BARCELONA: EL PALAUET LIVING In the hub of Barcelona, on the Passeig de Gracia, El Palauet Living houses a collection of six 150 sq metre double suites in an historic building dating back to 1906. Each suite accommodates up to four guests and includes two separate bedrooms, living room, a...

BEAUTY TRAVEL TIPS Make-up artist Lisa Eldgridge shows a step-by-step tutorial to her long haul flight beauty regime, turning a plane journey into a spa opportunity. Lisa Eldridge‘s signature look is understated and modern, with a focus on flawless skin. Her portfolio spans 20 years,...

ATHENS: NEW HOTEL New Hotel is the creation of Greek Cypriot art collectorDakis Joannou. The former Olympic Palace Hotel was built in the heart of modern Athens in 1958, and Joannou has restructured it piece-by-piece, without discarding anything, to create a modern, urban work of art. The...

BERLIN: HOTEL Q! The Hotel Q!, located just off Berlin’s Kurfürstendamm, has become a destination for international celebrities and local tastemakers in fashion, music and entertainment. Combining the avant-garde with fluid lines and undulating spaces, owner Wolfgang Loock developed the...

PROFILE: LUTE SUITES Marcel Wanders and Peter Lute talk about their design and lifestyle philosophy. Trailblazers in hospitality and design, their innovative concept the Lute Suites is an urban project, that instead of being in a fixed, specific locale, will be spread across a number of...

FIRST IMPRESSIONS The first 15 minutes is all it takes to set your impressions of a hotel, from the time you walk in, check in, and enter your room. Hotels are increasingly aware that the first 15 minutes of your arrival set the tone for your entire stay, so are going to new lengths to...

TRAVEL: TREETOP RESORTS For years the rich have vacationed in jungles or on safari, perched high among the trees. WSJ‘s Daniel Michaels reports on upscale and bargain treetop resorts in the US and Europe. To read more, click on WSJ. THE PULSE is produced by LdC Media for TCN The...

HOTEL REVIEWS: DO YOU TRUST THEM? Scott McCartney at WSJ.com looks into online customer hotel reviews and whether you should trust them. Why does TripAdvisor rate a hotel as one of the best, and Expedia ranks the same hotel as one of the worst? THE PULSE is produced by LdC...

BARCELONA: GRAND HOTEL CENTRAL  The Grand Hotel Central in Barcelona‘s El Born district was originally designed in the 1920s by architect Adolf Florensa, and was inspired by the skyscrapers of Chicago and New York. Twenties-style grandeur begins at elegant entrance with original bronze...

MARRAKECH: LA RENAISSANCE  La Renaissance is the tallest building in Marrakech, providing guests with the best view of the city and the Atlas Mountains. In the 1950s and ’60s, the Moroccan elite from Rabat and Casablanca would visit La Renaissance to mix with the international jet set,...

GOTHENBURG: ELITE PLAZA  In a Neoclassical building in Sweden‘s Gothenburg, designers Christer Svensson and Lars Helling have created a modernist hotel within classical surroundings. The original lobby’s English mosaic floor, pillared halls with arches of Italian marble stucco,...

PAPHOS: ALMYRA  Paphos, in Cyprus, is the legendary birthplace of the Greek goddess of beauty, Aphrodite, and one of Mediterranean’s most chic resorts. Situated within eight acres of landscaped gardens on the beachfront is the Almyra, a cool, white building that houses an interior...