New Windsor and Dublin based properties to open in 2021 With more than 80 locations around the globe, Fairmont is known for its grand and awe-inspiring properties, many of which are steeped in history andContinue reading
Sofitel Legend Santa Clara Cartagena, Colombia
Beethoven’s Third Symphony was thoughtfully entitled ‘la Heroica’ or Heroic in English. Thank goodness he didn’t stick to his original plan and call it ‘Bonaparte’. After all, it was a piece written in 1804 aboutContinue reading
Hotel Quadrifolio, Cartagena, Colombia
Whistling through the streets, Rafael Nunez Airport disappearing in the rear view mirror, you could be fooled into believing you are on the outskirts of almost any Colombian town. Modern dwellings, skyscrapers in Bocagrande, twentyContinue reading
Five Star COVID Response from The Savoy, London
In a new collaboration, The Savoy will be working with charity ‘City Harvest’ to provide hundreds of meals each week to vulnerable communities in London. Meals will be produced following the strictest hygiene and social distancing procedures inContinue reading
Singular Hotel – Puerto Bories, Patagonia
The Singular pays homage to the buildings and founder’s rich historical importance. The hotels’ restored wood dock hovers over the Fjord looking out to the Pacific, where ships took wool to all over the globe. Close your eyes and you can almost hear the bustle and shouting of workmen loading up the ships.
Fit for Kings… and Queens
King Street Townhouse, Manchester Manchester, the northern powerhouse for culture, music and food has come into its own over the last number of years and Eclectic Hotels have taken up the mantle and opened twoContinue reading
The Fabric of Tel Aviv's Beating Heart
The sticky heat settles on your brow the minute the air hostess commands ‘doors to manual’ and you step out onto the tarmac that is Ben Gurion Airport. A short taxi ride and you are in the centre of Tel Aviv, Israel’s vivacious beating heart. Titled the ‘Mediterranean Capital of Cool’ by the New York Times, the second city that never sleeps has a way of drawing out your hedonistic side.
Your Link… with Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv been dubbed ‘the miniature Los Angeles’ by the Economist for a reason. It is the epicentre of high tech industry and scientific research in Israel. By the late 1990’s Tel Aviv had established itself as one of the world’s most technologically advanced cities, expanding rapidly ever since.
Bezalel and the joy of Jerusalem
The Bezalel Hotel is an integral part of this new world. Part of the Atlas Hotel Group, with 16 boutique hotels across Israel, it encompasses art and design in a way that perhaps its older counterparts lack. Quirky yet sophisticated, a style of its own.
Victoria Falls Safari Club, Zimbabwe
Stand completely still. Listen carefully. Gather your heightened senses; see, hear, smell, taste. Red desert dust escapes skyward. Rustling and grunting ensue. Scratching and snorting. Your eyes dart around, trying to lock eyes on theContinue reading
