A new adults-only – and all-inclusive – Margaritaville resort is set to open in the Riviera Maya early next year. The resort which has been aptly named the Margaritaville Island Reserve Riviera Maya will not only feature more than 350 rooms – and offer a wide variety of entertainment, drinking and fine-dining options for guests to choose from – but it will also be strategically located on…
Bear Lodge – the ultimate in slopeside Alpine opulence
Bear Lodge is the new piste side hotel in the centre of Arc 1950, offering the ultimate in luxury, slopeside mountain living. Breaking Travel News catches up with Andy Sturt of VIP SKI to find out about his fascinating journey making his dream project a reality. What was the inspiration behind Bear Lodge? A very…
8 Fabulous hotels to check out in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is trending right now, so here are some hotels worth putting on your radar. Sri Lanka is on a high and no wonder, it offers exotic landscapes, soft sand beaches and myriad luxurious hotels. So if you are tempted, here are five top picks: Eraeliya Villas & Gardens, Weligama, Sri Lanka In the…
Outrigger Mauritius Beach, Bel Ombre, Mauritius
COVID: This resort is welcoming double vaccinated guests from October 1st 2021. Outrigger can organise a PCR test at the resort. The expansive Outrigger resort, a former sugar cane plantation, has a most beautiful beachfront location in Bel Ombre nature reserve in the south of Mauritius. This must surely be the most picturesque coast in…
St James Bar – Imagination Menu, Sofitel SW1
Tucked away in a small, dark, dimly lit corner of the Sofitel Hotel in London’s St James is the St James bar. An inviting aura beckons you to enter into its subdued, cosy space to exchange secret whispers on comfy, mohair banquettes curved around reflective tables that absorb the orange hues of the brass notes…
Hux Hotel, High Street Kensington, London
The Hux Hotel is a surprising gem offering striking yet good value boutique accommodation in the heart of London. It’s easy to find somewhere glamorous to stay among the scad of designer hotels in London often costing big bucks. Appealing boutique hotels are a little harder to find. You know the type, friendly, comfy and…
Royal Afternoon Tea at the InterContinental London Park Lane
I’ve always associated afternoon tea with iconic hotels like the Savoy or the Ritz so I was pleasantly surprised to hear that the InterContinental were launching their own version. The icing on the cake, so to speak, is that it’s associated with royalty as the hotel is built on the site of 145 Piccadilly where…
Hotel Overview: Sunborn Yacht Hotel, Gibraltar
The Sunborn Yacht Hotel is a 5-star hotel with all the charms of a luxury cruise ship. Moored in the vibrant Ocean Marina is the imposing Sunborn Yacht Hotel looking bright and resplendent in the heady Gibraltarian sunshine. Though it looks like it could set sail off at any moment the ship doesnât actually have…
Premier Inn London Gatwick Airport (North Terminal) hotel
When your flight is leaving at silly O’clock in the morning surely a stay at an airport hotel makes total sense? Just somewhere pleasant to rest your head so that you can wake up early enough to be standing at check by 4.45am, as I did one bleary-eyed morning to catch the 6.55am Easyjet flight…
Evaluate: The Royal Windsor Steam Express Breakfast
Romance on the rails from Victoria Station to Windsor by steam train with a champagne breakfast. âMeet me under the clock just by Platform Two at Victoria Stationâ he urged, eyes ablaze with urgency. This was to be our first date and I wondered what he had in mind. I arrived at 10.55 am, a…