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Article: It takes a village: James Tufenkian, Clodagh, and local artisans join forces to boost high-end tourism in Armenia.(Tufenkian Heritage Hotels.)
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- February 1, 2005
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Never mind the jaw-dropping mountain landscapes, the old-world romance, and the spellbinding early Christian ruins--few world travelers think of Armenia as a destination. A dearth of luxury accommodations has been partly to blame. But that's now changing, thanks to a group of properties reinvented by two of New York's design notables.
Tufenkian Heritage Hotels is the brainchild of owner James Tufenkian. An Armenian by descent and a social crusader by nature, he's best known as the founder and head designer of Tufenkian Carpets. Since rediscovering his impoverished ancestral homeland after its 1991 independence from the Soviet Union, he has embarked on a range of ...