Yet another luxury travel blog
It’s rare you can genuinely say you were the first at something. History is dominated by the stories of the select few who went further than anyone before might have even dreamed. And just like Neil Armstrong being the first man on the moon, we were the season’s first customers […]
When it comes to purchasing luxury fashion goods, my wife and I have a simple rule: check the label. It’s the ultimate sniff test. It shows the inner workings, the behind-the-scenes, the rip-off-ometer. It tells you whether you’re paying purely for the name because it’s made from the type of […]
Airelles have become one of my favourite luxury hotel groups. Their strong service ethos, an extremely family-friendly focus blended with luxury and an emphasis on sense-of-place. But what if the place isn’t that great? Then what do you do? Airelles Courchevel decided to go in all with a Swiss alpine […]
Courchev-ello, as nobody says. This coming weekend we’re heading to France for a spot of snow spotting. When I tell people we’re heading to Courchevel, everyone is so excited to talk about skiing, like it’s the new season of House of the Dragon. Then, as always, I bring the disappointment, […]
Let’s start with the good news: my stay was significantly cheaper than expected. Now for the bad: because they comped half the stay. Maybourne Riviera is the latest opening from the previously London-centric Maybourne Group. Their portfolio reads like a Best of London list: The Berkeley, Claridge’s and The Connaught. With […]
I really hate the French. They have better food than us Brits, better weather, a vastly superior national football team (even accounting for football coming home, a few days ago). They don’t elect morons as Presidents, their healthcare system works, they’re part of the EU and boy do they know […]
They say good things come in small packages. Those people clearly have never been parents, as I can tell you that tiny humans are capable of producing vile things. With only 30 rooms, Cheval Blanc St. Tropez is the baby of the group – not physically or emotionally, just in […]
Cheval Blanc Paris Room type: Junior Suite Duration: 16 > 18th February, 2022 With the opening of their first city property, Cheval Blanc has pulled up its big boy pants and joined the likes of Aman by moving away from being a resort business to a hotelier. The comparisons to […]
Bulgari Paris Room type: Deluxe Suite Duration: 18 > 20th February, 2022 When is a new hotel no longer a new hotel? A few weeks after opening? A month? A year? When so many towels have gone missing they have to order more? That’s the question I kept asking myself, […]
La Bastide de Gordes Room type: Duc de Soubise Suite Duration: 11th > 13th May, 2019 I know that we are all supposed to be angry all the time; it solves or causes global warming or something like that, yet Bastide de Gordes makes that so tough. Just my luck I […]
