MagellanStraitsRSSFeed- HotelFacts: #3: The Envelope 24/05/2013For the third in our series of Hotel Facts, we are once again immersed in the archive of The Savoy London. I first saw it on some advertising that The Savoy undertook a decade with a clever byline – “Nowadays, … Continue reading →magellanstraits
- Shaken Not Stirred Series – ‘The Great Gatsby Cocktail’ 22/05/2013To celebrate the recent release of the 2013 film ‘The Great Gatsby’, Erik Lorincz, The American Bar’s award winning barman, has created an elegant masterpiece in the form of ’The Great Gatsby” cocktail for The Savoy, A Fairmont Managed Hotel. He tells us that his inspiration was drawn from the film itself … Continue reading →magellanstraits
- Travel Facts#2: In the footsteps of Napoleon! 20/05/2013For anyone wanting to know more about Emperor Napoleon, surely there can be no more symbolic a place to visit than Aix Island, in Poitou-Charentes, France. Napoleon finally left French soil forever from Aix Island en route to his banishment … Continue reading →magellanstraits
- HotelFacts: #3: The Envelope 24/05/2013
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Suite Dreams Series – #5 - The Saint-Exupéry Suite, Le Grand Balcon, Toulouse
The fifth edition of Suite Dreams brings us a beautiful suite, steeped in historic and motion picture grandeur. In 1930s France, The Grand Balcon Hotel was a hot bed for young men brimming with adventure and entrepreneurial talent. One such man was the aviator and poet Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Saint-Exupéry the … Continue reading
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Tagged France, Henri Decoin, History, Hotel, Little Prince, Luxury, Magellan PR, Midi-Pyrénées, Suites, The Grand Balcon Hotel, Toulouse
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