The Peninsula Hotels is offering a new series of Peninsula Academy guest experiences this summer designed to offer destination-specific inspiration in the areas of art, cuisine, fashion, style and culture.
Highlights of the 2014 Peninsula Academy summer program include:
- The Peninsula Hong Kong’s Caviar Connoisseurship, an in-depth look into the world’s finest sustainably farmed caviars.
- The Peninsula Shanghai’s Modern Shanghai Chic, which includes a meeting with Lu Kun — one of China’s most celebrated young fashion designers — in his studio as well as a traditional Chinese breakfast and Rolls-Royce ride.
- The Peninsula Chicago’s Florist for a Day, a personalized tour of Kehoe Designs’ floral warehouse and interaction with the design team as they strike up new concepts and plan the hotel’s weekly floral installations.
- The Peninsula Beverly Hills’ Gone Fishing with Chef David Codney, a half-day adventure on the Pacific Ocean with Executive Chef David Codney aboard a chartered fishing boat angling for sea bass, yellowtail, barracuda and halibut followed by a four-course dinner with the fish caught that day.
- The Peninsula Manila’s Perlas: Appreciating the Philippines South Sea Pearl, a pearl “safari” that features a helicopter ride to a private pearl farm in the Palawan Sea owned by Jewelmer, a Franco-Filipino jewelry house specializing in Philippine South Sea Pearls.