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There really isn’t any place in the world that’s quite like Dubai. It offers a dizzying combination of old world graciousness and new technologies, as well as state of the art contemporary design. It’s a city that’s grown by leaps and bounds in recent years, acting as a magnet for celebrities and artists, as well as business travelers who are taking advantage of this fortunate region. When it comes to four star hotels, Dubai offers these in the same spirit as everything else, with a lot of grace, and a bit of excess, too. Our hotels are carefully selected for their consistently remarkable levels of service, hospitality, and style. Dubai is very style conscious, and is at the front ranks of cities that are marking and making trends that the world follows.

You’ll love the sense of design in the rooms, and find yourself waking up, morning after morning, to a splendor that pleases the eye. There are hosts of amenities here that will help you to enjoy your stay, and to help keep you refreshed and rejuvenated. It’s a wonderful state of mind to be in, and a perfect way to enjoy the remarkable things Dubai has to offer. The art scene has been tremendously active in the past few years, and Dubai is well on its way to becoming a major player in the international art scene. There are plenty of galleries that are open all throughout the year, and there are also fantastic art festivals. The one that you’ll no doubt hear of is Art Dubai, and it’s absolutely worth attending if you can time it right. In the Spring of 2009, Monali Meher was in town, to present one of her performance art pieces, In Determination.

This multimedia artist is currently based in Amsterdam, and divides her time between the Netherlands and India, where she got her degree. She has performed all over the world, and it’s always a pleasure to see her when she can perform at Art Dubai. Her works are visually very stunning, and she uses her body as a site to explore time and space, and investigate how culture inscribes these notions on skin. Her work is enormously compelling, with painted faces with gold that flakes off in a performance of decay, or the meticulous wrapping of objects in an effort to contain them in time and space, there is a resonance here that is both troubling and sublime.

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For 4-star hotels, New York has wonderful choices that will keep visitors in the lap of luxury while they enjoy their time in one of the world’s great cities.  Our hotels offer the same high standards that the industry demands, to make sure the guests are provided for with excellent service.  The sense of style and design is up to the standards that New York is famous for, giving an atmosphere of graciousness and international sensibility.  The staff is very knowledgeable, and can help visitors navigate their way to exquisite dining, arts, sight-seeing, and any number of urban adventures.

New York is truly an amazing city, and has attracted some of the world’s best minds. People are drawn to the energy and the promise here, not to mention the astounding diversity of cultures, languages, and points of view.  Larry David, the creator of Seinfeld, is a very peculiar New Yorker with a very peculiar point of view, which has merged with the heartbeat of the city, and even the nation.  Born in Brooklyn in 1947, he earned college degrees in history and business.  He began to doing stand-up comedy when he was young, to very little success.  His story, in fact, is very inspiring in its bleakness.  He worked for a time as a writer for the show Fridays (where he met Michael Richards) and then SNL (where he met Julia Louise Dreyfus).  These stints were fairly short, offered some pay, but no real success.

But show business is funny, and strange.  In his early stand-up days, he met Jerry Seinfeld, and they became fast friends.  Seinfeld did not forget this when, 20 years later, he was offered a show by NBC, and told them he wanted to work with his old friend, Larry David.  The rest of that story is history, and the smashing success of Seinfeld helped David to leverage another hit show, Curb Your Enthusiasm.  More recently, Larry David worked with Woody Allen on his new film, Whatever Works.  There’s no question that what does work is Larry David’s ironic, self-effacing, and cynical sense of humor, that seems to have struck a golden nerve, after some long struggles.

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When it comes to four-star hotels, Chennai is a haven for hospitality in accommodations.  The guests here feel as though they are treated like royalty, being welcomed to a place where there is cutting-edge design and an expansive sense of graciousness.  There is a delightful blend of the old and the new here, with state of the art technology and exquisite old-world splendor.  The hotels are meant to provide rejuvenation of the body and soul, and travelers here might believe that they’ve entered a kind of heaven on earth.

Chennai is a jewel in India, being neither too big nor too small.  It is, in fact, one of the largest cities in India, and its vibrant urban core is splendidly complimented by the gorgeous coastline. It is also the home to Kollywood, the world’s leader in the Tamil film industry.  For music and dance in India, however, it is the cultural center.  Visitors here can see excellent performances all year round, where live performances of the best of Indian dance and music come through here regularly.  There are fabulous festivals, too, and there is a special kind of rhythm in the air, that always permeates the tropical air of Chennai.  One can see groups such as Sthree Thaal Tharang, a women’s percussion ensemble.

Formed in 1992, Sthree Thaal Tharang is made up of seven women, with Sukkanya Ramgopal as the leader.  a renowned ghatam artist.  She creates original composition, along with playing traditional music, and the result is truly spectacular.  Their shows can be seen all over India, where their incredible energy and impeccable skill at playing is just amazing.  The work is sheer brilliance, with technical excellence accompanied by the occasional sensation that things are going completely out of control and into another realm.  It is otherworldly, both on recordings and to hear live.  It is no wonder that Sthree Thaal Thanang is getting good notices, and Chennai is lucky to have them when they play here.

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