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How a failed TV producer established L.A.’s top Spanish restaurant

As a Hollywood TV producer, Stephen Gelber’s career has been anything but spectacular. However, ever since a fateful dinner at Tickets, run by the renowned Ferran and Albert Adria, Gelber was inspired to open his own restaurant, Smoke.Oil.Salt, which has...

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Ashford Hospitality buys Minneapolis’ most glamourous hotels

Dallas-based real estate investment firm, Ashford Hospitality, has agreed to purchase the 229-room W Minneapolis Hotel - The Foshay and the 60-room Le Meridien Chambers Minneapolis from Coldwell Banker Burnet Realty. Paying US$349,000 in cash per room, Ashford will continue...

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Asian hotel groups look to Turkey for new investment opportunities

Following the success of several Asian hotel chains in Turkey, more Asian hotel groups look to the country for their next investment opportunities. Hong Kong-based firm Swiss-Belhotel and Japanese hotelier Okura have already announced intentions to open hotels in Turkey, while...

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Course conundrum: a great appetizer could actually make your entrée less enjoyable

A new study by Drexel University’s Centre for Hospitality and Sport Management has found that a great appetizer may result in people enjoying their main course less, as compared to being served an appetizer of poorer quality. However, it remains...

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An Xperience For The So(ul)

Hit the refresh button with Sofitel So’s Xperience Restaurant! Featuring an epicurean trip that keeps both its menu favourites, the Xperience Restaurant also adds a series worth of entrées, mains and desserts that tap into the combined French and local culinary skills of its chef,...

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Taste the tradition in this year’s Singapore Food Festival!

A two-week annual fiesta (17 July - 2 August) celebrating the flavours of Singapore in both classic and reinvented formats, the SFF will boast an all-new anchor event, STREAT, a pop-up restaurant helmed by Chef Justin Quek, who will put...

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Chocoholics rejoice!

Get ready to be drenched in what can only be described as luxurious liquid gold with Cocoa Colony! Give in to a menu of sinfully smooth cocoa-based creations, like hot chocolate drinks and desserts. Cocoa Colony also serves a hearty...

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Bordeaux bounces back: prices expected to climb

After a slump in prices caused by reduced Chinese demand and a decline in the quality of wine since 2011, Bordeaux wine prices from the 2014 vintage are seeing signs of recovery. Experts expect that the market for both the...

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Making the world’s most dangerous wine: Syria’s Chateau Bargylus

Making wines that rival top Bordeaux or Burgundy, Chateau Bargylus is on the wine menus of some of the finest restaurants in Europe. The only internationally recognised wine to come out of Syria, a country troubled by four years of...

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All about Port

Learn all there is to know about this Portuguese fortified wine with the help of these useful infographics! http://winefolly.com/review/what-is-port-wine/ ...