Berlin is in the midst of a shift. The city is stepping away from the ultra-cool post-East hipness it has become so famous for and toward an effortless modern grandeur in the new, old West. Reflecting this shift is recently opened boutique hotel Das Stue. The hotel’s name is Danish for ‘living room’ – [...]
“NOBODY ever really leaves Berlin‘’, says Cate Blanchett to George Clooney in The Good German. She carries the line off well, and it’s one of a number of great quotes that runs through my head after a few days in the town in April. It’s up the with JFK’s “Ich bin ein Berliner,’’ and Tom [...]
A report to be released later this month will uncover the most visible boutique…
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Perched atop the Metropolitan Tower, overlooking Suzhou's heritage-listed gardens, famed Grand Canal and the majestic Taihu Lake is the Shangri-La…
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