The largest hotel on the ultra-luxe French West Indies hideout, Saint-Barthélemy, is changing hands. Stéphane Courbit is acquiring Le Guanahani from Rosewood and bringing it into his Airelles collection, which will reopen the property on November 1, 2026, one month after Rosewood’s departure. This marks the French brand’s first venture into the Caribbean, and its very first beach resort. Le Guanahani occupies a setting unmatched anywhere else on the island: a seven-hectare pr

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For starters, F*** Cancer. The mantra has become the rallying cry for those grieving the loss of loved ones, for focusing needed resources on promising research, for celebrating those who tamed or conquered the plague, and for giving the proverbial middle finger to a disease that claims too many lives – year after year, decade after decade, and century after century. So yes, F*** Cancer. And in late August, it took a nation’s treasure. On August 25, the iconic Dolly Parton di

I am a St. Regis regular. A Four Seasons snob. A luxury hotels of the world aficionado. But sometimes the budget doesn't support four-figures-a-night-times-multiple-rooms... So to the Internet I go. Finding very-nice hotels that work with my budget is a Herculean task. My email inbox is constantly bombarded by new, luxury openings regularly; all lovely, but it can sometimes seem as though affordable hotel options are few and far between, or in some cases, non-existent. But th

As the first drops of freshly cleaned blood reenter my veins, I am tugged into a vivid out-of-body experience. It’s as if I’m floating above the room: I see myself lying on a hospital bed, an IV plugged into each arm. I’m chatting with my nurse—a modelesque former fashion publicist who saw the light and switched to a career in health care—as she adjusts my blood-pressure cuff and supervises the process. Inuspheresis—colloquially known as blood washing—is the newest therapy av

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Legendary singer and actress Dolly Parton passed away on Tuesday at the age of 80. While she was best known for her role in shaping global entertainment and, to many, as the “Queen of Country,” Parton leaves behind one of the biggest philanthropic legacies ever. Dolly Parton’s Net Worth At the time of her death, Parton was estimated to be worth $450 million. While this is a substantial amount of net worth built over a career, it also falls short of that of other entertainer

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We could all use a getaway about now... somewhere focused on me, myself and I. Thank goodness for these incredible new wellness-focused hotels and resorts. With so many options, how will you choose? .Here Baa Atoll — Maldives It’s the eternal question on the Maldives’s UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Baa Atoll: beach or above-water villa? At Somewhere, the first phase of .Here—the new top-notch offering from Seaside Collection, who run nearby Finolhu—there’s no need to choose. Each

Life moves pretty fast. It is Monday lunchtime when Jennifer Siebel Newsom drops by the office in Washington, just a couple of blocks from the White House, for an interview to promote her new film. Less than two hours later, her husband, the California governor, Gavin Newsom, announces that the couple are under investigation by the justice department. One strand of the investigation specifically targets Siebel Newsom’s taxes and the California Partners Project, a gender equit