Life with Louis, so the story goes, had Marie Antoinette stressed to the max. Then the Sultan of Morocco showed up at court. He rescued her with a ''Four Hands Massage,'' administered by two eunuchs from his harem. Two trained therapists perform a symphony of movements in synchronization,'' hotel promoters say.
Baby boomers rank a luxury vacation with eating and paying the mortgage.
It's a birthright,'' observes Bjorn Hanson, a PricewaterhouseCoopers partner who has studied the lodging biz since 1973. That's why profits on ritzy travel are spurting like the fountains of Versailles. It's also why your broker may soon be pitching you on an initial public offering in Orient-Express Hotels. Besides the luxury train, the company owns such upscale oases as Hotel Cipriani in Venice, the Copacabana Palace Hotel in Rio de Janeiro, and Manhattan's '21' Club. These choice spots and many more have been collected since 1976 by Sea Containers, a Bermuda shipping and ferry company.