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coveted events and locations, both near to home and far away.

To date, the Club boasts more than 4,400members (more than $1 billion sold in memberships) and hasdelivered more than 200,000 vacations. Membership starts at approximately $120,000 for five years.

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With insider access to the 2016 Summer Games in

Rio de Janeiro, snag a front row seat to watch the world’s most ambitious

athletes and explore a city that’s passionate about play.

Heavy Medal

More than 10,500 athletes from a record-setting

number of countries will descend upon Rio de Janeiro

this August for the 2016 Summer Games.

As such, adrenaline-infused spectating will also take top billing. For the first time

in Club history, Exclusive Resorts is bringing Members to the Summer Games

(August 18-23). Itinerary highlights include the gold medal game of men’s soccer

and Closing Ceremonies. Yet, this isn’t solely a sports experience. Stay at the

five-star Hotel Santa Teresa, take a half-day private excursion to Rio’s Corcovado

and iconic Christ the Redeemer (pictured here), and enjoy plenty of down time

to work on your tan at Copacabana Beach. The trip closes with a farewell, multi-

course wine dinner at Restaurant Tereze, which will showcase a menu personally

created by Chef Phillipe Moulin. Given that Rio is the first South American city

to host the Summer Games, Brazil will be in top shape, too, with special events

and celebrations staged around the country.

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ON THE HUNT FOR THE RIO CELESTE WATERFALL, HOWLER MONKEYS, SUBLIME

SEAFOOD, AND INSPIRED LOCALS, ERIN LENTZ DISCOVERS WHY

EXCLUSIVE RESORTS’ FLAGSHIP DEVELOPMENT, PENINSULA

PAPAGAYO, IS CONSIDERED A CENTRAL AMERICAN GEM.

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(OPPOSITE)The mighty Rio Celeste Waterfall, located along a 4.5-mile trail in Tenorio National Park. Fresh tuna tataki, courtesy of Peninsula Papagayo Executive Chef Nicolas Devenelle.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY STEFANIE MICHEJDA

Globe trot to SAYULITA and the Marieta Islands’ HIDDEN BEACH

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With insider access to the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, snag a front row seat to watch the world’s most ambitious

athletes and explore a city that’s passionate about play.

Heavy Medal

More than 10,500 athletes from a record-setting number of countries will descend upon Rio de Janeiro

this August for the 2016 Summer Games. As such, adrenaline-infused spectating will also take top billing. For the first time in Club history, Exclusive Resorts is bringing Members to the Summer Games

(August 18-23). Itinerary highlights include the gold medal game of men’s soccer and Closing Ceremonies. Yet, this isn’t solely a sports experience. Stay at the

five-star Hotel Santa Teresa, take a half-day private excursion to Rio’s Corcovado and iconic Christ the Redeemer (pictured here), and enjoy plenty of down time

to work on your tan at Copacabana Beach. The trip closes with a farewell, multi-course wine dinner at Restaurant Tereze, which will showcase a menu personally created by Chef Phillipe Moulin. Given that Rio is the first South American city to host the Summer Games, Brazil will be in top shape, too, with special events

and celebrations staged around the country.

> In Focus

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Made as a special order for Mexican film actress María

Féliz, this 1975 crocodile necklace by Cartier Collection

features gold, diamonds, emeralds, and rubies.

ROCK STARS

FASHION // TRAVEL ACCESSORIES // SPA & BEAUTY // LITTLE LUXE

BESPOKECalling on Cartier Parisian exhibition designer Nathalie Crinière has transformed the Denver Art

Museum into a magnificent ode to jewelry with “Brilliant: Cartier in the 20th

Century.” Multiple DAM galleries display installations that highlight Cartier’s gold

rush: iconic and historic pieces that tell a story through gems. Exploring such themes

as “Aristocracy and Aspiration,” “Masculine View,” “Art of Smoking” and “Icons of

Style,” the show also displays original drawings, historic photos, film clips, and movie

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the foodieBRUNCHClassic: Balthazar. A go-to for downtown but upscale artists, actors, and media types, this bustling French bistro in SoHo telegraphs good taste and good tastes—not least of all in the goods that come from Balthazar Bakery next door. 212.965.1414; balthazarny.com

Nouveau: Rainbow Room. Recently reopened, this Art Deco icon atop Rockefeller Center now serves Sunday brunch: a gourmet buffet offers everything from a raw bar to poached eggs, carving stations to souffl és. 212.632.5000; rainbowroom.com

STEAKClassic: Peter Luger Steakhouse. In the same south Williamsburg, Brooklyn, location since 1877, this no-frills, family-owned-and-operated meat-lovers’ mecca (now with a Michelin star) specializes in USDA Prime beef. Dry-aged onsite and cooked to perfectio. The rarer, the better. 718.387.7400; peterluger.com

Nouveau: M. Wells Steakhouse. This latest venture from the Quebec-meets-Queens husband-and-wife M. Wells team brings high-end speakeasy style and nose-to-tail culinary technique to the traditional steakhouse, all in an industrial-chic converted auto-body shop in Long Island City. 718.786.9060; magasinwells.com

BURGERClassic: 21 Club. Arguably America’s original gourmet hamburger when it debuted in 1950, the current dry-aged beef version at this gentlemanly Midtown institution (once a 1930s speakeasy) is served on a challah bun with tomatoes, sautéed onions, and fries. 212.582.7200; 21club.com

Nouveau: Church Street Tavern. Journeyman chef Ryan Skeen recently started running the show at this Tribeca spot. His dry-aged beef patty, hugged by brioche and served with fries, mixes strip streak, rib-eye and Waygu, topped with Vermont cheddar and bacon-onion relish. 212.804.7766; churchsttavern.com

SPLURGEClassic: La Grenouille. The last of Manhattan’s haute-cuisine French greats, this 60-year-plus, fl ower-fi lled Midtown refuge is the stuff of legend—and so are its quenelles, Dover sole, Grand Marnier souffl é, and extensive wine list. 212.752.1495; la-grenouille.com

Nouveau: Chef ’s Table at Brooklyn Fare. The borough’s only three-Michelin-star restaurant, this 18-seat spot offers a nightly changing 15-course, small-plate price-fi x menu prepared and served by chef César Ramirez at a stainless-steel bar. 718.243.0050; brooklynfare.com

CLOCKWISE FROM

TOP: The famous

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a coveted brunch;

Sushi of Gari’s Chef Nakazawa;

M Wells Steakhouse takes

a nose-to-tail

approach. A New YorkA New YorkStateState ofof MindMind

In the city that never sleeps, very little ever stays the same, or at least not for very long. But even as the newest hot spots come (and sometimes go) in what can feel like a New York

minute, there also remains a long-established set of institutions whose longevity has withstood the test of time, and the city’s ever-changing whims of fashion and trend.

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Made as a special order for Mexican film actress María

Féliz, this 1975 crocodile necklace by Cartier Collection

features gold, diamonds, emeralds, and rubies.

ROCK STARS

FASHION // TRAVEL ACCESSORIES // SPA & BEAUTY // LITTLE LUXE

BESPOKECalling on Cartier Parisian exhibition designer Nathalie Crinière has transformed the Denver Art

Museum into a magnificent ode to jewelry with “Brilliant: Cartier in the 20th

Century.” Multiple DAM galleries display installations that highlight Cartier’s gold

rush: iconic and historic pieces that tell a story through gems. Exploring such themes

as “Aristocracy and Aspiration,” “Masculine View,” “Art of Smoking” and “Icons of

Style,” the show also displays original drawings, historic photos, film clips, and movie

stills. – BrilliantinDenver.com

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the foodieBRUNCHClassic: Balthazar. A go-to for downtown but upscale artists, actors, and media types, this bustling French bistro in SoHo telegraphs good taste and good tastes—not least of all in the goods that come from Balthazar Bakery next door. 212.965.1414; balthazarny.com

Nouveau: Rainbow Room. Recently reopened, this Art Deco icon atop Rockefeller Center now serves Sunday brunch: a gourmet buffet offers everything from a raw bar to poached eggs, carving stations to souffl és. 212.632.5000; rainbowroom.com

STEAKClassic: Peter Luger Steakhouse. In the same south Williamsburg, Brooklyn, location since 1877, this no-frills, family-owned-and-operated meat-lovers’ mecca (now with a Michelin star) specializes in USDA Prime beef. Dry-aged onsite and cooked to perfectio. The rarer, the better. 718.387.7400; peterluger.com

Nouveau: M. Wells Steakhouse. This latest venture from the Quebec-meets-Queens husband-and-wife M. Wells team brings high-end speakeasy style and nose-to-tail culinary technique to the traditional steakhouse, all in an industrial-chic converted auto-body shop in Long Island City. 718.786.9060; magasinwells.com

BURGERClassic: 21 Club. Arguably America’s original gourmet hamburger when it debuted in 1950, the current dry-aged beef version at this gentlemanly Midtown institution (once a 1930s speakeasy) is served on a challah bun with tomatoes, sautéed onions, and fries. 212.582.7200; 21club.com

Nouveau: Church Street Tavern. Journeyman chef Ryan Skeen recently started running the show at this Tribeca spot. His dry-aged beef patty, hugged by brioche and served with fries, mixes strip streak, rib-eye and Waygu, topped with Vermont cheddar and bacon-onion relish. 212.804.7766; churchsttavern.com

SPLURGEClassic: La Grenouille. The last of Manhattan’s haute-cuisine French greats, this 60-year-plus, fl ower-fi lled Midtown refuge is the stuff of legend—and so are its quenelles, Dover sole, Grand Marnier souffl é, and extensive wine list. 212.752.1495; la-grenouille.com

Nouveau: Chef ’s Table at Brooklyn Fare. The borough’s only three-Michelin-star restaurant, this 18-seat spot offers a nightly changing 15-course, small-plate price-fi x menu prepared and served by chef César Ramirez at a stainless-steel bar. 718.243.0050; brooklynfare.com

CLOCKWISE FROM

TOP: The famous

burger from the 21 Club; the Rainbow Room now serves

a coveted brunch;

Sushi of Gari’s Chef Nakazawa;

M Wells Steakhouse takes

a nose-to-tail

approach. A New YorkA New YorkStateState ofof MindMind

In the city that never sleeps, very little ever stays the same, or at least not for very long. But even as the newest hot spots come (and sometimes go) in what can feel like a New York

minute, there also remains a long-established set of institutions whose longevity has withstood the test of time, and the city’s ever-changing whims of fashion and trend.

Herewith, a perfectly curated guide to the Big Apple, comprising top-fl ight selections both classic and nouveau for eight di� erent types of sophisticated urban explorers. BY ANDREW SESSA

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Schuss! The Inside Track on Tried + Trending Ski Towns

Gray Malin’s Beauty + The Beach

An American Safari Down the Mighty Grand Canyon

World Cup GPS: Lindsey Vonn’s Need for Speed

Visionaries + Vanguards: Carolee Friedlander, CEO of AccessCircles

Simon Doonan of Barneys New York Curates Elevated Aspen Fashion

Neiman Marcus Stylists Take a Fashion Journey to Hawaii

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Fashion Foraging: Ski Gear + Global Watches

Designer Spotlight: The Gorsuch Brothers

Resort Report: Living the Good Life at La Reserve

Vine Art: Sotheby’s Wine Critic Ted Loos Reports on the Rhone Wine Region

Eye on Design: CEO Noa Santos of Homepolish

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Exclusive Resorts’ bi-annual custom publication, CURATED, is sent to the private Club’s elite Member Base — more than 4,000 discriminating consumers, including majority owner Steve Case,

co-founder of AOL.com — with a minimum net worth of $3M+.

Conversations: A Q&A Series with Visionaries and Vanguards launched in January 2016 and gives insider access to the world’s of travel, real estate, style, dining, culture, adventure, fine wines, and philanthropy. Interviews

appear on CURATED.com (featuring all of the magazine’s existing editorial as well as fresh content distributed to 75,000 prospects via a monthly newsletter) and will appear on a monthly basis via the Club’s social channels

including a dedicated Linkedin campaign.

2016 LINEUP...Steve Case on his new book The Third Wave.

Arianna Huffington talks the importance of R&R and the benefits of sleep.

CBS This Morning co-host Norah O’Donnell reveals her passion for politics, travel and philanthropy.

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees and wife, Brittany, tackle cancer with The Brees Dream Foundation.

Legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus’ drive for design takes him to far corners of the globe.

Geoffrey Kent, founder, chairman and CEO of Abercrombie & Kent, unveils an education gleaned from a serious case of wanderlust.

Michelin master Alain Ducasse dishes on tradition, terroir, and his enduring legacy.

Tony Schwartz, CEO of The Energy Project explains that recharging may very well spark your best idea yet.

Philippe Bourguignon, co-Chairman of Exclusive Resorts and advisor to World View Enterprises, Inc., taps space travel as the next frontier.

Doug Holladay, founder of PathNorth, takes global influencers on journeys outside their comfort zones to discuss the Big Questions.

Chef Eric Ripert from New York City’s Le Bernadin, shares how he brings French finesse to the islands.

+ Interviews with Exclusive Resorts travel experts including CEO Cathy Ross, Todd Harris, SVP of Vacation Experiences and more.

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teve Case, it seems, works best while juggling several roles. His pioneering spirit impacts nearly all of our daily lives, considering his position in the digital age as co-founder of America Online in 1985. At the time, just three percent of Americans were online. Today it’s estimated that just 15 percent of Americans are not online, according to the

Pew Research Center. And since witnessing the “first wave” of the digital era, Case now serves as the Chairman and CEO of Revolution LLC; Founder and Partner of Revolution Growth; Chairman of UP Global; and Chairman of the Case Foundation. And as co-chairman and majority owner of Exclusive Resorts since 2004, Case is at the forefront of the travel industry as well.

In a recent blog, Case quotes F. Scott Fitzgerald, who once stated, “You don’t write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.” As such, Case explains the impetus to tell his story in his brand new book, The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future (Simon & Schuster). The title, he explains, “Was borrowed from Alvin Toffler, whose prescient 1980 book inspired me as a college student to devote my career to helping to usher in the digital age.” As such, Case explains how three waves in the digital era our defining not only our society, but also our future.

ENTREPRENEURS IN PARTICULAR CAN BE GUILTY

OF KEEPING THEIR HEADS DOWN WHEN

BUILDING THEIR COMPANIES

FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, BUT

IT’S IMPORTANT FOR THEM, AND

EVERYONE ELSE, TO TAKE A BREAK

AND TRAVEL FOR THE NEW PERSPECTIVE.

-Steve Case

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IN A RECENT BLOG YOU MENTION YOUR “AHA” MOMENT FOR THE BOOK, ONE YOU HAD A YEAR AGO. WHAT TRIGGERED IT?

The moment came when I was reflecting back on the conversations I’ve had over the past few years with hundreds of entrepreneurs, policymakers, and corporate leaders in dozens of cities around the country— many of them through our Rise of the Rest bus tour and Startup America efforts. I realized some big trends were gathering momentum, and much of what I was seeing, hearing and sensing was deja vu, reminding me of the early days of the Internet. I wanted to write a playbook for the future to help guide the next generation of entrepreneurs.

YOU DESCRIBE YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH AOL AND THE FOUNDING OF THE INTERNET 30 YEARS AGO AS THE FIRST WAVE; THE SECOND WAVE BEING THE LAST 15 YEARS, WHERE COMPANIES HAVE BUILT ON TOP OF THE INTERNET, SUCH AS SEARCH AND SOCIAL; AND NOW, THE THIRD WAVE, WHERE THE INTERNET WILL BE PERVASIVELY INTEGRATED INTO OUR LIVES. WHAT MOST EXCITES YOU ABOUT THE THIRD WAVE?

The most exciting— but also daunting—thing about the Third Wave is the prospect of significant disruption to some of the largest industries in the world like education, health, food, transportation, and energy that make up a significant portion of our economy. These are industries that, for the most part, have yet to be significantly transformed by the Internet, but we’re already seeing some of these changes taking hold, and the impact on our daily lives will be seismic.

ON THE OTHER HAND, WHAT POSES THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE TO THE THIRD WAVE?

The possibilities in the Third Wave are limitless, but the challenges will be multifaceted. Success will require what I call the three Ps: investment in strategic partnerships between startups, corporations, and government; an understanding of the important role that public policy will play at the local, regional, and national level; and perseverance on the part of entrepreneurs, as building companies in the Third Wave will take patience and time.

WHAT ARE THREE UNMISTAKABLE QUALITIES IN A GAME-CHANGING ENTREPRENEUR DURING THE THIRD WAVE?

In addition to embracing the three Ps, successful Third Wave entrepreneurs will be driven by opportunities to create great companies that also make the world a better place. Impact investing and structures like B Corporations will play a big role in the Third Wave. Successful Third Wave entrepreneurs will embrace diversity—geographic, gender, and ethnicity—and there will be a growing realization that the world’s most successful companies can be started and built by people of all backgrounds from all places.

WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST TAKE-AWAY IN PENNING YOUR FIRST BOOK?

I realized the possibilities in the next wave are limitless, but the challenges will be complex and

Wave RunnerEntrepreneur. Visionary. Philanthropist. All in a day’s work for Steve Case, majority

owner of Exclusive Resorts, who now adds author to a prescient career.

success will require a different kind of playbook then we’ve ever seen. In the Third Wave, the Internet will touch everything and transform our everyday life.

WHAT WERE THE MOST IMPACTFUL TRENDS DISCOVERED WITH YOUR RISE OF THE REST BUS TOUR, AND STARTUP AMERICA?

After traveling the country as chair of the Startup America Partnership, and more recently during our Rise of the Rest bus tour that has (to date) taken us to 19 American cities in “off-the-beaten path,” emerging entrepreneurial ecosystems like Detroit, Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Nashville, I’ve seen a few key trends emerge. First, entrepreneurs in these regions are innovating in ways specific to the economic heritage of their region. Places like Nashville are building new, innovative startups coming out of their rich healthcare industry, Pittsburgh is leveraging its strong engineering culture and nearby Carnegie Mellon to develop its own unique place in the “Maker” movement. Rise of the Rest cities are also home to companies that care deeply about improving the communities around them, such as Shinola in Detroit, which has brought manufacturing jobs back to the city, or Revolution Foods, which seeks not only to improve how kids eat in schools and at home, but is also creating new jobs in the communities it serves.

WITH THE THIRD WAVE, MANY INDUSTRIES WILL BE FOREVER CHANGED. WHAT DO YOU FORESEE AS THE BIGGEST POTENTIAL CHANGE FOR THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY? FIRST THERE WAS THE MOBILE CHECK-IN AND NOW A ROBOT BELLMAN—WHAT’S NEXT?

In our very connected and mobile society I expect the travel industry will be able to deliver a higher level of smart services that travelers are increasingly demanding. I think this new level of customization will lead to more authentic engagement with travelers that can connect them more personally to their experience.

DO YOU BELIEVE THE HUMAN SERVICE EXPERIENCE WILL BECOME EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TO THE LUXURY CONSUMER AS RESORTS ARE INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY INTO EVERY ASPECT OF THEIR CUSTOMER JOURNEY—FROM BOOKING TO CHECKING IN?

The personal touch of human service at brands like Exclusive Resorts will continue to be incredibly important and strongly desired by travelers. However, the increased ability to arm your staff with data and information specific to each customer using technology will make every interaction more meaningful during their stay.

YOU RECENTLY RETURNED FROM A ROAD TRIP WITH EXCLUSIVE RESORTS IN AN AIRSTREAM TRAILER THAT REQUIRED YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO REALLY DISCONNECT. WHY IS IT STILL IMPORTANT TO FIND TIME TO UNPLUG?

I love technology, social media and email, but unplugging for a set amount of time can allow me to be present in a situation and focus on what’s important in that moment without distraction. I think this is especially important when I am

with my friends and family trying to experience something together.

HOW HAS TRAVEL STRENGTHENED THE RELATIONSHIP YOU HAVE WITH YOUR OWN

FAMILY? It has allowed me to share experiences with the people I care about most. It gives us a common bond and memories that we will be able to share for years to come.

IN ALL OF YOUR TRAVELS, IS THERE ONE SPECIFIC TRIP OR EXPERIENCE ABROAD THAT HAS MOST IMPACTED YOU? It sounds cliché, but my experience on the Rise of the Rest road trips has had the most significant impact on me. I’ve been beyond inspired by the civic leaders, entrepreneurs, innovators, students, corporate executives and many others I’ve met who are building incredible businesses and supporting the growth of emerging entrepreneurial ecosystems all throughout the country.

HOW DOES TRAVEL BEST INFORM ENTREPRENEURSHIP?

I think traveling takes you outside of your comfort zone and allows you to have a new perspective on how other people and cultures live, which is important when you are an entrepreneur building a startup and hiring your staff. Entrepreneurs in particular can be guilty of keeping their heads down when building their companies for obvious reasons, but it’s important for them, and everyone else, to take a break and travel for the break and new perspective.

The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future is published by Simon & Schuster and is available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iBooks.



orget Groucho Marx’s famous line, “I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.” PathNorth is one club that even the most connected of influencers are anxious to join.

Perhaps that’s because it’s not exactly a club. Created by serial rainmaker Doug Holladay (ex-Goldman, ex-White House, current private equity fund partner and Georgetown professor), the virtual collective of PathNorth hand picks global influencers, and then takes them on journeys outside their comfort zones to discuss the Big Questions.

This might entail venturing to Wimbledon with tennis legend Stan Smith, followed by a meal prepared and presented in the dark by blind chefs and waiters, and another meal, this time served inside a prison, to talk about overcoming odds. Or it may consist of taking 15 power-broker members to a Franciscan monastery, where talking is banned—for three days.

Every month, PathNorth hosts an experience: small salons; “convenings” of select groups; “non-obvious” dinners during which guests have three minutes to convince tablemates that their idea is the best, then present it to the whole room; conferences with panel discussions, like the one Holladay led with the Navy Seal who gave the order to take out Osama bin Laden. “But we didn’t talk about that,” he explains. “We talked about other stuff, like, ‘How have you navigated the past 10 years of your life while being mostly separated from your family?’”

The nebulous group of roughly 213 members also travels together to such far-flung destinations as Cuba, Patagonia, and Africa. They meet. Connect. Talk about life’s tough issues. What they don’t do? Network. “That is the word I revile the most,” says Holladay, who is a partner at Park Avenue Equity when he’s not cooking up the next deep-ocean excursion from an aircraft carrier with his PathNorth

“IT’S EASY TO TALK ABOUT YOUR NET WORTH AND YOUR PORTFOLIO.

BUT WE OFTEN DON’T HAVE THE LANGUAGE TO SPEAK ABOUT TRULY IMPORTANT MATTERS: RAISING

GOOD KIDS, A FEELING OF ISOLATION, THE NEED TO GIVE BACK. PATHNORTH IS ABOUT MAKING THE JOURNEY TOWARD

MEANING.”-Doug Holladay

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DAY AT ROSE HILL FARM RAPPANHANNOCK, VIRGINIA MAY 21

Hosts: John and Billings Cay

Celebrate spring’s arrival at

PathNorth members John

and Billings Cays’ beautiful

18th-century Rose Hill

Plantation. A stimulating

conversation will complement

lunch, followed by a tour with

architect Frederick Ecker II,

who led the renovation of

both Jefferson’s Monticello

and the Cays’ plantation

estate and grounds.

NAVY EMBARK EXPERIENCE NORFOLK, VIRGINA JULY

Host: Secretary John Dalton

Former Secretary of the

Navy and PathNorth Board

member John Dalton has

arranged for members to stay

overnight onboard an aircraft

carrier. This experience

includes an in-port tour of an

active submarine, a dinner

with high-ranking military

personnel, and a flight out to

the carrier on a V-22 Osprey.

ASPEN COLORADO SALON AUGUST 12

Host: Ken Hamlet

Reminiscent of a 17th- and

18th-century French tradition,

the John C. Whitehead Salon

Series on meaning and civility

convenes like-minded leaders

in an intimate setting.

To RSVP to a PathNorth

event, contact Melanie

Horsford at 202.467.2079 or

[email protected]

and identify yourself as an

ER Member.

The PathNorth Salon Series ignites meaningful

conversation and connection.

peers. “Networking makes relationships a commodity. We want people to feel like they are in a safe space where they can connect to others in a meaningful way, work on stuff that matters, and develop a spiritual core related to any belief or worldview. And it’s a lot about telling our stories.”

PathNorth, too, begins with a story. During the Great Recession, Holladay, now 69, witnessed many friends being vilified in the media for their wealth, without anywhere to turn to delve into deeper issues and contribute to society beyond the enterprise. “I thought, this is not good for your family, or our country, or yourself,” he recalls. He had been interviewed by veteran journalist Gail Sheehy for her book, Pathfinders, and began reading up on trends related to successful men. He learned that the average length of time a man lives after retirement is 14-18 months. “Why is that? For men especially, our sense of self is so tied up with our work,” says Holladay. “Inc. Magazine did a study that found that about a third of CEOs feel like they have no one to trust and risk making poor decisions. And if you are isolated, you come unraveled. I realized leaders needed a place to go to talk about deep questions and connect to one another.”

So he called upon Steve Case (co-founder of AOL, chairman and CEO of the investment firm Revolution, and majority owner and co-chairman of Exclusive Resorts), Ben DuPont (founder of yet2Ventures and yet2.com), and some other influential friends, and began that difficult conversation that leaders needed to have. “Einstein said that not everything that can be measured matters and not everything that matters can be measured,” the Oxford graduate notes. In other words, “it’s easy to talk about your net worth and

All Roads Lead NorthFor pioneering influencer Doug Holladay, the path decidedly taken

has made all the difference. BY HEIDI MITCHELL

Candidly Speaking

Philippe Bourguignon, co-chairman of Exclusive Resorts, speaking at a "non-obvious" dinner in NYC earlier this year.

your portfolio. But we often don’t have the language to speak about truly important matters: raising good kids, a feeling of isolation, the need to give back. PathNorth is about making the journey toward meaning.”

PathNorth’s own trajectory has since attracted trailblazing supporters. Club members include Glenn Youngkin, co-founder of the Carlyle Group; Peter Buffett, son of Warren; Bill Mayer, chairman of the Aspen Institute; and John Tyson of Tyson Foods. The club is diverse and open to all faiths. There are such women as Deborah Waller, CEO of Jockey, Deanna Mulligan, CEO of Guardian Life, and Jean Case, National Geographic’s first female chairman. It’s akin to the six-degrees-of-separation theory, applied to business leaders and heavy thinkers. “Everyone comes as a referral, so it grows organically,” says Holladay. “We’ve never really turned people away. PathNorth is so personal, it’s really self-selecting.”

Philippe Bourguignon, co-chairman of Exclusive Resorts and legacy Member of PathNorth, believes so deeply in Holladay’s philosophy that he’s created a partnership between the two organizations, providing Club Members with access to PathNorth’s invitation-only salon series. “Just as Exclusive Resorts is focused on creating authentic vacations that enrich the lives of our Members, PathNorth provides its members with the opportunity to meet extraordinary people and share inspiring stories that prompt self-reflection,” he says. In the coming months, both groups will cross-pollinate people and ideas at key events—expect to bump into Bourguignon at one of this year’s PathNorth salons. He adds, “I would encourage every Exclusive Resorts Member to attend one of the upcoming events to further broaden their perspective on the world.”-pathnorth.com


















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REM-edyArianna Huffington’s The Sleep Revolution explores how our dream machine can

spark your most healthy and productive year yet. Herewith, the author explains how restful sleep and unplugged vacationing can pack a transformative punch. BY ERIN LENTZ

SLEEP IS SOMETHING MOST CONSIDER PERSONAL, THEIR OWN SOLO ENDEAVOR EVERY NIGHT. YET IN THE SLEEP REVOLUTION YOU EXPLAIN IT’S ONE OF HUMANITY’S GREAT UNIFIERS. HOW SO? Sleep is universal. It binds us to one another, to our ancestors, to our past, and to the future. No matter who we are or where we are in the world and in our lives, we share a common need for sleep.

WHY WRITE A BOOK SPECIFICALLY ON SLEEP, AND WHY NOW?

The idea grew out of my most recent book, Thrive, which was about how to bring more well-being, wisdom, wonder, and giving into our lives. And sleep was just one element of that. But as I went around talking about Thrive, it was the topic of sleep everybody wanted to discuss. Everywhere I went, I’d hear versions of, “I don’t remember the last time I was not tired.” So I realized the role of sleep in our lives needed a fuller exploration. Right now our

relationship with sleep is in crisis. The evidence is all around us. There’s a collective delusion that overwork and burnout are the price we must pay in order to succeed. The method (or cheat code) we use isn’t a mystery: feeling that there aren’t enough hours in the day, we look for something to cut. And sleep is an easy target. Up against this unforgiving definition of success, sleep doesn’t stand a chance.

WHAT IS THE SINGLE-MOST CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO TODAY’S INCREASING SOCIETAL SLEEP DEFICIT? Our busy technology-soaked lives are one aspect, but I think the main factor is how we think about sleep. In much of our culture, especially in the workplace, going without sleep is considered a badge of honor. Yet since the effects of sleeplessness are largely the same as those of being drunk, when we get behind the wheel of a car without enough sleep, we are engaging in behavior that’s dangerous to both ourselves and others.

WHAT IS YOUR PERSONAL SLEEP PATTERN?

I have a specific time at night when I regularly turn off my devices—and gently escort them out of my bedroom. I also love a cup of hot decaf tea before bed, and when I feel too wired to sleep, my panacea is a hot bath. But most of all, getting more sleep was a result of changing how I prioritized it. I used to take it for granted, until I collapsed from exhaustion. Then I started taking it more seriously—because I had to—and my more sleep-friendly personal habits followed from there.

WE ARE LIVING IN A CONSTANT PLUGGED-IN STATE. HOW IS THIS IMPACTING US? We know that blue light, the sort given off by our ubiquitous electronic devices, is especially good at suppressing melatonin, which makes it especially bad for our sleep. Staring at a blue-light-radiating device before you go to bed can serve as “an alert

stimulus that will frustrate your body’s ability to go to sleep later,” said George Brainard, a circadian-rhythm researcher and neurologist at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. “When you turn it off, it doesn’t mean that instantly the alerting effects go away. There’s an underlying biology that’s stimulated.” Our relationship with our devices is still in that honeymoon phase where we just can’t get enough of each other. We’re not yet at the stage where we’re comfortable being apart for a few hours or taking separate vacations. In fact, a 2015 survey showed that 71 percent of Americans sleep with or next to their smartphones.

HOW HAVE YOU IMPLEMENTED YOUR FINDINGS ON SLEEP AND MINDFUL LIVING INTO YOUR BUSINESS CULTURE AT HUFFINGTON POST?

Since the news is nonstop, there is definitely the temptation for editors, reporters, and engineers to try to match the 24-hour news cycle. But we do a lot to prevent burnout. We have two nap rooms in our newsroom. In our New York offices we host meditation, breathing, and yoga classes throughout the week, while our new D.C. offices have dedicated meditation, yoga, and nap rooms.

No one is expected to check work email and respond after hours, over the weekend, or while they’re on vacation. But in spite of this, as we all know, it’s very common for people to go on vacation and put up an out-of-office message, but still respond to incoming emails – often seconds after the sender receives an out-of-office email! Why? Because we are addicted, and because once we see an email, we feel obligated to answer it. So, inspired by the German auto company Daimler, we decided to create a tech solution that would eliminate the temptation. With our new vacation email tool, all emails sent to you during your time off will be automatically deleted (or archived, if you prefer). The sender gets an auto response asking them to resend their message when you’re back or to contact someone you designate if it is urgent.

TRAVEL RECHARGES OUR SENSE OF WONDER, AND INCREASINGLY YOU CAN EVEN GET A GREAT NIGHT’S SLEEP WHILE DOING IT.

A 2015 SURVEY SHOWED THAT 71 PERCENT OF AMERICANS

SLEEP WITH OR NEXT TO THEIR SMARTPHONES.

-Arianna Huffington

HOW DO DIET AND EXERCISE MOST PLAY A ROLE IN THE SLEEP REVOLUTION?

We can’t really eat our way to better sleep, but we can eat our way to bad sleep. With food and drink, it’s more a matter of what to avoid than what to take in. The obvious and all-too-common obstacle to a healthy sleep diet is going between caffeine and sugar all day so we end up tired but wired at night. And there’s plenty of science confirming the direct relationship between exercise and sleep. A study from Bellarmine University and Oregon State University found that “regular physical activity may serve as a non-pharmaceutical alternative to improve sleep,” at least for those who meet the basic recommended guidelines of 150 minutes per week of moderate exercise.

THOSE LITTLE PILLS OF PROMISED SLEEP! HOW ARE SLEEPING PILLS A TEMPORARY BAND-AID WITH POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS REPERCUSSIONS?

In the U.S., more than 55 million prescriptions for sleeping pills were written in 2014, with sales topping $1 billion. A 2013 CDC report stated that 9 million Americans—4 percent of all adults—use prescription sleeping pills. “In

20 years, people will look back on the sleeping pill era as we now look back on the acceptance of cigarette smoking,” Jerome Siegel, director of UCLA’s Center for Sleep Research, told me. And for good reason. One study showed that the use of benzodiazepines (such as Xanax and Restoril), usually taken for anxiety or as a sleep aid, increases the risk of developing Alzheimer’s by 32 percent after being used for three to six months. Taking these drugs for more than six months raises the risk by 84 percent.

IF COMMUNITY LEADERS WERE BENEFITING FROM MORE, AND RESTFUL, SLEEP, HOW COULD IT TRANSFORM OUR CULTURE?

It’s already transforming our culture. We have a

growing number of leaders in every field realizing that well-rested employees are better employees. In sports, in schools, in medicine, and in the workplace, sleep is finally beginning to claw its way back to the place of respect and reverence it deserves. But that has to start with changing how we think about sleep, and no longer incentivizing sleep deprivation by equating it with dedication and success.

HOW IS TRAVEL CRUCIAL IN RE-BOOTING + RECHARGING?

Of all the evidence of the sleep revolution, there may be no better example than the intensifying competition among hotels to see which hotel brand can deliver the best sleep experience. Travel recharges our sense of wonder, and increasingly you can even get a great night’s sleep while doing it.

WHAT TRAVEL DESTINATION CURRENTLY TOPS YOUR BUCKET LIST? My bed. I’m going there tonight!-huffingtonpost.com

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editorial. Content from curated.exclusiveresorts.com appears across the Club’s social media outlets, on the ER.com homepage (and on every destination and residence page) and is used in the Club’s weekly member

communications and disseminated in a bi-monthly newsletter to ER’s 75,000+ prospect base.

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• 4,400 Exclusive Resorts Members

• 30,000 in-residence guests (non-members) annually

• 100,000+ affluent prospects

• Average net worth: $3M

• Annual Household Income: $500,000-$1M+

• Age Range: 45-55

• Members w/ children: 90% (aged 0-18, 60%)

• Average Value of primary residence: $3M+

• High net worth feeder markets: Houston, Dallas, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin, San Francisco, Atlanta, Toronto, Newport Beach, Las Vegas, Denver, Scottsdale, San Diego, Miami, Washington DC.

• Average number of travel days purchased annually with Exclusive Resorts: 23

• Average spend on incidentals during 7-night stay: $10,000+

• 50% of Exclusive Resorts members own multiple residences—some purchased directly from Exclusive Resorts.

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THE COMPANY YOU’LL KEEP• Leica Camera• Inspirato with American Express• Delta Private Jets & Delta Airlines• Jung Lee, Event Design• Wynn, Las Vegas• Women of Influence• Carey International

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a percentage of its 100,000 prospects, and will be displayed at annual global events.

CURATED will have an estimated readership of 110,000. Additionally, CURATED can be found at

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NEARLY A YEAR AFTER HURRICANE ODILE

SLAMMED INTO MEXICO’S BAJA CALIFORNIA

PENINSULA, THE HIDEAWAYS OF LOS CABOS

AND ESPERANZA RESORT HAVE RISEN

FROM THE RUBBLE WITH A NEW LOOK AND

INSPIRED ATTITUDE.

STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY JACKIE CARADONIO

SURF’S UP. A longtime lure for wave

riders, the Mike Doyle Surfing School gives

hang-ten inspiration in the Sea of Cortez.

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Casinos, clubs, and fine restaurants still top the Las Vegas hit list, but the City of Lights’ seductive mantra is evolving, with

new attractions and entertainment for the entire family.

BRILLIANT DISGUISE

hat happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas? Perhaps. Yet the sassy city is seriously tempting families, too, with new Cirque du Soleil shows, the Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay Aquarium, kid-

friendly pools, the sensational Neon Museum, and gambling-free resorts. Home to six, two-bedroom Club apartments, The Vdara® Hotel & Spa,

a gambling-free, all-suites resort, draws an international mix of conference attendees, business execs, high rollers, and families. It’s nearest neighbors with resort reciprocity, Aria and CityCenter (don’t miss the 40 luxury boutiques at The Shops at Crystals), call for lazy pool lounging and fashion foraging. Back at the Vdara, a rooftop pool, ESPA at Vdara spa, and floor-to-ceiling room views of the Bellagio Fountain give reason to linger, too.

Yet for those wanting in on the action, Private Access is an invitation-only member program that ducks the Vegas velvet rope, with preferred seating at Wynn and Encore restaurants and shows, priority entry at resort nightclubs and beach clubs, on-site tee-times, shopping services, and complimentary valet parking.

Aspiring shutter bugs and Club members visited the Entertainment Capital of the World as part of a “Shoot Like Slim” Destinations in Focus weekend, during which this brilliant photograph was framed with a Leica M and a 21 mm, 1.4 lens by Leica Akademie North American manager Tom A. Smith. “They say never wake up early in Las Vegas, but this shot was taken on an early morning with Mary Aarons, daughter of legendary photographer Slim Aarons,” says Smith. “The goal with these trips is to take members to inspirational settings, with the best equipment in the world, and create situations where pictures can happen. It’s hard to go wrong with a big, multi-colored balloon.” Just as it’s hard to not have fun in Vegas.

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“My wife and I were so pleased with the outcome of this adventure and bucket list item that we plan to do another Exclusive Resorts and Leica Akademie trip next year!”

PHOTO BOMB: DURING A SELF-

DOCUMENTED SOJOURN,

EXCLUSIVE RESORTS

MEMBER PETER DAUTERMAN CELEBRATES

PENINSULA PAPAGAYO WITH

AN INDELIBLE MOMENT

WHERE: Our school base was the excellent Exclusive Resorts vacation homes on the Peninsula Papagayo, Costa Rica. We enjoyed a sunset sail on a large catamaran with snorkeling, underwater photography, and a great Leica photo-teaching session at sunset.

PHOTO FROM: A sunrise photo class. Over four days we had group lessons and afternoon sunset classes.

SHOT ON SITE: I shot my pictures with the Leica X- Vario and my wife shot with her new Leica D-LUXE.

NEVER THOUGHT I’D EXPERIENCE: Shooting photos from a zipline high over a tropical river gorge.

SURPRISE FACTOR: Ending a vigorous day with an unexpected bath in

the hot sulphur springs. We painted ourselves with special volcanic mud and soaked it off—a surprisingly fun and educational day!

IF YOU GO: If buying a new camera, get it a few months early so you have time to take a lot of photos and get familiar. We got a lot of understanding of the capabilities of the cameras and how to use those.

BRAGGING RIGHTS: Our guest instructor was Craig Semetko, named by Leica Cameras as one of the Top 10 Living Photographers in the World. I never dreamed of hours of one-on-one time. He gave instruction, tips, and critiques of my wife’s and my work. We also learned the art of molecular mixology. Stathis Aparicio, who works at the Exclusive Resorts’ Poro Poro Beach Club, was the winner of the Best Mixologist in Costa Rica! I’m now the hit of cocktail hour with friends, in all lack of modesty.

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Vintner’s Dozen

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t’s true a picture can be worth

a thousand words. Or, rather, an

authentic photograph may ignite

an internal conversation that words

simply can’t convey. Just as important

to the journey may be what’s captured

during that unexpected detour or lively

encounter with a local—a significant

moment perpetuated through the lens of

a well-focused camera.

“Travel photography should go beyond

simply recording where you have been,”

says photographer and Leica Akademie

North American Manager Tom A. Smith.

“I want to capture the way a place made

me feel. The best images can provide a

return ticket to a moment otherwise lost.”

Launched in late 2013, Exclusive

Resorts’ Destinations in Focus

weekends—a collaboration with the

German-based Leica Camera, an

iconic mainstay in both equipment

and photographic education—take

travelers and shutter bugs on four-day

experiential excursions to Exclusive

Resorts’ most coveted locales, including

Costa Rica, Mexico, Arizona, and

Georgia, among others. And via the

Leica on Loan Program, guests now have

complimentary access to the brand’s

iconic line of cameras and sport optics

while vacationing. Travelers pick from

the revolutionary brand’s equipment,

whether the WiFi-enabled Leica C or

the coveted Leica M, and the tools of

the trade are available in residence or

shipped to their home pre-journey. Post-

trip, the images on these pages reveal

that, whether a pro or novice, beauty is

not just in the eye of the beholder, but

is forever captured through imagination

and an idyllic palette—landscapes

and destinations that both inspire and

connect.

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Photographer: Chip Litherland

Where: La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, Mexico

Inspiration: “I loved the blue of the VW bug mixed with the raindrops and splashes of color by the toys in the car window. It felt

more painterly than a photograph.”

Exposure: ISO 400, f/6.8 at 1/250

The Gear: Leica M 240, 50mm f/1.4

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