Month: January 2020

Accor’s luxury, lifestyle brand SO/ Hotels & Resorts, together with Sotogrande SA, have signed a management agreement to open the first SO/ property in Spain. SO/ Sotogrande Resort & Spa will reflect the brand’s rebellious luxury in this idyllic setting within the Costa del Sol, blending exclusivity with the brand’s commitment to dynamic gastronomy and
0 Comments
Christopher Cross has announced a tour celebrating the 40th anniversary of his 1980 self-titled debut album. Kicking off in April, the 14-date outing includes stops in Austin, Dallas, New York, Atlantic City, and Orlando. Further dates will be announced in the coming weeks. Tickets are available here. Released in 1980, Cross’ debut album won five
0 Comments
This year, one Latino character is nominated for an Oscar—but played by a Welshman. The Two Popes, I should note, is a delightful film—a simultaneously warm and wry buddy comedy centered on Popes Benedict XVI and Francis, born Jorge Bergoglio in Argentina. Jonathan Pryce plays the latter, a casting choice that’s both thoroughly understandable—he is
0 Comments
The environmental protest movement Extinction Rebellion has severely criticised the group’s inclusion on a police extremism watch list. Late last week, The Guardian newspaper reported that counter-terrorism police in south-east England had included Extinction Rebellion on a list of extremist ideologies to be reported to the authorities under the Prevent anti-extremism programme. The police had
0 Comments
Plaid co-founders William Hockey and Zach Perret Source: Plaid Payments giant Visa is buying Silicon Valley start-up Plaid for $5.3 billion, the companies announced Monday. Plaid’s API software, often referred to as the “plumbing” behind fintech companies, lets start-ups connect to users’ bank accounts. It’s well-known among financial technology developers, but the average person interacting
0 Comments
A Lady in Red provides is there to give a genuinely personalised and intuitive guest experience based on cultural empathy, and an understanding of each guest’s needs, it is an emblematic position created by Kempinski Hotels ten years ago. These unique brand ambassador’s welcome guests in each of the luxury hotel brand’s properties around the
0 Comments
Jill Weinlein For football fans who aren’t flying to the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens for Super Bowl LIV on February 2, gather your family and friends for the ultimate football getaway offered by Mexico’s newest premier luxury rental experiential firm, Blue Desert Cabo. You will arrive to San Jose’ del Cabo on a private mid-size
0 Comments
1001Tracklists just put out its annual report, A State of Dance Music 2019. As the go-to source for festival tracklists, the site keeps a running tally on artists, tracks, and their tracklists — down to the details including mashups, edits and IDs. In 2019, over 36,000 tracklists were added and over 81,000 new tracks were
0 Comments
6 seconds ago The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is still trying to figure out just what to do with Netflix and other streaming services. Netflix only bothers to release films theatrically in order to contend for annual awards, television, not theatrical presentation, is always the focus. There’s a feeling among some that Netflix
0 Comments
This year, visitors will be able to experience some fantastic events, including internationally-renowned graffiti festivals to craft beer extravaganzas. In this guide, we take a look at what’s on in Sacramento on a month-by-month basis in 2020. JanuaryArt of Beer – 24 JanuaryCreated with a passion for craft beer and community, the Art of Beer
0 Comments
After four days wandering the Las Vegas Convention Center, I finally managed to escape the 2020 edition of CES the second-largest (there’s one in Frankfurt that’s slightly bigger) showcase of consumer electronics in the known universe. Each year, manufacturers, start-ups, inventors, vendors, and suppliers gather in the desert to show what’s next to both everyday
0 Comments
Playwright and polemicist George Bernard Shaw once opined that, “without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.”. Arguably the most important English-language playwright after Shakespeare, his commentary is indeed prophetic. Pioneering “intelligent” theatre, in which the audience was required to think, thereby paving the way for the new breeds of twentieth-century playwrights from
0 Comments