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Ground transfers are supposedly included in Robert Brown's Viking River Cruise. But he supposes wrong, and now he's being asked to pay extra for them.

The steel Manero CentralChrono ($7,100) by Carl F. Bucherer breaks from traditional chronograph design by using centrally mounted hands to track the elapsing minutes and seconds of the stopwatch function instead of typical sub-dial totalizers.

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Amsterdam’s former Sweelinck Conservatorium is now home to a 129-room hotel. Fittingly named the Conservatorium Hotel Amsterdam, the property opened earlier this month

JBL has just released its newest iPad/iPod music dock. At $599, the OnBeat Xtreme joins the high-end world of music docks alongside such top contenders as the Bang & Olfusen BeoSound 8 and Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin

Designer Ralph Lauren unveiled a capsule jewelry collection featuring nine stylish Art Deco–inspired pieces at his women’s flagship on Madison Avenue in New York this month.

Oxygen has been thought to be a benefit to good health ever since Jules Verne envisioned the concept in his 1870 book, Around the Moon, in which the science fiction writer described rooms full of oxygen where those with weakened immune systems could go to be rejuvenated. It took more ...

According to legend, 13 mysterious quartz crystal skulls placed in various parts of the world by extraterrestrials thousands of years ago are believed to possess mystic powers of enlightenment. So far, eight of these life-size skulls have been found, and they were the inspiration for Steven Spielberg’s movie Indiana Jones ...

Every December, the international art scene convenes in Miami for Art Basel Miami Beach, and the Ritz-Carlton, South Beach, a restored 1953 Morris Lapidus–designed landmark with its own $10 million art collection on display, has special offerings to celebrate the show.

The Anantara Rasananda Koh Phangan Villa Resort and Spa opened in Thailand this month with 44 suites and villas, each with a private plunge pool. The property has a spa, swimming pool, restaurant, boat excursions, and more. Introductory rates start at about $315 per night through December and three nights ...

In an effort to rethink watchmaking for the 21st century, Jorg Hysek of HD3 created the groundbreaking Slyde watch concept, which is born of the smartphone age.

Give the gift of private travel this holiday season, with the newest offering from private air travel provider CitationAir, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cessna Aircraft. A first for the Greenwich, Conn.–based company, the CitationAir 5 Hour Jet Card grants holders five hours of flight time aboard any of the ...

The first Rocco Forte property located outside of Europe and the first of three in the Middle East, the Rocco Forte Hotel Abu Dhabi opened November 7. The luxury British brand’s 13th hotel conveniently neighbors the capital city’s private and international airports, the spiraled exhibition center, and Yas Island, home ...

Twenty-odd years of fastidious engineering and unsurpassed quality have put Lexus in the pantheon of luxury automakers. But if there’s been one gripe leveled at Toyota’s luxury division over the years, it’s that the company has played it safe in the design department. It’s a complaint that hasn’t fallen on ...

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