Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in 1920, a bottle of Margaux 1900 on the table?

The summum of sophistication! Elegance of another era: with a photo of his wife Bibi taken by the famous photographer Jacques Henri Lartigue in 1920 at theFrench Riviera Hotel du cap-Eden-Roc , let’s suppose it is a Chateau Margaux 1900 on the table… Margaux 1900 was deemed the wine of vintage by Michel Dovaz in the

Studio in Palladian Casa Cogollo, Vicenza, Italy

It was a pleasure to stay in Vicenza at Casa Cogollo, in an appartment exquisitely renovated by architect and owner Nazario Berti. Located in Vicenza city center in an historical building on which the great architect Palladio worked (Palladio designed the façade), the character and charm of a thoughtful (2014) renovation blending seamlessly with the

Hotel Heureka, exquisite lodging in a quiet Venice neighbourhood

  Just opened, November 2017 in a small renovated Venitian palazzo, Hotel Heureka offers tasteful, baroque, whimsical and modern Italian design in a peaceful section of Venice. Great service from Andrea, Serena, Alicia and Diana plus 2 others charming persons that I forgot the names. At the IMBA we have high standards and Hotel Heureka

The refined Gritti Palace in Venice

Renovated to the highest standards in 2013, the Gritti Palace offers a quintessential Venetian experience in style. At IMBA, the International Montreal Butler Acdemy we are not easy to please…even if you are demanding excellence in service and have a keen eye for details, the Gritti won’t fail you. An authentic reference in a magic

Hotel des Indes 2001 & Mata Hari one hundred years ago (15th of October 1917)

My first ever butler assignment came November 2001 at Hotel des Indes in The Hague (the Netherlands). I kept a box of matches as a Souvenir of this day. I will always remember it. In 2001 this Historic Hotel sounded very exotic to me with its French name, especially due to the fact that it