London - It seems like the hobby flavour of the season is to go into swanky hospitality, what with Branson's first foray into the hotel industry with the recent spring unveiling of the Virgin Hotel in Chicago and now with old-school gentleman restauranteurs King and Corbin of Le Caprice and The Wolseley entering the fray with their gorgeous Mayfair property, The Beaumont. The Beaumont bears all the archetypal old-school hallmarks that made the veteran duo, and its distinctive
Istanbul - And so the lure of the Far Orient continues, with the private club-hospitality group opening its newest outpost in Istanbul. And what a dramatic entrance it is making, restoring the 19th century Palazzo Corpi and adding a glass building annex in the Beyoğlu district. It has several vantage points overlooking the Golden Horn and its double rooftop pools gives poolside (or in pool) drinking a whole new meaning. The largest of any of the houses, this three-building co
CHENGDU, CHINA- Chengdu, as China’s gateway to her west, is a proud metropolis that shows off her historical side as staunchly as she embraces the modernity to become a proper global city. And there is probably no better hotel in Chengdu right now that embodies this spirit and attitude with more aplomb than the newest member of the self-styled Swire Group’s House Collective hotels, The Temple House. Bespokcracy had a short sojourn at The Temple House just before 2015 came to
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