LUXURY TRAVEL INSIGHT
Hyatt will add the first London property under its Unbound Collection later this year, with the opening of the Great Scotland Yard Hotel. Plans for a hotel on the site of the former Metropolitan Police HQ were originally announced way back in 2012, with the then Morgan Hotels Group (now part of SBE Entertainment Group) planning Continue Reading
The world’s “Most Instagrammable Hotel” is in the Maldives, according to Luxury Travel Advisor magazine. Despite recent violence and a state of emergency in the Indian Ocean archipelago, the title went to the Anantara Kihavah Maldives Villas. It offers 80 private pool villas — some on stilts over the water, others on a “pristine stretch of private beach”. Continue Reading
It could have been a mirage. I stepped out through the back door of my first-floor suite at the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club directly onto the beach. A few steps away on the sand there appeared a canopy with white drapes blowing in the breeze, oversize cushions around a round wooden table and carts Continue Reading
Many visitors from the U.S. to South Africa are pleasantly surprised at the infrastructure and modernity of the so-called Rainbow Nation. And the country has been stepping up its game on the lodging end of things, with plenty of new and updated luxury accommodations across its diverse geography. On a recent trip, I sampled four Continue Reading
At the base of Mount Toubkal and around 65km south of Marrakech is the Berber village of Imlil, which has grown up around the mountain tourism industry. Towards the back of the village, backing on to the river and pathways leading up the valley is the family-run hotel, Riad Jnane Imlil. Following the principles of Berber Continue Reading
With the 50th anniversary of independence in 2018, many of Mauritius’ luxury hotels have undergone extensive refurbishments and include luxury spa facilities. We review a number of the options here. The breadth of treatments and therapies available reflect the mosaic of cultures that have influenced the island over the years. LUX* Grand Gaube A pioneering vision Continue Reading
Hotel Overview Shangri-La’s Far Eastern Plaza Hotel, Taipei opened in December 1994 and was comprehensively renovated in 2015, in keeping with the hotel’s elegant surroundings. Situated on the tree-lined Dunhua South Road, the hotel soars 43 storeys above Taipei’s business district and is five minutes from the Taipei World Trade Convention and Exhibition Center, 15 Continue Reading
Talalla Retreat, the open-air resort on Sri Lanka’s southern coast, delivers every element of luxury to the high-powered, time-poor executive. Expect to be pampered with good food; spas, treatments and activities; morning yoga classes in a beachfront shala; vast bedrooms with open-air showers; attentive staff, and sunrise and sunset views from a perfect stretch of Continue Reading
The Alchymist Hotel and Spa is one of Prague’s premier hotels, and I cannot speak more highly of it. On my first visit to Prague, I checked in with my partner for a flying visit. The hotel is in an elegant old building, made up of four mansions combined in a golden romantic rococo style. Continue Reading
A Grand Experience Grand Hyatt Taipei’s Grand Club is the answer to a business traveller’s prayers, writes Anthony van Dyck 12 March 2018 Travelling overseas on business is always an ordeal. Despite the potential Continue Reading
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