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Designing a dinner setting that honours the destination and keeps conversation flowing. By Veronica Rodie-Fazio When guests sit down for dinner on Thailand’s Andaman coast, the table should tell them where they are before the first course arrives. A great dinner setting doesn’t compete with the landscape; it frames…
When a couple decides to bring fifty or one hundred guests across the globe to Thailand’s Andaman coast, the financial impact extends far beyond the venue invoice. As a planner and publisher, I look closely at where those investments flow. A luxury destination wedding isn’t just a weekend of…
I would give Koh Phi Phi Don the first morning. Take your coffee where you can watch the long-tail boats pull away, their engines briefly interrupting the conversation at the next table. Behind you, the lanes are waking up. Ahead, the water is still pale enough to reflect the…
At a destination wedding on Thailand’s Andaman coast, the moment I would give the most thought to might last less than a minute. A grandmother rises to offer a blessing in the language her grandchild grew up hearing at home. Across the aisle, the other family listens, perhaps…
The first hour of a destination wedding may happen while the couple is still getting dressed. Imagine a guest landing in Phuket after a delayed connection, opening their phone and wondering whether anyone is still expecting them. I want the answer waiting in a message from a person…
In a masterclass, I would ask planners and designers to describe their finest celebration without showing a single photograph. Tell me what happened when the first guest arrived. Tell me whether two families could hear each other across the dinner table. Tell me when the couple had a moment alone.…
Editorial illustration for an imagined destination celebration on Thailand’s Andaman coast. Imagine arriving in Phi Phi with salt in your hair and a wedding invitation that gives you the first afternoon entirely to yourself. By sunset, the limestone cliffs are turning gold, your shoes are already off, and someone…
Le Andre Niles training athletes at SwishZone Shooting Centre in Scarborough, Ontario. Excellence on the court begins with purposeful preparation, precise technique and the discipline to keep improving. At Zero Point 11 Shooting Master Academy, that pursuit is guided by Le Andre Niles, a dedicated basketball trainer and mentor passionate…
From Michael Bublé honing his craft to impromptu visits by Prince and Tom Jones, The Reservoir Lounge has defined Toronto’s underground music scene for nearly 30 years. Step inside the iconic speakeasy with photos by Daniel Neuhaus.…
The Caribbean has always known how to do beautiful but luxury here goes far beyond the resort gates. Luxury isn't simply where you stay. It's what you taste, who you meet, what you discover and the stories you bring home.…
