http://www.worldextravagant.com lavish, excessive, and unrestrained Tue, 21 Mar 2006 03:00:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ambergris Cay is an 1,100-acre (4.45 km2) secluded island at the southeastern end of the Caicos Banks in the Turks and Caicos. With 8 miles of immaculate waterfront and beaches, the island is nearly 3.3 miles (5.3 km) long by 1.5 miles (2.41 km) wide and rises to 100 ... http://www.worldextravagant.com/2006/03/20/ambergris-cay-turks-caicos/ Luxury Retreats is an elite travel broker offering luxury villa rentals and yacht charters throughout the world including France, Italy, Greece, Morocco, South Africa, the Caribbean and more. The company has just released their 2006 collection of private Italian villas with accompanying catalogue. Private vacation villas offer many advantages for ... http://www.worldextravagant.com/2006/03/13/luxury-retreats-villas-2/ Former haunt of Ponce De Leon, Confederate blockade runners and president Richard M. Nixon, Dave Clark has plans to turn Walker's Cay into a first-class international resort. The 69-acre island is about 4,000 ft long sitting. The Cay is one of the northern most extremities of the Bahamas, ... http://www.worldextravagant.com/2006/03/13/walkers-cay-bahamas/ By Guest Author Bob Dickie More and more people are buying a villa in Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. So you´ve spent many, many hours searching for the perfect villa, and you´ve found it! Everything is arranged with the estate agent at lawyer, now you just need to pay for it. ... http://www.worldextravagant.com/2006/03/01/lanzarote-villas-how-to-pay/ Luxury Travel Magazine online has recently come out with their Top 10 World's Most Romantic Luxury Hideaways list. Hotels making the list are sublime escapes in pristine surroundings offering unparalleled seclusion for romance. Making this year's list are irresistible hideaways around the globe including Capri's chicest new retreat to a ... http://www.worldextravagant.com/2006/02/06/most-romantic-hideaways/ A recent article highlights the success of Small Luxury Hotels of the World: Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH), which boasts 359 hotels in nearly 60 countries, announced that it finished 2005 with a 10% increase in reservations revenue over the previous year. “There is no arguing that luxury travel ... http://www.worldextravagant.com/2006/02/06/small-luxury-hotels-world-success/ Tuscany located in central Italy is the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance and a popular vacation destination. When you need something that isn't your average farmhouse in Tuscany, RentVillas.com has your answer. Here are their latest offerings from their latest press release. Most Italian villa rentals ... http://www.worldextravagant.com/2006/01/27/tuscany-villa-rentals/ Many people are interested in where the famous vacation and visit. Lovetripper.com last week released some recent celebrity travel news bits. It seems quite a few celebs have been seen recently in France. Newlyweds Laura Dern and Ben Harper, who celebrated their long-tem love with a Christmas-themed wedding in ... http://www.worldextravagant.com/2006/01/26/celebrity-travel-france/ The classic Sea Jewel charter yacht, constructed in 1987 was recently listed for sale at a price of $17.8 million dollars. The yacht accommodates up to 15 in 6 cabins. This 151' motor yacht is probably one of the finest Feadships of her size ever built. She is ... http://www.worldextravagant.com/2006/01/26/sea-jewel-yacht-sale/ Whistler, British Columbia is aproximately 78 miles (126 kilometres), from Vancouver, and the area has several large hotels, eateries and bars, condominiums, and expensive homes. The area is also the location of the top rated Whistler Blackcomb ski resort which has been selected as the site of the 2010 ... http://www.worldextravagant.com/2006/01/22/whistler-blackcomb-luxury-ski/ Earlier this month, top luxury travel agency Abercrombie & Kent was named World's Best Luxury Tour Operator and Best Africa Tour Operator by America's top travel professionals at the recent Travel Weekly Readers Choice awards in New York. This comes just a month after the company was voted "World's Leading ... http://www.worldextravagant.com/2006/01/22/abercrombie-kent-best-luxury-tours/ The Danai Beach Resort & Villas offers luxury and service on a clifftop hideaway which overlooks white sandy beaches along the coast of the Aegean Sea. In the nothern part of Greece amidst the towering pine trees are 60 spacious suites and villas, some with private plunge pools and ... http://www.worldextravagant.com/2006/01/11/luxury-in-greece-danai-resort-and-villas/ With 7 beaches and 16 luxury villas on a mere 740 acres (~3 square kilometres), Frégate Island in Seychelles, originally a hideaway for pirates, is a tropical paradise. The island is named after the Frégate bird which has a six-foot wingspan and can still be seen feeding off ... http://www.worldextravagant.com/2006/01/10/fregate-island-seychelles/ Marine Life Oceanarium in Gulfport has received the permits and has moved 17 Katrina-victim dolphins named Jill, Kelly, Jacki, Michelle, Tamra, Toni, Noah, Elijah, Tessi, Cherie, Brewer, Katelyn, Johnah, Wee Tee, Echo, Sasha and Naia to the Atlantis Resort in Paradise Island, Bahamas. "After searching for the finest home ... http://www.worldextravagant.com/2006/01/08/atlantis-resort-dolphins-condos/ SeaTree Estates, located only minutes from the famous Playa Grande Golf Club and Beach on the north coast of the Dominican Republic, offers pristine, oversized oceanfront luxury villas uniquely designed and custom developed to immediate rental or private use and is a a new and totally exclusive gated, oceanfront luxury ... http://www.worldextravagant.com/2006/01/05/seatree-estates-villas-selects-north-coast-management/ Forbes has released new feature showing their favorite destinations for 2006. We know higher prices won't keep the discerning traveler away. The picture thumbnail is of the Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Bad news for the consumer is good news for the hotels, however. "The ... http://www.worldextravagant.com/2006/01/05/where-forbes-wants-you-to-go-2006/ Global Traveler Magazine conducted a survey of its readers from February 1, 2005 to August 31, 2005 with open-ended questions for the best in many categories of business and luxury travel. This survey was conducted in the magazine, as an insert to subscriber copies, as a direct mail questionnaire ... http://www.worldextravagant.com/2006/01/03/global-traveler-winners-2005/ If a business plan is approved direct charter jet flights from Anchorage to Yuzno-Sakhalinsk, Russia may start happening as early as April, 2006. "We have a team in place and are ready to go," said Sabrina Ford, president of Saber Air. Saber Air is proposing to fly Boeing 757-200 long-range ... http://www.worldextravagant.com/2006/01/03/russia-jet-direct-saber-air/ The moment Ed Hamilton sailed into The British Virgin Islands in the early dawn, October 1972, and watched sleepy Road Town Harbor come to life, he knew this was the place he wanted to live. He packed his bag and with the firm belief that it is difficult to starve in ... http://www.worldextravagant.com/2006/01/03/tortola-has-changed/ One of my favorite publications, the economist, has a new article about luxury mass market and the consumption of the super-rich. Products and services that were once the preserve of a very wealthy few—from designer handbags to fast cars, bespoke tailoring and domestic servants—are increasingly becoming accessible, if not to everyone, ... http://www.worldextravagant.com/2005/12/27/luxury-shifts-enjoyment/ Texan and currently indicted congressman Tom Delay has traveled like a the best among us during the past 6 years. A recent article in the Arizona central details some of the more luxurious destinations for Delay, his colleagues and team. He was very friendly. We always see the ... http://www.worldextravagant.com/2005/12/27/tom-delaytexan-luxury-travel-expert/ The Bahama Journal is reporting about the plans of John Melk, business tycoon and owner of the private island Musha Cay. Musha Cay is the most luxurious island in the world, and Melk also owns 3 other islands in the Exumas. Lansing Cay, Melk's newest project will be ... http://www.worldextravagant.com/2005/12/22/lansing-cay-to-be-a-mini-musha-cay/ As dreary December days quickly shorten into the cold, heart of winter, it’s time to plan an escape. “The Villa Book” is a ready guide to a collection of villas and city centre apartments personally selected by The Villa Book team. Based on over 25 years experience in the villa ... http://www.worldextravagant.com/2005/12/13/the-villa-book-opens/ The half French, half Dutch island of St. Martin/St. Maarten may have the best restaurants in the entire Caribbean. But since there are well over 400 places to dine, it can be a bit overwhelming. If you are looking for the best dining experience possible, here are some ... http://www.worldextravagant.com/2005/12/12/top-restaurants-st-martin/ Early in 1997, James Kaplan recognized that the low cost of delivering information via the Internet would make it possible for small, select providers to gain the same level of exposure as major players. He immediately applied the model to the luxury travel business with LuxuryLink.com and later created www.PersonalCellar.com, ... http://www.worldextravagant.com/2005/12/11/personalcellar-com-quality-artisan-wines/ Sir Rocco Forte, Chairman and Chief Executive of Rocco Forte Hotels, is in Las Vegas for the seventh annual Luxury Travel Expo today to accept a Leaders in Luxury award in recognition of his outstanding accomplishments in the hotel industry. The prestigious Leaders in Luxury awards ceremony is the grand finale ... http://www.worldextravagant.com/2005/12/11/luxury-leader-sir-rocco-forte/ At the Dubai Airshow, Lufthansa Technik, recently unveiled a new model of the Airbus A380, the double-deck Airbus A380VVIP, a private aircraft with state-of-the-art interior on both the upper and the main deck. Following the latest design ideas the main deck will be used for representative purposes and in-cludes a ... http://www.worldextravagant.com/2005/11/30/airbus-a380vvip-unveiled-lufthansa-technik/ Secluded Beaches, Luxury Yacht, Oceanview Dining All Part of "Indulge Me" Package GUANA ISLAND, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS -- Couples looking to indulge in complete seclusion and unparalleled opulence, look no further. Redefining the meaning of peace and privacy is Guana Island, a treasured private island located in the British Virgin ... http://www.worldextravagant.com/2005/11/29/guana-island-british-virgin/ Individual home buyers have snapped up all 19 bungalow land parcels on Sentosa Cove's Treasure Island. This is the third and last island situated at its Northern Precinct and is conveniently located next to Sentosa Cove's $80 million marina as well as its quayside commercial and retail hub. The 19 land ... http://www.worldextravagant.com/2005/11/26/sentosa-coves-treasure-island/ IN 2006, AMANRESORTS ARRIVES IN THE CARIBBEAN On a secluded corner of the Island of Providenciales in the Turks & Caicos Islands, British West Indies (B.W.I.), Amanresorts will open its first resort in the Caribbean, Amanyara. The resort derives its name from ‘aman,’ the Sanskrit word for peace, and ‘yara’ ... http://www.worldextravagant.com/2005/11/26/turks-caicos-amanyara-resort/