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…
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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…
Do you Love Wine Enough to Soak in it?
Are you looking to celebrate your Christmas a little bit differently this year? Well, if you are going to be in the UK, you just might have this wish come true. SpaSeekers is offering a Mulled Wine Spa experience, complete with a wine-themed body scrub and massage. A visit to the spa will see you…
These Foods Will Help to Improve Your Memory
“You are what you eat” seems to be one aphorism that proves its truth every other day. In How Not to Die by Dr. Michael Greger and Gene Stone, the former breaks down all the foods we consume and how they create or heal diseases. The foods we eat can heal just about any health […]
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Here is Why You Should Laugh More, Even in the Face of Pain
Even as an African living in the diaspora, events of the last two weeks are more than enough to keep any sane person in a state of perpetual despair. From the killing of peaceful protesters in Nigeria to more stories of forced child labour and killings in the Democratic Republic of Congo to updat…
Jewellers are Upgrading the Face Mask Into a Chic Accessory
We know wearing a mask is important, but what happens when we are in spaces where we do not need to keep the masks on? Reports say we should not keep it on our chins as it may have been exposed to the virus. Removing it and dropping it on a surface that may possibly […]
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