Record Your Music At Villa Rockstar in Hotel Eden Rock

The Villa Rockstar in Hotel Eden Rock provides a calm environment where professional musicians and rock musicians can compose music, and relax. It is located on the island of St. Barths in the Caribbean, near Antigua and St. Martin. Even if you are only a music enthusiast, you may cut your own album and fulfil a life long ambition of having your own recorded music CDs, during a stay at Villa Rockstar.

Exterior of the Villa Rockstar in Hotel Eden Rock, Caribbean Islands

There is a well-equipped recording studio at the Villa Rockstar that makes this possible. This music recording studio is equipped with the vintage ‘Neve Music Recording Console’, which was used by John Lennon to record the hit song ‘Imagine’. Hotel Eden Rock offers two music recording packages that wannabe rockstars can select from: The Island Demo and the Platinum Collaboration.

Hi-tech Recording Studio in Villa Rockstar

• The Island Demo: Guests who choose this music recording package will be charged the price of $2,575 to record a single song. For this song recording, they will be assisted by Hotel Eden Rock’s professional team of sound engineers, together with some of the best musicians from St. Barth. If a guest wants to improve on their song recording, they have the option of getting it mixed by a platinum engineer at Ocean Way Recording Studios in Los Angeles.
• The Platinum Collaboration: This music recording package allows guests to record songs for the price of $7,240 per song. It involves the use of interactive software to enable the guest to communicate with one of the hotel’s multi-platinum music producers, who will be sitting in their music studios in London, Los Angeles, New York or Nashville. They will add backing musicians to improve the guests’ song, and create a highly professional master song.

If you don’t wish to record a song, you can simply stay at the Villa Rockstar and enjoy the beach, sun and sea. A night’s stay at this villa costs US $15,000. The Villa Rockstar in St.Barths is a secure, ultra luxury house, and has often been described as a ‘$100 yacht on land’. It has three levels, and four ultra-luxurious suites.

A bedroom in one of the suites at Hotel Eden Rock

Some of the other features of Villa Rockstar in Hotel Eden Rock are a fully-equipped Schiffini kitchen, a sports area, private office space, an indoor games lounge and a large swimming pool. The luxury hotel suite also has a separate spa pool with surrounding decks, sun lounges and ample seating.

Sunbeds in the spa pool area of this St. Barths hotel

If you book a room at this Caribbean hotel, you will get special VIP greeting services at Antigua or St.Martin, with airport transfers from the airport at St. Barths. What do you think of the Villa Rockstar at the Hotel Eden Rock in the Caribbean? What song would you like to record while on a stay here?

From: EdenRockHotel

Couture Suite at the St. Regis Hotel in Rome

The St. Regis Hotel in Rome is situated near some of the most beautiful historic sites of the city. It has a large collection of luxury suites, some of which are the Designer Suite, the Bottega Veneta Suite, the Couture Suite and the Royal Suite.

Exterior facade of St. Regis Hotel in Rome

The Couture Suite in the St.Regis Hotel is the newest suite, and has been fully designed by HBA London, a UK-based interior design firm. The interior of this hotel suite has been inspired by the legendary fashion studios in Rome, and the famous Rome-based film ‘Roman Holidays’.

Modern-design chandelier in the Couture Suite

The St.Regis Hotel’s Couture Suite has a private library with a collection of Italian cinema classics. It also has a compilation of photographs of the various famous people who have stayed in the hotel, some of which are Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Maria Callas. There is an easel in the living room, and sparkling crystal chandeliers.

Red-smoke painting in the Couture Suite in the St. Regis Hotel

The Couture Suite is located on the second floor of the St.Regis Hotel, and has three large windows from which one can see the majestic Roman architecture of the building around. There is a painting in the bedroom of red smoke, which is meant to symbolise the winding red voiles in Valentino’s collection of women’s dresses.

Gordon Ramsay Viceroy Suite at San Diego’s Keating Hotel

The Keating Hotel in San Diego has revamped its premium Viceroy suite, and named it the Gordon Ramsay suite, after the famous chef who is renowned for his dining empire. Most luxury hotels usually try to have a Gordon Ramsay restaurant on their premises, to attract elite customers.

Exterior of The Keating Hotel in San Diego, California

Chef Gordon Ramsay has often been hired to oversee dining at luxury hotels and design interiors. The Keating Hotel in San Diego has now hired Gordon Ramsay to custom design its premium Viceroy suite. This five-star luxury hotel is already famous for its interiors, designed by Pininfarina (the same interior designers that design the interiors of Ferrari and Maserati cars). Now, the Keating hotel will also have a suite designed by Gordon Ramsay, the Michelin-starred chef.

Features of the Gordon Ramsay Viceroy Suite

The refurbished Gordon Ramsay Viceroy suite has a separate living-room area together with a wet bar, which is divided into a seating and dining area. Some of the luxurious amenities in this room are:

• A customised Pininfarina Morphosis jacuzzi tub.
• A huge walk-in shower with overhead rain fixtures.
• An advanced Bang and Olufsen entertainment system with two flat panel HDTVs.

Bedroom at the Gordon Ramsay Viceroy Suite

Other than revamping the interiors of the Viceroy Suite at San Diego’s Keating Hotel, Gordon Ramsay has also modified the menu at the hotel’s Italian restaurant named the ‘Merk Bistro’. Some of the new dishes include pan seared local seabass with Carlsbad mussels, Cavatelli-Red wine braised veal with parmesan cheese, and lavender panna cotta with hazelnut brittle.

Sitting Area at the Gordon Ramsay Suite at The Keating Hotel

The revamped Gordon Ramsay Viceroy Suite at The Keating Hotel is available at a price of $1,100 per night.

Bentley Suite At The St. Regis Hotel in New York

I recently read that the St. Regis Hotel in New York has launched a new Bentley Suite (in August 2012). When I first visited the St. Regis Hotel in New York, I was amazed at its classic luxurious look. The hotel is located in the centre of Manhattan and overlooks the world-famous Fifth Avenue. I was in New York to meet a friend who worked at the hotel.

In the past, the New York elite hotel has offered luxury themed suites, named after leading brands like Dior, Tiffany and Bottega Veneta, which are popular with the rich and famous. The hotel’s new ‘Bentley Suite’ seems to have been launched to attract millionaire Bentley fans, of which there are quite a few in the ultra-rich market. Normal people like us, usually prefer cheaper ‘luxury’ cars like Ferraris and Porches.

Features of the Bentley Suite at the St. Regis Hotel in New York

This luxury suite is expected to reflect the luxury associated with a Bentley car. It will be large, like a Bentley car, and cover approximately 1,700 square feet of space (which is huge for a hotel room). The Bentley Suite at the St. Regis Hotel in New York would also have a large sleigh bed, manufactured from the signature burled wood of Bentley, together with black leather tiled flooring.

In addition to the luxuries available in the suite, people who book a night’s stay at the 15th Floor Bentley-inspired suite, will also get exclusive access (free of cost) to a 2013 Bentley Mulsanne ride. This car ride will happen within a 10-block radius of the St. Regis Hotel in New York. For those of you who don’t know, the Bentley Mulsanne is a $292,595 luxury car, and this specific car is believed to be the first Bentley Mulsanne to arrive from Britain to the United States. Moreover, guests at the Bentley suite will also get complimentary Bentley chauffeur service.

If you want to rent the Bentley Suite at the St. Regis Hotel in New York, you’ll have to shell out the asking rate of $9,500 per night.

Villa by Barton G or Casa Casuarina in Miami

The Casa Casuarina is a grand mansion in Miami, which once belonged to renowned fashion designer Gianni Versace. Currently a boutique hotel cum restaurant known as 'The Villa by Barton G", it has recently been put up for sale for a price of US $125 million.

The Casa Casuarina is spread over 23,400 square feet, and has ten bedrooms and eleven bathrooms. It overlooks the azure waters of the Atlantic Ocean, which is another reason why the mansion has been priced at the astonishing figure of US $125 million. All rooms at this million dollar property are poshly decorated, and have luxurious furnishings.

When you enter the hotel property, the first thing you will see is a beautiful swimming pool, decorated with mosaic tiles in a beautiful pattern. Some of the other attractive delights at the Villa by Barton G (Casa Casuarina) are the palm tree murals on the stairwell, and the gold-speckled tiles on the kitchen walls. The mansion also has one of the few fully marble bathrooms in the world.

History of the Casa Casuarina

The mansion was built in the 1930s by Alden Freemanbut, a great architect of the time. Gianni Versace spotted the house in the early 1990s while travelling, and really liked it. Hence, he purchased the Casa Casuarina in 1992 for $10 million. After buying the mansion, Gianni Versace spent around US $33 million on renovation and extension work.

During Giani Versace’s ownership a south wing measuring 6,100 square feet was added, together with a 54 foot mosaic-tiled swimming pool with gold linings, wall and ceiling frescoes, and a mosaic courtyard. After the assassination of Giani Versace on the steps of the Casa Casuarina, his sister Donatella sold the mansion for a mere $20 million. She also sold most of the furniture and decoration items for rock-bottom prices.

The Casa Casuarina was purchased by Peter Loftin, a business magnate from the telecom sector. Mr. Loftin used the property as a residence for some time, before turning it into an exclusive club with a $50,000 startup fee, and later into a boutique hotel cum restaurant. The Casa Casuarina was renamed Villa by Barton G. After the mansion was converted into a boutique hotel, many celebrities checked in as guests. Guided tours were also conducted in the Casa Casuarina, during which the Gianni Versace heritage of the hotel was displayed to visiting fans.

Over the years, the Casa Casuarina Villa has hosted some of the most popular celebrities and stars, and has attracted thousands of visitors annually. Everyone is waiting to see who finally buys this mansion, and for how much it is finally sold for.

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White 1921 - Louis Vuitton's First Luxury Hotel in Saint-Tropez

World renowned brand Louis Vuitton - Moët Hennessy, or LVMH as it is more commonly known, has launched its first ever hotel. Christened White 1921, this luxury eight-room hotel is situated in the heart of Saint Tropez in France, on the beautiful Place des Lices.

The LVMH Group (Louis Vuitton - Moët Hennessy) is a world leader in luxury products, and possesses a unique portfolio of more than 60 esteemed luxury brands, comprising clothing lines, jewellery, leather accessories and so on. With the introduction of White 1921, Louis Vuitton - Moët Hennessy has become one of several fashion houses to have recently joined the luxury hospitality industry.

Facilities At LVMH’s White 1921 Hotel 

Like other luxury hotels started by the fashion world, the White 1921 has all the bespoke luxuries to pamper well-heeled millionaires, who are on a sunny vacation in Saint Tropez. It has an 82-seat garden bar stocked with the world’s finest champagnes, and serves up a number of inspiring cocktails. This charming garden has been designed by Jean-Michel Wilmotte, and offers a great ambience to relax in.

The drinks served at the White 1921 bar are stored in the hotel’s magnificent wine cellar, which boasts of a number of top champagne brands, including a rare vintage of Moët and Chandon from 1921. The exclusive garden bar at LVMH’s hotel also serves up luxury snacks like ‘white truffle popcorn’, which can be washed down with Krug, and goes with many of the finest Champagnes.

Each of the eight rooms and suites at the White 1921 has a unique design, and are decorated in a contemporary chic style. The furnishings, fixtures and paintings in each LVMH room have been carefully selected by leading interior decorators, and give every room a truly distinctive personality.

If you’re wondering why Louis Vuitton - Moët Hennessy named their first luxury hotel White 1921, here’s your answer. The ‘White’ comes from the white paint and white theme of the hotel, while the ‘1921’ comes from the vintage Moët and Chandon champagne from 1921, which is stored in the hotel’s wine cellars.

LVHM’s White 1921 is open till 7th October, when it will close at the end of summer. The rooms are priced from $340 per day, while the suites are priced from $815 per day. The White 1921 is being managed and run by trained LVHM Hotel Management staff, who know exactly how to pamper its affluent clients and keep them happy.

Some of the other luxurious designer properties launched by leading fashion brands are:

• Giorgio Armani’s hotel in Milan.
• Bottega Veneta’s hotel suites.
• Hermes’ decorated apartment in Singapore.
• Missoni’s luxury homes in Manila.
• Limited edition Versace residences.