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Charlie Palmer’s annual Pigs & Pinot event may be sold out, but now through April guests of the Hotel Healdsburg in California’s Russian River Valley can have their own Pigs & Pinot weekend with a new, two-night package offered as a part of the hotel’s Epicurean Winter program. Guests who ...

For those who wish to do more than just savor Italian food and wines, Milan’s Hotel Principe di Savoia has introduced cooking and wine-pairing classes, available through 2012. Students get a hands-on lesson in the classic Milanese cuisine of executive chef Fabrizio Cadei, followed by dinner at the hotel’s Acanto ...

The Dorchester Collection, a luxury hotel brand with eight properties from Los Angeles to London, is adding the famed Hotel Bel-Air to its five-star repertoire. Reopened this month after a two-year restoration, the hotel added 12 new accommodations, a fitness studio, a restaurant helmed by Wolfgang Puck, and a 4,134-square-foot ...

Across from the Menara Gardens in Marrakech, Morocco, the Four Seasons Hotel Marrakech—comprising 141 rooms and suites, five restaurants, two pools, and a spa—opens June 16 on about 40 acres of gardens. Each of the hotel’s rooms and suites (starting around $500 per night) has a private balcony or terrace ...

The 150-year-old Hotel Schweizerhof in Bern, Switzerland, reopened after a two-year, $50 million renovation. The hotel now has 100 rooms and suites (rates from $500 to $3,000), a new lounge and bar, and its historic restaurant, Jack’s Brasserie, was refurbished and presents new menus weekly. This summer, the hotel will ...

On April 1, the St. Regis will introduce a series of firsts to its latest location in the heart of Bangkok.