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After 25 years, the 429-acre Ocean Edge Resort & Golf Club on Cape Cod, Mass., has renovated 90 guest rooms within its 100-year-old Victorian mansion. Rooms start at $225 per night. It’s part of a $5.3 million upgrade, which will be completed in late 2012 when the resort finishes renovating ...

Renowned men’s tailored clothing company Cesare Attolini of Naples has opened its first store outside of Italy, on Madison Avenue at the corner of 67th Street in New York. Within the 2,500-square-foot space, clients can meet with the store’s tailor to select from nearly 1,000 swatches of fine English, Italian, ...

From April 13 to 15, more than 200 book dealers from around the world will flock to the New York Antiquarian Book Fair, bearing rare and collectible works that range from a first-edition copy of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby ($200,000) to the first modern atlas, including the earliest ...

Cruise lovers who hate being stuck with the expensive shore excursions offered by their cruise line can now find better value alternatives, thanks to a website launching today: Viator Shore Excursions.

Attention, Francophiles: Travcoa has created an experiential tour of France catering especially to foodies and fashionistas. Available to just 14 guests, the 12-day France Tour d’

Chris-Craft builds sport boats favored as both primary vessels and tenders.

For the last 25 years, legendary electrostatic loudspeaker manufacturer MartinLogan has been refining the hybrid design of its speakers, which typically feature a curved electrostatic panel mated to a cone woofer. The newest evolution of this design, the Montis, manages to achieve flagship-grade audio quality—thanks to technologies borrowed from the ...

Count XOJet among the private-aviation companies that appear to have moved past the economic crisis. Indeed, the San Francisco–based charter provider, which has been in business since 2006, seems to be thriving. XOJet reports that its revenues grew by 40 percent from 2010 to 2011

Count XOJet among the private-aviation companies that appear to have moved past the economic crisis. Indeed, the San Francisco–based charter provider, which has been in business since 2006, seems to be thriving. XOJet reports that its revenues grew by 40 percent from 2010 to 2011.

Napa Valley Arts in April kicks off on April 1 with a month long series of events, exhibitions, installations, and classes at 30 wineries spanning from Calistoga to Los Carneros. Each winery will host its own unique repertoire of exhibits and events, including a collection of Ansel Adams’ photography at ...

The newest speaker system from Bowers & Wilkins delivers a sizable punch for smaller home theater applications. The British manufacturer’s six-piece surround-sound system, the MT-60D, features five revamped versions of the 46-year-old brand’s M-1 speakers, which launched in 2006. Equipped with new drive units, which include a redesigned midrange driver ...

Just about the last thing you’d expect to hear piercing the silence of the snowy Dolomites surrounding the quaint Italian town of Cortina d’Ampezzo is the shriek of 10- and 12-cylinder Lamborghinis. But here we are at a makeshift racetrack carved from ice and snow, attempting to tame three strikingly ...

For its 100-year anniversary, Kempinski’s Stafford London hotel has created an over-the-top offer to spend three nights in its duplex or penthouse suite and discover the best Great Britain has to offer, from tailored clothing to jewelry and more. With the hefty price tag of $160,000, the all-inclusive package for ...

During a recent three-day visit to Paris, five Robb Report readers and their spouses attended the grand-opening ceremony for the city’s new Mandarin Oriental hotel and enjoyed a dinner hosted by Ch

Italian menswear brand Ermenegildo Zegna is unveiling a specially commissioned art installation at the MAXXI, Italy’s National Museum of XXI Century Arts, in Rome on March 21, which coincides with the brand’s store opening on Rome’s Via dei Condotti this month. This is the first in a series of ...