Virtuoso Life - November/December 2007 - (Page 36) SUITE TALK Angelo Galasso’s billion-dollar look. Custom House Hong Kong glitz. Rather than directing guests to Savile Row tailors, the 198-room Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London brings the couturier inhouse. Angelo Galasso, creative director of Billionaire Italian Couture, will meet and measure men in the privacy of their hotel rooms. Shirts, which start around $845, include a special perk: a discreetly embroidered golden fan, based on the Mandarin logo, that admits wearers to the Billionaire Club in Porto Cervo, Sardinia. Doubles from approximate $795, including daily breakfast and lunch once during stay. The model setting of Hôtel St. Barth Isle de France. Shop Like a Pro CARIBBEAN CATWALK Strutting a reputation for style, the 33-room Hôtel St. Barth Isle de France reprises its popular Tuesday night poolside fashion shows for the winter season. The hotel’s own head-turning staff model togs by Pucci, Roshanara, and Gerry St Tropez from the resort’s chic boutique. Doubles from approximate $675, including breakfast daily and a bottle of champagne in room. From bespoke suits to precious jade jewelry, shopping expert Suzy Gershman, author of Frommer’s Born to Shop series, helps InterContinental Hotels guests spend their yuan and baht in Hong Kong and Bangkok, respectively, in a seven-day escorted trip to the markets and boutiques of the two Asian capitals. Departing November 27, the annual shopping trip is scheduled for roughly the same time in 2008. From $2,751 per person, including two spa treatments and two dinners. 36 V I RT U O S O L I F E
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