Concierge medicine has always been in existence. Think back to ancient monarchical times when the nobility had their personal doctors at their beck and call. Or, if you would rather not travel so far back in time, you likely had a ‘family doctor’ your parents would reach out to whenever anyone in…
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Luxury Retreats for New Mums is a Thing. And it is probably coming to a Location Close to You
Childbirth can be such a beautiful thing. After months of sleeplessness and uncomfortable sleep positions; insane cravings and sometimes nausea; mood swings, swollen feet and all the other million things that can and do happen during pregnancy, you finally hold your beautiful bundle(s) of joy in …
Is there a Best Time to go to Bed?
Good health is a luxury, and the veracity of this maxim is one we have been reminded of repeatedly in the last year. This is why pedestrian-sounding questions like “what is the best time to go to sleep?” will never not be important. Thankfully, a recent study seems to have the answer we have all …
This Incense Actually Comes with Its Own Soundtrack
When you are trying to relax or create a relaxed ambience in your home, you would most likely use any of the following accessories to up the ante: scented candles, essential oils, music or incenses. Olfactive art gallery, Folie à Plusieurs and New York-based museum, Noguchi Museum, have teamed u…
Marriott Hotels Opens its First Nigerian Hotel
After a much-anticipated wait, Marriott Hotels finally opens its first hotel in Nigeria and West Africa, the Lagos Marriott Hotel Ikeja. “We are excited to have opened the Lagos Marriott Hotel Ikeja, bringing Marriott Hotels’ transformed vision to Nigeria,” said Volker Heiden, Area Vice President…
Cannabis is the New Luxury
In 2020, American rapper and businessman Jay-Z launched his cannabis brand, Monogram and it immediately caused a buzz in the media. Jay-Z has quite the reputation for launching or rebuilding premium brands successfully – in the same year, he sold half of his champagne company, Ace of Spades…
Enjoy A Luxury Hawaiian Vacation at the Ritz-Carlton Residences, Waikiki Beach
This spring, the Ritz-Carlton Residences, Waikiki Beach is catering to the rise of pod travel – close friends, families and loved ones travelling together – with the debut of its new “Pod Travel Concierge” program. Readily-available flights to Hawaii, COVID-19 entry testing and quarantine measure…
ISIMI Lagos, Nigeria’s Premier Luxury Wellness and Polo City Launches
Overarching greenery consisting of intertwining and hanging leaves forming a thick canopy over even more plants and the humans that walked beneath them. A fountain immersed in lights sprouting forth waters that turned green, and then red, and then blue. Muted lights that transformed white spaces …
ASPIRE Valentine Edit (Day 1): Balinese Massage by The Wellness Box
Hello February! We are in the month of love! Regardless of the tempestuous waves of uncertainty that is the still-raging pandemic and its other related consequences, we are sure of one thing: Valentine’s day this year is going to be way different than anything we have become used to. An unfortuna…
ASPIRE Pick of the Week: Xigera Combines Art and Luxury for an Elevated Safari Experience
Sitting majestically on the western side of the Moremi Game Reserve in the heart of the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Xigera – pronounced ‘kee-jera’ – named for the Pied Kingfisher that makes its home amid the watery channels of the reserve, is set to open in January 2021. It is part of t…