Four Seasons Resort Bali At Jimbaran Bay

COMO Uma Ubud

NIHI Sumba

Mukul, Nicaragua

NIZUC Resort & Spa, Punta Nizuc, Mexico 

Solage, Calistoga, CA

Prince de Galles, Paris 

Hotel Westin Bund Center, Shanghai

The St. Regis Beijing

Hotel Maria Cristina, San Sebastian, Spain  

The Westin Palace, Madrid

Palacio Duhau - Park Hyatt Buenos Aires, Argentina 

Jicaro Island, Lake Nicaragua

Ecolodge Morgan's Rock, Nicaragua 

Borgo di Vagli, Cortona, Italy

Villa Fiorentino, Positano, Italy 

Auberge du Soleil, Rutherford, CA 

L'Auberge Carmel, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA

Bitter End Yacht Club

Number Sixteen, Kensington, London 

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Shanghai, China

Bali, Indonesia

Beijing, China

Indonesia

London, UK

Wine Country, CA, USA

Calistoga, CA, USA

Paris, France

San Sebastián, Spain

Sonoma, CA, USA

Madrid, Spain

California, USA

Positano, SA, Italy

Italy

Cortona, Province of Arezzo, Italy

British Virgin Islands

Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands

Nicaragua

Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA, USA

Healdsburg, CA, USA

Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Mexico

Argentina

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Amalfi Coast, Italy

Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Italy

Venice, Metropolitan City of Venice, Italy

Praiano, SA, Italy

Capri, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy

Tuscany, Italy

San Gimignano, Province of Siena, Italy

Amalfi, SA, Italy

Sorrento, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy

Varenna, Province of Lecco, Italy

Campania, Italy

Veneto, Italy

Florence, Metropolitan City of Florence, Italy

Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy

Sanremo, Province of Imperia, Italy

Naples, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy

Molise, Province of Campobasso, Italy

Palermo, PA, Italy

Bologna, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Italy

Montepulciano, Province of Siena, Italy

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