Dubai-based Bollywood star Vivek Oberoi spurned support from movie legend father Suresh Oberoi to start with nothing. At 16 he was DJing, which led to radio, which led to television, which led to movies.
There were no seated meals at Taj’s hugely successful ABC Annual Business Conference. Breakfasts were wherever, whenever. Lunches were buffets, stand at waist-height tables or sit in the courtyard.
As the Sybaritic Single devours his tin of Petrossian caviar, he embraces all sorts of luxury hotel collaborations which in 2026 feel terribly ordinary.
The Reuben brothers must have been delighted when they found the former Central Bank of Italy building on Parliament Square.
This is the hotel that Danilo Zucchetti has made. He's put his stamp on it since he arrived two years ago.
It's always exhilarating – or does one say amazing or like a dream? - to be back at Minerva, Orient Express, Rome, Arsenale's first grand hotel.
All 23 onboard guys and girls on Dolce Vita Orient Express look chic, in oatmeal or navy apparel that oozes Italian-ness.
In-suite supplies on Dolce Vita Orient Express include three screw-top jars of snacks, water, a breakfast room service menu. and the daily programme for the entire stay.
And so the train to heaven continues. The Dolce Vita Orient Express gracefully glides into Venice and stops right by the water's edge, or rather as close to it as it can without getting its dainty rolling-stock wheels wet.
