In sync with the rise of modern, international-style hotels is a boom in chic international restaurants.

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The chic lobby features modern seating with international power outlets discreetly placed at the base of each.

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Also on Oahu is Waikiki Beach, long famed for its mellow surf, outrigger canoes and string of hotels that has recently received a facelift with high-profile openings like Ian Schrager's minimalist-chic resort Edition, the Trump International and new tropical outposts of nouvelle Japanese shrines Nobu and Morimoto.

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It opened on March 1, and is the first step toward putting Kate Spade Saturday on the international fashion map, alongside its chic mother, Kate Spade New York.

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Its dystopian sensibility, international range of sounds, and smart, chic nod to the some of most respected innovators of '80s new wave and post-punk music results in a memorably stirring entry into the budding genre of indie-rock world music.

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