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...battled cancer in the past few years, and now they want to expand the lodge's range of therapies?such as naturopathy, yoga and meditation?and services to include healing retreats and corporate escapes. But their boutique-size spa has none of the hauteur you might expect at the Ritz. With room for only 30 guests, Daintree is so private that visitors are more likely to encounter a white-lipped tree frog than a fellow guest when they walk from their villa to the spa or the main dining room, the scent of quandong oil trailing behind them. Most guests?...
...criticism” in crafting the magazine’s second issue, according to co-editor-in-chief Rebecca A. Kaden ’08. Scene, a society-style glossy that featured students modeling Brooks Brothers clothing and a peek into one junior’s suite at the Ritz-Carlton, faced blistering criticism upon its release last December. Several op-eds in The Crimson accused the Scene editors of misrepresenting the social and cultural scene at Harvard. “Our goal, in the broadest sense, was to publish a magazine that would interest Harvard’s campus...
...higher elevations of Lake Tahoe, Calif., Jackson, Wyo., and, of course, Aspen, where the Hyatt Grand has sold nearly half its 1,000 shares, selling for $80,000 to $1 million apiece. Nor is it that much cheaper at sea level at Ritz-Carlton residences in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Jupiter...
Little wonder that the market in 2004 generated $1.5 billion in sales, triple 2003's, according to Ragatz Associates, a consulting and market-research firm in Eugene, Ore. That kind of volume is beginning to pay off for the hospitality industry's big guns--Ritz-Carlton, Four Seasons, Starwood, Hilton, Marriott and Hyatt, among others--which have bottle-fed the fractionals concept for more than a decade. The motivation? Financing expensive hotel projects is easier and far more lucrative this way. "The time-share business has been a very good business for these companies because it tends to have high...
...deep-tissue massages--Stanley was singing a different tune. "Men are taking a different approach to remaining healthy and looking and feeling good," he says. Now the couple from Silver Spring, Md., get to a spa as often as time permits. They have been to the spa at the Ritz-Carlton in Key Biscayne, Fla., nine times in the past three years...