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...very least, said Tarak Ben Ammar, Murdoch's go-to guy in Italy: "The water in Greece is really clean ... and the company was very good." Meanwhile a bit farther north, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi had just wrapped up a notably more austere Mediterranean holiday in the Tuscan coastal town of Castiglione della Pescaia. Prodi could bask in several recent Italian successes on his beach break: a key role in the Lebanon cease-fire, and a merger of Sanpaolo IMI and Banca Intesa to give Italy its first major European banking player. But by the second week of September...
...same dates to review the hotel and its famed restaurant, La Trattoria Toscana. Together with G.'s swanlike girlfriend, we put that hotel through its paces. We chomped through the menu in the Trattoria and raced, super-charged, through the super[an error occurred while processing this directive] Tuscans in its cellars. We slept through breakfast, a vast help-yourself spread of cakes, pastries, cured meats, cheeses and fruits, only to emerge in the late morning, demanding the kitchen reopen to provide us with brunch. Our evening antics - well, I'll come to those. Suffice to say for now that...
...splendid cliffside view provides much of Il Pellicano's appeal. So too does its creative, homegrown Tuscan cuisine. But what ultimately makes this hotel in Porto Ercole, Italy, a don't-miss on the Mediterranean luxury tour is something that you can't quite see or taste. It's in the way that the pool staffer hands you a towel without missing a beat, or[an error occurred while processing this directive] how the sommelier suggests a wine without jamming it down your palate. The only word that can capture this particular brand of indulgence all'Italiana is simpatico...
...designed condominium, evidence of Schrager's master plan to combine hotels with full-time residential properties--at $5 million to $10 million apiece. He is about to announce a 10,000-unit residential, retail and hotel complex in Las Vegas, inspired by the Tivoli Gardens, Central Park and a Tuscan town square. In a softening housing market, the Las Vegas project will be a stern test of Schrager's vision. "Everything Ian does has levels of influence," says Ross Klein, president of W Hotels Worldwide. "He's an innovator, and this balancing of full-time and overnight property is what...
...would pocket a profit before the place was even finished. Schiller, 51, and her husband had already flipped several properties in Florida's sizzling market, and this one sounded sweet: three bedrooms, private elevator, designer appliances. Villa Medici, promised the builder, would be modeled after a "true Italian Tuscan village," featuring Mediterranean façades and a resort-style pool. "As with any 'limited edition,'" the pitch stressed, "demand always exceeds the supply...