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...Florida and the Caribbean. Resorts and wedding planners in both areas report growth rates of 40% to 80% over the past two years. The Westin St. John Resort & Villas was host to 176 weddings in 2002, more than double the number in 2001. Little Palm Island Resort & Spa, off the Florida Keys, welcomed only 12 weddings in 1997 but had 153 last year, and bookings...
Many couples opt for locations that not only are congenial to a ceremony but also offer opportunities to golf, fish, indulge in a spa treatment or explore another culture. Avid scuba divers Stephanie Dowling, 29, and Chad Eschmeyer, 28, of Scottsdale, Ariz., plan for their May 2004 wedding in the Virgin Islands to include a day of snorkeling and diving. They originally anticipated 15 guests. Now 50 guests, many of them fellow divers, are scheduled to stay in a resort the couple selected over the Internet for a week of activities, including celebrations of Cinco de Mayo, the Mexican festival...
...around the most spectacular stretch of beach on Malaysia's east coast. Yet poor management allowed the site to deteriorate until 1997, when it was bought by the YTL Group. Three years later, the Tanjong Jara reopened with a second swimming pool, additional restaurants and a sprawling, palm-shaded spa with individual massage pavilions and a gamelan orchestra. The staff was likewise overhauled to include a host of specialists prepared to attend to your serenity: reflexologists who conduct hour-long sessions, ayurvedic healers from the subcontinent who lead weeklong herbal treatment courses and, lest we forget, chef...
Beyond the gourmet kitchen and the spa bathroom, luxury has found its way to the laundry room. Once relegated to gloomy basements and cramped alcoves, the appliances and accessories that wash, dry and care for clothes are now in showcase spaces. Architects and home builders across the country report a surge in demand for spacious, centrally located, multipurpose laundry rooms. The equipment in them is getting a makeover too. The latest generation of washing and drying machines boasts high-tech innovations--with high price tags to match. Home stores and catalogs brim with $120 hampers and $20-a-bottle cleaning...
...best day spa package in Boston, says princess extraordinaire Nancy A. Redd ’03, is The Sports Club/LA at the Ritz Boston Common. After she won $250,000 on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” Redd treated all of her friends to sea salt scrubs, body masks, facials, massages, hairdos, manicures and pedicures. “Dave Matthew’s Band was there getting a manicure while we were,” she says. But Redd also knows how to get things for free: she recommends the Chanel Counter at Saks...