Tuesday Wine & Cheese Nights at Whisk

A wine and cheese buffet worth the trek over to The Mira in TST.

Whisk is offering an unlimited rustic buffet featuring a selection of a dozen cheese varieties and at least over 12 wine labels from 10 different countries every Tuesday in July.

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Cocktails, Whiskey and Champagne at Dada Bar + Lounge at The Luxe Manor

An inspired spot for cocktails and Dadaism.

The Dada Bar + Lounge in The Luxe Manor in Tsim Sha Tsui is one of our favorite bars because of its Dadaism art-inspired design and cool style. So if you haven’t been yet, there are a bunch of special nights to give you the perfect excuse over the coming weeks that include cocktails, whiskey, wine and live music.

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Boutique Hotel ‘The Luxe Manor’ is First To Launch iPhone App in Hong Kong

A new app makes your Apple gadgets more luxe.

One of our favorite hotels in Hong Kong is easily The Luxe Manor in Tsim Sha Tsui – a hip artistic boutique hotel with custom designs that make it very easy to chill out and relax after touring the city or after a hard day’s work. It’s also 1 of 2 Hong Kong hotels that are part of the Small Luxury Hotels in the World.

So, to give bilingual tech-savvy visitors more insight into the 153-guest room premises around Knutsford Terrace, they’ve launched an iOS app that plays on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad and that shows off the shopping and nightlife area immediately surrounding the hotel.

And forget about having to become the mayor at The Luxe Manor on Foursquare – just show the app at the Dada Bar and you’ll get a free drink!

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Sofitel Opens New Luxury Hotel in Guangzhou

The SunrichSofitel grand opening is this June.

Luxury Hoteliers Sofitel announced the soft and official opening dates for their new hotel in Gaungzhou, the Gaungzhou Sunrich Sofitel will be soft opened on 18th May 2011and the Grand Opening has been scheduled on 10th June 2011.

At an intimate luncheon at Pepino Cucina Italiana located at Novotel HK Century (Wanchai), Christophe Lauras (General Manager, Guangzhou Sunrich), Tony Colella (General Manager, Dongguan Humen Oriental) and Phyllis Sio (Regional Director of Marketing & Communication Sofitel Greater China) gave an informative presentation of the new hotel that is just across the border.

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Hotel Rooms: La Mamounia, Marrakech

Marrakech’s legendary hotel reopens after major restoration.

La Mamounia is one of Marrakech’s most legendary hotels that was recently restored to the tune of US176 million under the watchful eye of acclaimed designer Jacques Garcia. Located close to the Souk and Madina with views of Koutoubia Mosque and the Atlas Mountains, La Mamounia is as Winston Churchill said in 1943 to Franklin D. Roosevelt; “the most lovely spot in the whole world”.  It’s also the hotel that Carrie Bradshaw and her girlfriends stay in during Sex & the City 2 when they holidayed in Abu Dhabi (the move was actually filmed in Marrakesh.)

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