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The devotees of Tokyo's Hotel Okura include rock stars and presidents. Design aficionados consider it one of the city's finest examples of 1950s modernist architecture, still evident in its subdued, austere interiors. Business travelers are won over by its devotion to corporate pampering: it was Japan's first hotel to install a fax machine in every room and develop an anti-jetlag regime with special pillows, menus and spa treatments. The impeccable service includes old-fashioned touches like white-gloved bellboys and, in the Orchid Bar, numbered bottles of Scotch awaiting the hotel's regulars. Double rooms start at $260; call 813-3582-0111 to book.
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January 25, 1999
Kitsch Report Blame it on Leo and Kate. The massive success of Titanic not only revitalized the cruise industry but also revived the old-time notion of shipboard romance
Web Crawling Travelers' Century Club: This exclusive association grants membership only to travelers who have visited at least 100 countries
Short Cuts Inter-Continental Hotels and Resorts and American Express are offering a special 'holiday options' deal
Detour The devotees of Tokyo's Hotel Okura include rock stars and presidents
POLL Do you think there should be recreational diving expeditions to the wreck of the Titanic?
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