The heart of Mexico City was alive with eager anticipation as some of Latin America’s best gastronomic chefs joined together for the culinary world’s annual Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants awards on 26th September 2016. The highly anticipated celebration was held at the innovative Centro Cultural Roberto Cantoral venue designed by Mexican architect Gerardo Broissin. The … Explore More
Claude Troisgros Wins Prestigious Diners Club® Lifetime Achievement Award 2016
Mexico City, August 23, 2016. Today, we honor Chef Claude Troisgros of the acclaimed Olympe in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as the recipient of The Diners Club® Lifetime Achievement Award for 2016. This prestigious accolade is part of Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants. Chef Troisgros expressed his gratitude for the award, and said: “This recognition … Explore More
Luksus & Tørst – The Beer Pairing Movement
Beer pairings are making a new home at the dinner table alongside wine as a new “haute” gastronomic movement increases in popularity across the US and abroad. New York City, a dining destination known for forward thinking menus and unique dining experiences brings a new dynamic duo to the scene, Master Brewer Jeppe Janit-Bjergsø … Explore More
Top Spots in Tuscany
Italian cuisine is full of variety and each city within the 20 regions of Italy offers its own culinary specialties. In Tuscany, earthy staples abound, from hearty soups to ubiquitous antipasti (often composed of crostini and cold cuts), to parpadelle (ribbon pasta) served with tomato sauce of wild hare or boar, to Chianti and Tuscan … Explore More
Diners Club Sponsors a World-Class Ski Event
| Mar.23.2015 The top female skiers in the world gathered from February 27 – March 2 in the ski resort of Bansko, Bulgaria to compete in one leg of the Audi FIS Ski World Cup for Alpine Skiing — a season-long annual competition that comprises race events held at resorts in Europe and North America. Twenty-five-year-old Austrian … Explore More
Highlights from the 2015 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters
| Feb.23.2015 Last month, I had the great pleasure of joining colleagues and partners for the 18th Annual Commercial Bank Qatar Masters from January 21-24 at the Doha Golf Club in Qatar. As a premier tournament of the European Tour, the professional competition was fierce, with South African Branden Grace ultimately taking home the Mother of Pearl … Explore More
7 Things to Know About Chef Tetsuya Wakuda
Last week, Chef Tetsuya Wakuda was announced as the 2015 recipient of the Diners Club® Lifetime Achievement Award for Asia. While his two award-winning restaurants, more than 30 years of excellence in the industry and mouth-watering creations speak for themselves, what impresses us most about this Japanese-born transplant to Australia is what drives him: A … Explore More
Chef Tetsuya Wakuda Wins Prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award
Tetsuya Wakuda is known for many things: being one of the world’s top chefs with award-winning restaurants in Sydney and Singapore; bringing a love for sake from his native Japan to his adopted home of Australia; and, since I have the pleasure to personally know him, remaining ever humble and devoted to his culinary passion, … Explore More
Highlights from the Diners Club International Pro-Am Classic 2014
| Dec.03.2014 The 23rd Diners Club International Pro-Am Classic took place for the second year running at the Westin Abu Dhabi Golf Resort & Spa during the first week of November. The tournament included 16 teams from 11 Diners Club franchises with two franchises—China and India—participating for the first time. Though the team from the United Arab … Explore More
Diners Club Qatar Proves The Power Of A Co-Branded Card
| Oct.13.2014 Football is easily the most popular sport in Qatar, with a passion for the game that continues to flourish. The Diners Club International® team in Qatar began looking for ways to capitalize on this national love affair and soon realized that there were no football-affiliated cards on the Qatari market. As one of the most … Explore More
Diners Club Weekender’s Guide: London
As we gear up to travel to London for the World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2014 Awards, we’ve compiled a Weekender’s Guide to London and uncovered some of the best hidden gems this world-class city has to offer. Where to Stay The Savoy has attracted celebrities and royals for decades, including Sir Winston Churchill, Frank Sinatra, … Explore More
Mr. Peabody and Sherman
| Mar.26.2014 In February, Diners Club International® collaborated with 20th Century Fox and DreamWorks on the worldwide theatrical release of Mr. Peabody and Sherman. The collaboration was another milestone for the Diners Club brand since its first cinematic partnership with Life of Pi in 2012, perfectly aligning to our core values of global access and superior service. Twelve franchises … Explore More
World’s Biggest Celebration of Creativity in Communications
| Jul.23.2013 Diners Club International President Eduardo Tobon awards first place winner Billy Wong for his video “Diners Club International – Club Gastronomy” at the MOFILM awards event at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Thousands of members from the global creative communications industries come together each year to be inspired and educated at the Cannes … Explore More
“Burning The Night” With Our Winning Photographers
| Mar.21.2013 Major congratulations are in order for Indra Widi, the winning photographer in the Diners Club International photography contest on Talenthouse! Our contest called photographers to submit a photo that represented their life journey. Drawing inspiration from the visually stunning, Oscar® award-winning film Life of Pi, Indra’s photograph, “Night Painter,” wowed the judging panel. Indra’s photograph … Explore More
Diners Club® Inspires Award Winning Storytelling
| Mar.06.2013 Above photo: Ruby Wax, Janice Alfini, Ze Pedro Abreu, and Mike Boush At the MOFILM Barcelona 2013 Film Festival, Diners Club International® challenged filmmakers to unearth the most interesting and inspiring stories about clubs. The response was a collection of wonderful films capturing unique communities of people from around the world. I was honored to award … Explore More
Life of Pi Goes to the Ceremony
| Feb.11.2013 “And the winner is…” The world is waiting for that sentence at the 85th Academy Awards. This time the whole of Austria is particularly excited. Michael Haneke’s “Amour” is nominated for five Academy Awards. A very big thing for a small country like ours. But as Michael Haneke and Christoph Waltz have already demonstrated – … Explore More
Diners Club® Contest for Aspiring Photographers
| Jan.07.2013 At Diners Club International, we embrace the meaning of belonging to a club and honor the value of our clubmembers’ well-traveled, yet unending journey. Our partnership with Twentieth Century FOX to promote Ang Lee’s film “Life of Pi” – a chronicle about a boy’s journey across the ocean in a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger … Explore More
First Global Movie Partnership
| Dec.10.2012 A week before Ang Lee’s film “Life of PI” opened in theaters, Diners Club International® hosted an exclusive employee screening. We partnered with Twentieth Century FOX for the promotion of the movie globally, with 23 countries participating from all regions of the world. For Diners Club®, the Life of Pi movie was the perfect fit … Explore More