Elite Traveler Spring 2020

Elite Traveler takes you to Portugal’s Savoy Palace, a historic hotel rebuilt for the modern era, and to Dominica in the West Indies, where Kempinski has opened the island’s first five-star resort.

retreat on the 17th floor, the amply sized, VIP-inspired suite (with a butler on demand) has been designed with celebrity guests in mind. It boasts two bedrooms and a living area, a huge terrace, kitchen and bathrooms — plus a separate sauna and Turkish bath. Consider a Savoy Signature package, which offers a private-jet transfer both ways between Lisbon and Funchal, dedicated concierge service and two nights in the Presidential Suite. DESIGN The flagship of Savoy Signature (a newly minted hospitality brand that also owns other Madeiran hotels and businesses), the newly built, 352-room Savoy Palace was erected on the site of its beloved namesake,

metal, purportedly incorporating four miles of chain — is only one of many elements conjured by Silva (and her collaborating team, plus locally based RH+ Arquitectos) to reimagine what was once one of Madeira’s most iconic hotels. Now, rebuilt to meld past and present, and occupying a swath of the island’s best real estate, this five-star refuge blends old-school European cachet with an edgy, up-to-the-minute style. It strives to be equal parts local living room, hideaway for all types of vacationers, and snazzy place to do business. STAY Stretch out in one of two Presidential Suites; each spans 2,691 sq ft of Silva-designed beauty. A calming

Savoy Palace FUNCHAL, MADEIRA, PORTUGAL

You might cry. That’s what Savoy Palace’s celebrated designer, Nini Andrade Silva, did the moment she saw her stunning chandelier hung in the hotel’s foyer for the first time. She wept, as did the hotel’s owners, all of themmoved by the fixture’s jaw-dropping beauty. Guests, too, will fall under the chandelier’s spell, but they’ll be equally enchanted by Silva’s overall expressionistic design throughout this elegant seaside sanctuary. Emblematic of Silva’s bold perspective, the showpiece lighting fixture — a 33-ft-high fantasia of