament came out, but I still managed to fill out my picks in 15 minutes in the computer room of a St. Petersburg hotel. And I still got half the Final Four right (par for my course...
...Above the buzz of the casino, life changes dramatically. The hotel is 48 floors of tranquility. Primary colors take a backseat, and neutrals, Zen greens and black dominate the color palette in the suites, all of it magnified by those giant windows. You are trying not to call it elegant, because that's not supposed to happen in Vegas, but the Encore exudes elegance right down to the European antiques that decorate some of the lounge areas. There's a separate check-in area for the tower suites that just oozes calm. (Watch TIME's video on Macau's gambling...
...hotel guests who want to join the action, the Anantara and the neighboring Four Seasons Tented Camp will field show teams that will play each other without disturbing competitive play. The tournament's proceeds go to charity, and so far the Cup has raised $200,000 for the National Elephant Institute, which ministers to Thailand's 3,000-plus domesticated Elephas maximus. One year's money covered the construction of a custom-made pachyderm ambulance. (See 10 things to do in Hong Kong...
...rest of the year, the Anantara and the Four Seasons, which are nestled in the lush forests near Thailand's border with Burma and Laos, collaborate on the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation. The sanctuary and hotel properties are home to around 30 elephants, all of which might otherwise be languishing as street beggars. Often, soliciting snacks from urbanites and tourists is the only way an owner can cover the cost of feeding an animal that in the wild eats up to 550 lb. (250 kg), or around 5% of its body weight, each day. (Foreigners may thrill...
...encircle three pools fed by springs beneath the property. With polished concrete floors and platform beds, the rooms are spare, but the pleasures behind the property's pale green stucco walls are not. Customers come again and again to get lost under the clear desert skies and enjoy the hotel's stylish details - such as oversized robes with HOPE stitched in silver on the back, and a decadent breakfast served poolside every morning. "There's never been any advertising for this little place," says manager Chloe Peppas. "It's a particular type of person that likes the property...