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6 of the sexiest tented camps outside southern Africa

By Chinmoy Lad on Oct 05, 2017 in Accommodation, Africa, Asia, Australia, Hotels, India, Middle East, Morocco, Oceania, Regions, Resorts, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Worldwide

The rugged wilderness has always been a natural calling to mankind – after all, mankind was shaped by it before by inventing agriculture, creating colonies and discovering civilisation. But the adventurer has found a way to escape the chaos of cities and going back to mankind’s roots by roughing it out and camping in nature. […]

Top 5 destination hotels within 5 hours of Hong Kong

By Chinmoy Lad on Jan 28, 2017 in Accommodation, Asia, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Hotels, Japan, Philippines, Regions, Vietnam

Whether you live in Hong Kong or in Europe/USA, Hong Kong is a well-known and frequently-vistied business and leisure travel hub. Locals enjoy its proximity to exotic locations while the city acts as a stopover for travellers from around the world, typically on their way to Thailand (Chiang Mai/Chiang Rai, Phuket, Koh Samui) or Indonesia […]

Horse carriage at Taj Falaknuma Palace Hyderabad India

5 of most spectacular hotel arrivals in the world

By Chinmoy Lad on Jan 27, 2017 in Accommodation, Adventure Travel, Air Travel, Asia, China, Hong Kong, Hotels, India, Maldives, Middle East, Oman, Regions, Road Travel, Speciality Travel, United Arab Emirates, Worldwide

Long gone are the days of arriving to a hotel to tediously queue at a lobby and await your turn so someone at the reception desk is free to attend to you. Luxury travelers demand more, much, much more. Many of the more boutique hotels and resorts have done away with reception desks, and even […]

India’s top 3 boutique hotel chains

By Chinmoy Lad on Dec 27, 2016 in Accommodation, Asia, Hotels, India, Regions

The luxury traveler to and within India has long been spoilt for choice in accommodation, with a slew of iconic city and palace hotels, contemporary havelis and wildlife tented camps and lodges operated by the ubiquitous names in the luxury travel industry – Taj Hotels and Palaces, Oberoi, Aman, Leela. India’s renowned sense of warm […]

Top 3 best designed resorts in the world

By Chinmoy Lad on Dec 25, 2016 in Accommodation, Africa, Asia, Hotels, Maldives, North America, Regions, Resorts, Tanzania, USA, Utah

What makes a resort special? Food, service and location are three key commonly stated factors, but the design of any resort plays an important role in tying the resort to its location through its style and the materials used. The design can also epitomise the soul of the particular resort or an overarching value to […]

Top 6 beach resorts in Southeast Asia

By Chinmoy Lad on Dec 07, 2016 in Accommodation, Asia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Leisure Travel, Malaysia, Philippines, Regions, Resorts, Speciality Travel, Thailand, Vietnam

The idyllic beaches of Southeast Asia have drawn many a holidaymaker over to the Southeast Asian shores, seeking solitude, sun, sea and sand. Despite the millions that flock to these beaches, globalisation and ease of travelling has ruined much of these stretches of sand as hordes of tourists – both international and local – take […]

Top 5 luxury boutique hotel chains in Asia

By Chinmoy Lad on Sep 12, 2016 in Accommodation, Asia, Hotels, India, Indonesia, Japan, Maldives, Regions, Thailand

Asia is home to some of the luxury hospitality and hotel industry’s most iconic names, from The Peninsula to Mandarin Oriental, Taj to Oberoi, and Shangri-La to Banyan Tree; you may even have heard of or stayed at some of the more boutique chains such as Alila, with their iconic pools, to Aman, with their […]

Top 5 luxury resorts in Phuket, Thailand

By Chinmoy Lad on May 06, 2016 in Accommodation, Asia, Regions, Resorts, Thailand

Phuket has gone through many avatars: from a backpacking haven, to the starting point for two of the luxury hotel world’s most significant names, to the current cacophony of low-end, mid-range, luxury, and every little niche in between. Phuket, once considered a paradise, now appears to be an overcrowded mass of people and concrete structures […]

Top 5 sexiest Winter pools

By Chinmoy Lad on Oct 01, 2015 in Asia, Europe, Iceland, India, Leisure Travel, North America, Regions, Speciality Travel, Switzerland, USA, Western Europe, Wyoming

We wrote an article on the sexiest Summer swimming pools, but we just couldn’t resist writing one on its wilder counterpart: the sexiest Winter pools. There is something wildly exotic about swimming at an adequately heated pool in the middle of winter, while the environment that surrounds slowly wakes up from the subzero freeze. While winter […]

5 hotels to watch the sun set

By Chinmoy Lad on Aug 19, 2015 in Accommodation, Asia, California, Europe, Greece, Hotels, Indonesia, Leisure Travel, Maldives, North America, Regions, Resorts, Speciality Travel, Thailand, USA, Western Europe

Twilight hour, golden hour, magic hour – call it what you want, the setting of the sun is a photographer’s dream, creating nature’s canvas in the sky and filling it with an array of colours and styles: pink, orange, red, yellow, golden, amber, mauve, purple; soft and calm, fiery and streaky, clear and majestic. We […]

Top 5 sexiest Summer pools

By Chinmoy Lad on Aug 07, 2015 in Accommodation, Africa, Asia, Fiji, Hotels, Indonesia, Leisure Travel, Oceania, Regions, Resorts, Seychelles, Speciality Travel, Thailand

It is common in many of the world’s best tropical hotels and resorts to have private pools, but from our extensive travels, we’ve realised that it’s just as rewarding relaxing at a resort’s main pool – in a few cases such as the below, more so! So we’ve created a list of the resorts where […]

Top 5 Asian city hotel retreats

By Chinmoy Lad on Jul 18, 2015 in Accommodation, Asia, China, Hong Kong, Hotels, India, Japan, Macau, Regions, Thailand

Cities provide a landscape where it often feels like the world converges: a place that brings together people from all over the state, region, country or even the world, in a unique environment, resulting in a buzzing atmosphere that is bursting at its seams with creativity and a constant stream of new ideas: from culture […]

Flying Club Bauhinia and business class with Hong Kong Airlines

By Chinmoy Lad on Aug 07, 2014 in Air Travel, Asia, China, Hong Kong, Regions, Speciality Travel

Increasingly in the modern market, an airline is judged not only by its business and first class, but also by its private or members’ lounge at various airports – most certainly for short-haul trips, where time spent in the aircraft itself is minimal. A new VIP lounge – Club Bauhinia – situated near Gate 23 at […]

Armani/Aqua – Salt Discovery Six Course Experience Menu

By Chinmoy Lad on May 21, 2014 in Asia, China, Food and Drink, Going Out, Hong Kong, Regions, Restaurants, Travel Miscellany

Salt. It’s the single most important ingredient in a chef’s repertoire, and one of the oldest methods of curing and preserving, and the seasoning of food is arguably the important aspect of cooking or processing of food. And yet, it’s an incredibly under-emphasised ingredient. There is much more to salt and its use in food than […]

Asia’s top 7 alternative suites

By Chinmoy Lad on Apr 30, 2014 in Accommodation, Asia, China, Featured, Hong Kong, Hotels, Indonesia, Maldives, Philippines, Regions, Resorts, Thailand

Booking a Presidential suite is the ultimate in luxury, for those that can afford it. But suites at a level or two below the Presidential suite often offer a staggering array of luxuries, from oversized space to private terraces to personalised service, at a (relative) fraction of the Presidential suite cost. Check out these alternative […]

Million dollar views: 6 of the world’s best resort views

By Chinmoy Lad on Apr 23, 2014 in Accommodation, Asia, Caribbean, Europe, Featured, Greece, Hotels, India, Indonesia, Leisure Travel, North America, Oceania, Pacific Islands, Regions, Resorts, Saint Lucia, Speciality Travel, USA, Utah, Western Europe, Worldwide

Following on from our previous series where we looked at the world’s best city hotel views, we now turn our attention to the world’s most jaw dropping resort views. While city views are entirely dependent on mankind’s ability to build structures and turn buildings into art and entire cityscapes into neon-lit bright reflections of a […]

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