Artigo da revista “Virtuoso Life”

SouthAfrica’s New Digs

Safarigoers can scan for elephants from a private piunge pool on the deck of Ulusaba Private Game Reserve’s two-suite CliffLodge . The latest addition to the zr-room propeny overlooklng Sabi Sands Game Reserue feature s acollapsible wa11 ofwindows and includes amenltie s such as a dedicated game drive vehicle and a private chef . CliffLodgefrom$t,4o9, includingallmeals and two complimmtaly spd tredtmenfs. r Table Mountainviews are on tap at the new One&Only Cape Town. The r3r-room wate rfront property fe atures re-staurants f?om Gordon Ramsay and Nobu Matsuhisa and rvuo private islands – one for its spa and anotherwith 4o secluded suites. Doublesfrom $58t, including breakfast and a 5o-minute spa treatunent.

Wright Approach

Eighty years after Frank Lloyd Wright lent an earth-hugging profile and desert color scheme to the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa, the Phoenix resort pays him tribute with Ocatilla, a 120-room hotel wiihin the larger 739-room complex. Guests of the woodtrimmed rooms enjoy flat-screen TVs and iPod docks, as well as a dedicated concierge, a lounge stocked with complimentary snacks and drinks, and loaner Wii systems. Ihrough August 31, 2009; doubles from $96, including an upgrade to an Ocatilla room, breakfast, and lunch once during stay.

Bring Hollywood Home

Park Hyatt is providing room service for the tress-stressed: French hairstylist John Nollet, who has dressed the locks of Uma Thurman and Johnny Depp, is making one-week styling stands at hotel properties in Chicago (July), Buenos Aires (August), Sydney (September), Tokyo (October), and London (December). Haircuts start at $900. Clients can get their coif on while sipping organic smoothies from Brazilian nutritionist Patricia Teixeira, the former consultant to David Beckham and the Real Madrid soccer team, who created concoctions to aid jet lag recovery, digestion, and immune systems at24Park Hyatt properties worldwide.

Matéria por Elaine Glusac.