Excellence Luxury Villas
If Imagination had a home, Iceland would be it. But, deciding where exactly in this skyr-topped millefeuille land of folklore, trolls and spirits, is a hard task indeed. Perhaps Imagination would boldly burst its knuckles on the door of Þórsmörk’s lamb-stew steaming Volcano Huts; or maybe it would edge, inch by spray-splattering inch behind Seljalandsfoss ...
Yves de Contades went to the ultimate luxury Caribbean island of St Barths to discover paradise, sample the succulent French Caribean cuisine and luxuriate in the finest hotels with a little light sailing in between. The Art of Being (An Island) St Barths is an international fusion of French, English, Swedish, American and Caribbean ...
The UK has seen the sixth consecutive year growth in revenue for the superyacht industry. The fall in the pound has helped, though a third of superyacht owners are actually based in the UK, the exchange rate means there is much more bang for your buck. Whilst there has been a rise in new build ...
$500,000 (for charity) – Screaming Eagle Cabernet 1992 – Technically the highest price ever paid for a bottle of wine. However, the price paid was for charitable purposes. $275,000 – Shipwrecked 1907 Heidsieck: the world’s most expensive Champagne. – In 1998, two thousand bottles of Champagne were salvaged from a ship, originally destined ...
Jameel Lalani is the senior partner of Lalani & Co., the London based artisan, small batch tea company. – Where did you grow up and what was your childhood like? I grew up and still live in Pinner, North London. I had a very happy childhood. – Where did you study? I went to St Martin’s ...
Parma, a central city to the valley, is only an hour from either Bologna or Milan airport and is still a hidden joy for most Brits. Yes it gets very hot in August and very cool in January but the other ten months are divine and it’s never crowded so there are none of the ...
Bentley just launched three brand spanking new Mulsannes, the Mulsanne Consummate, the Mulsanne Speed and the first ever Mulsanne Extended Wheelbase. So where on earth could you go to test these big guys? Somewhere with great scenery, sublime mountain vistas, oodles of leather shorts and Schloss’s that would give Bond baddy Ernst Stavro Blofelt secret ...
On Ice – St Moritz, Switzerland – 2-10 February 2014 (2 day programme) Based in the exclusive resort of St.Moritz, Switzerland ASTON MARTIN ON ICE offers you the opportunity to experience their full model range as you have never experienced it before! Winter tyres combined with sophisticated electronic safety systems offer an extraordinary snow and ...
So International Excellence Magazine was in Greenwich for an event with Hunton Yachts, introducing this awesome British brand to ultra high net worth at the Delamar Hotel in Connecticut The Delamar is of course set overlooking Greenwich Harbor so ideal for a yacht party, especially as Hunton were taking the VIPs out around Rocky Neck ...
One of our favourite yachts is the Baltic Pink Gin, this superb silver hulled sloop was launched in 2017, and won sailing yacht of the year at the World Superyacht Awards in 2018. Pink Gin is not only the largest carbon fibre sloop in the world, but also displays some of the most innovative features ...
Gravetye Manor is a beautiful country house hotel with 17 bedrooms and suites, nestled in the most glorious gardens. The gardens at Gravetye, created by William Robinson who lived there from 1884 until his death in 1935, are really rather special, and their history and that of the Elizabethan Manor is fascinating to discover during ...
‘It undoubtedly has the reputation for being one of the best hotels in England, if not Europe and according to some, even the world’ Chewton Glen is a country house hotel and spa set in 130 acres of Hampshire countryside, it undoubtedly has the reputation for being one of the best hotels in ...