In Palm Beach, like any competitively rich retreat, there’s a hierarchy of deluxe hotels. But there is also a rank and order of rooms and suites within those hotels. Mere “rooms” mean the least, while sprawling villas with private pools, and commanding presidential suites tell a very different story. That’s not so different from anywhere … Read more
The Palm Beach International Boat Show is bobbing back to Flagler Drive with hundreds of vessels plucked from around the world on display, from pint-sized inflatables to nearly 300-foot superyachts. On now through the 29th, ooh and ahh at the vessels, while checking out attractions from kids fishing clinics and industry seminars, to the “Nautical … Read more
They’d only disembarked from the flight to Palm Beach early that day, when once again they were strapped into airline seats. The couple — who had made a booking in an oceanfront suite at the new Amrit Ocean Resort on Singer Island — then saw the cabin door close and the air pressure begin to rise. … Read more
It’s ball or nothing at Panther National, Palm Beach County’s first new golf and lifestyle community in 20 years. The Florida development is the brainchild of Dominik Senn, a celebrated alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Senn, with developer Centaur Group, set out to create the modern, luxury golf and lifestyle community after he visited a … Read more
An affordable shelter in the land of pastel polos and big bleach-blonde blow outs? Go fish. But for home hunters dead set on targeting pecunious Palm Beach, there is some relief in sight. “We’ve had this frenzy of prices more than doubling over the last four years,” said Jonathan Miller, CEO of appraisal firm Miller … Read more
Barbie’s getting snubbed in Palm Beach, too. “Old Palm Beachers snicker as they watch women new to the scene arrive in pink, yes, pink, Rolls-Royces, like a battalion of invading Barbies—a shocking display in a town accustomed to understated wealth,” journalist Daisy Prince wrote last month in a Vanity Fair piece exploring Palm Beach’s “identity … Read more