The extreme craft ethos and lush materials that the hotel and many of its rewinding counterparts employ lends a solidity and authenticity to the enterprises, even with the fabrications, the troubled starlets throwing tantrums at the bar and the many contemporary comforts.

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We do know what he meant, and you can too with this week's escape to the lush courtyard of the Royal Sonesta Hotel New Orleans in the heart of the Big Easy.

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Thick curtains block the sun from his office, which are lush quarters reminiscent of an Old West hotel.

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If you tire of Thai fire and spice, tuck into meticulously prepared Italian classics such as veal carpaccio, fillet of baccala (cod), or dry aged steaks from the open kitchen at La Scala, located on the lush, tranquil grounds of the Sukhothai Bangkok hotel on Sathorn Road.

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Get your groove back at the Round Hill Hotel and Villas, set on a lush 100-acre peninsula in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

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