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One&Only Cape Town is located on the fashionable Victoria & Alfred Waterfront The idea was to create an effortless and seamless stay. A personal travel designer plans every detail of the villa guests’ stay before they even step into the property. Guests will receive a call before arrival, allowing them to plan their getaway in advance. The personal travel designer can arrange surfing lessons, dinner reservations at Pelican Hill’s Andrea restaurant or score tickets to a Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim baseball game. All of the villa accommodations are comparable (the four-bedroom villas are the biggest, space-wise, but all amenities are similar), as are the bungalow accommodations, which feature wood-beamed ceilings, fireplaces framed by Italian limestone, marble baths and private terraces. Travel agents should contact Mark Phillips (mphillips@pelicanhill.com, 949720-3272), director of leisure sales, with any further questions about the resort and its accommodations. Fly clients into John Wayne Airport (Orange County Airport), which is a mere 10-minute drive away from Pelican Hill. Los Angeles International Airport is 45 minutes away. Africa’s One&Only A year from now, one of the toniest addresses in Cape Town, South Africa, will be One&Only Cape Town (www. oneandonlyresorts.com), the brand’s initial African property (Zanzibar follows later in 2009). That this is One&Only’s first venture in South Africa is a bit surprising: Sol Kerzner, chairman of Kerzner International, One&Only’s parent company, was born in Johannesburg. They picked the perfect location in which to build. One&Only Cape Town will be situated on the fashionable Victoria & Alfred Waterfront and offer views of both Table Mountain and Signal Hill. The resort’s main seven-story Marina Tower will feature 92 rooms and suites, while two islands at the center of the waterfront will boast 40 Island Rooms and Suites, along with an 11-treatment-room spa with a full-service salon that will include manicures and pedicures by Bastien Gonzalez. The largest and most luxurious Island rooms will be the four TwoBedroom Island Suites, each at 1,560 square feet and featuring private balconies or terraces with waterway views. General Manager Gérard Sintès (gerard.sintes@ oneandonlyresorts.com, 011-27-21-4087887) says the property will have the largest rooms and suites in all of Cape Town. Dining sets the property apart. Nobuyuki Matsuhisa will reprise his famed Nobu, which will incorporate fresh South African seafood into the sushi dishes. The main tapas-style restaurant will seat 160 and offer such local delights as grilled Cape salmon and roasted leg of Karoo lamb. Breakfast might be the most tempting option, featuring scrambled ostrich eggs and organic wild boar sausage. The restaurant will also boast a tri-level, glass-enclosed wine loft with more than 6,000 bottles, including a large selection of South African labels. Liberty in Boston The one-year-old Liberty Hotel (www. libertyhotel.com) in Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood is the former Charles Street Jail, built in the shape of a cruciform in 1851. It has reopened following a $150 million renovation, which has qualified it for membership in The Leading Hotels of the World. Management has been creative in playing up the former “jail” theme of this National Historic Landmark. For starters, one of the in-house restaurants is called Clink, and the 18 rooms in the historic portion of the hotel have retained their brick-wall demeanor. Those clients who prefer true contemporary lodging can be housed in a new 16-story tower, which contains 280 guest rooms with floor-to-ceiling windows. For those who will want to “do time” in top style, request the 2,200-square-foot Presidential Suite. The suite comes equipped with a master bedroom, living room, dining room with butler pantry, library and a master bathroom. The 305-square-foot, open-air terrace sports fabulous views of the Charles River, Cambridge and the Boston skyline. Continued on page 28 NOVEM B ER 2008 Boston’s Liberty Hotel offers upscale accommodations at the site of the former Charles Street Jail Home-BasedTravelAgent 27 http://www.libertyhotel.com http://www.libertyhotel.com http://www.oneandonlyresorts.com http://www.oneandonlyresorts.com

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