Excellence Luxury Villas
1. Airbus A380 (Prince Alwaleed bin Talal) – $500-Million – This double-decker behemoth is said to feature a garage for two Rolls-Royces, a stable for horses and camels and a pen for hawks. At $500 million one can only imagine travelling in such luxury. 2. Airbus A318 Elite ACJ (Vijay Mallya) – $81-Million – ...
Having been an avid winter sports enthusiast since I was old enough to stand upright without assistance, Austria has long been on my radar during the colder months. And there’s no better destination in the country than Kitzbuhel, the Alpine enclave renowned for hosting the Hahnenkamm. To clarify, this is the Terminator 2: Judgement Day ...
Hunton Yachts are a British boating phenomenon, building unique luxury yachts in the UK to the highest standards. These fine craft are designed using the latest technology to the finest premium specifications for yacht connoisseurs. A blend of superb styling, looks, pedigree, performance and luxury unavailable elsewhere. Hunton Yachts may be the fastest, most comfortable ...
Kicking Horse: A resort that lives up to its name. No helicopters are needed to ski over 30,000 vertical feet a day by any social skier whose nerves hold firm. as he or she will enjoy of the most challenging skiing they will probably ever experience. There are some 85 ‘chutes’ in Kicking Horse, I ...
Choosing a family ski resort is fraught with problems as the needs of the frequently extended family have differing criteria of requirements. The mid-teens can be a difficult age but there are a few resorts where everyone can be happy and have a fulfilling holiday. To explain that qualification, a riotous nightlife with lots of ...
It’s true that other regions in Italy are lusher, have taller mountains, more fertile valleys and a more temperate climate. But in Tuscany and Umbria the serenity and joy of their rolling landscapes, their winding lanes and their cypresses pointing in silhouette to the heavens are harder to challenge. I stayed at Castello di Spaltenna ...
We were ready to give up. And I am oh-so-pleased we didn’t. If we had, we’d have missed one of the most spectacular sights we’d ever seen. It’s giving me goosebumps just thinking about it (and no, I’m not just talking about the cold!). We’d arrived at Hotel Grímsborgir a few hours earlier. We unpacked ...
Bentley presented their new fragrance for men, Azure, at the Langham Hotel London last night. It was a great evening and I was feeling pretty dapper, having just been groomed by the celebrated and charming Brent Pankhurst. Pankhursts is the most refined barber in London, providing iconic 60’s British luxury and style. The new Azure ...
I popped over to Turin for the launch of the new Fiat 500 Star and Rockstar. Turin is a mere two hours away in the very north of Italy, just shy of the border with France. Typical of the area, Turin boasts a mixture of post modern industrial buildings and classical Latin Renaissance, Baroque and ...
Insiders View Of The Brando Tetiaroa private island Dining Kung Hei Fat Choy, Happy Chinese New Year! French Polynesia is a multicultural area, with a large Asian community, and the Chinese New Year is always quite an event here. We have had the pleasure to organize a special themed night at the Beachcomber Café to celebrate ...
Norfolk was quite a surprise, whilst certain aspects took our minds back even as far as the 1950’s, there was a pleasant buzz about so many refreshing facets of life outside the Home Counties. People have time to be polite, the roads were generally uncongested; we found some real treasures. Some were unspoilt villages, wide ...
As the only city in the world located on the border with three countries – Austria, the Czech Republic and Hungary – Bratislava, the Slovak capital, is worth at least a weekend trip away. There are also some excellent things to see and do in ‘Little Big’ city. And, with Vienna around 40km away, it’s ...