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Auberge Collection has opened reservations for The Knox, its first Dallas hotel, which welcomes guests on 29 January 2027 with 140 rooms, 48 private residences and four restaurants from about £746 a night. Martin Brudnizki designed the interiors as his only standalone hotel in the United States, for BDT & MSD Partners and Trammell Crow Company, the owners of Highland Park Village now remaking Knox Street around it. Christian Clerc, President and CEO of Auberge Collection, calls it a new chapter in the group's move into major cities; Rick Fidel, the hotel's general manager, wants it to become the city's gathering place.
travel
Ifuru Island Maldives has launched Ifuru Fanatics, a four-tier membership scheme for guests who book direct with the independent resort in the Raa Atoll. Basic, Turquoise, Blue and Pink tiers bundle a bottle of Prosecco on arrival, a welcome from the general manager, one-level suite and villa upgrades and up to 50% off future stays. For an independent resort competing with the Maldivian groups, the scheme ties repeat guests to the property rather than to the booking sites.
McLaren Automotive has revealed the McL 6GT concept at the 2026 Monterey Car Week, a car inspired by Bruce McLaren's unfinished M6GT project of the 1960s and built around an authentic manual transmission, the first offered by the marque since the legendary F1 of 1992. With full carbon fibre construction and V8 power, it previews a highly exclusive new type of supercar beyond the core portfolio, with a production version promised for 2028 and tactility at the heart of its design.
motoring
This is an exclusive contribution for The Executive Magazine. Chef and food writer Mike Jennings argues that the most exciting movement in modern restaurants requires no precision equipment at all. Drawing on almost 30 years in professional kitchens, he explores the craft of cooking with fire, from charcoal-infused mayonnaise to Michelin-starred grills in London and Sydney, and explains why the technique rewards restraint, respect for ingredients and knowing when to step aside. It is, he argues, the most honest cooking there is. The article names Tomos Parry Michelin and Lennox Hastie.
food & drink
The superyacht community raised £0.9m in a single evening in Cannes, at the second Mercy Ships Yachting Day Gala held during the city's yachting festival week. More than 240 figures from across the industry gathered at the Carlton Cannes, where a live auction and an anonymous matching donor doubled the room's giving. The article draws on Bob Allen of Robert Allen Law, Mercy Ships' Cargo, Bryce Wagner, Tim Morley, Gypsy Queens, Mercy Ships Global, Hill Robinson and Morley Yachts.