A weekly pick of luxury travel links for your perusal… Feel the difference at Vila Bicuda, Portugal Rainforest walks Aussie style with On The Wallaby Luxury shopping like nowhere else: Shop West End Eat at Lisbon’s trendy Terreiro do Paco
The Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival commences tomorrow. This year’s theme will be “Australian Wine: A World of Difference” and will be sponsored by Wine Australia. Over 100 different grape varieties are grown in Australia and it is hoped that the festival will demonstrate the diversity, quality, breadth and dept of Australian wines.
Sylvester Stallone has had his luxury room at the Park Hyatt Sydney hotel and his private jet searched by Australian customs officials. The event follows a search of luggage belonging to his entourage in which it is alleged that prohibited substances were being carried, possibly steroids. In Australia, the unlicensed importation of a […]
Why not plan ahead for late spring and early summer travel? Take advantage of these great offers from Leading Hotels of the World taking you to the unique destinations of São Paulo, the Great Barrier Reef and Budapest. Fasano, Hotel e Restaurante – São Paulo, Brazil For more than 100 years, the Fasano family has […]
Ryan Bifulco is Executive Producer of journeyPod, a luxury lifestyle brand that fuses music, fashion, and travel with a pinch of style. He has previously worked for the likes of Lufthansa, Marriott and the Tourist Office of Spain through his consulting firm, Travel Spike. What is it that you do exactly? Since we say at […]
A weekly pick of luxury travel links for your perusal… Find family-friendly properties with Ciao Bambino See New York from above with Liberty Helicopters Explore Extravagance Magazine for luxury suggestions Book Australia’s finest hotels through Luxury Down Under
Richard Beck is President of Classic Travel, a luxury travel website supported by a full service travel agency that has been operating in New York City since 1962. As well as enabling you to book hotels online, the website goes a step further and actually allows you to customize your room, letting you decide what […]
Tahnya Butterfield is ‘Head Honcho’ for Style Clinic by Astin Brown Inc., having previously worked in the hotel industry, human resources and organisational development consulting. She is a relentless collector of successful talent who immerse themselves in generating dynamite bespoke luxury shopping tours, style guides and precision personalised itineraries. What is it that you do […]
A weekly pick of luxury travel links for your perusal… Book Australia’s finest hotels at Luxury Down Under Dine in a greenhouse at De Kas, Amsterdam Use a Champagne sabre to open that next bottle See New York from above with Liberty Helicopters
In three weeks’ time (on 20th February 2007), the Queen Mary 2 will join the Queen Elizabeth 2 for the first time in Sydney Harbour. It promises to be a great spectacle and Captain Cook Cruises will be hosting a City Lights Welcome Cruise to provide passengers with front-row seats to the event.
Nicolas Peluffo is General Director of Ponta dos Ganchos Exclusive Resort, located in the beautiful Santa Catarina province of Brazil, 45 minutes from Florianopolis airport. It is a Relais & Chateaux member and a Virtuoso Preferred Hotel. What is it that you do exactly? I am obsessed about my work and a bit of […]
Opt for a Champagne Sunset Wildlife Safari at Seven Spirit Bay Wilderness Lodge in Australia’s Northern Territory and you will have the opportunity to see opportunity to see Buffalo, Banteng Cattle and Timor Ponies grazing or, if you look up, you may spot Osprey, Sea Eagle or Brahminy Kite. Finish the day relaxing on their […]
Ningaloo Reef, off Western Australia, has its first international resort hotel. The Novotel Ningaloo Resort, on the edge of Sunrise Beach in Exmouth Marina Village, opened last month ahead of its February 2007 opening. It is close to Ningaloo Reef, the largest fringing coral reef in Australia and with over 500 fish species. The $16 […]
January seems to a popular for month for ‘best’ lists, and Ebookers is getting in on the PR game. These are apparently the 10 best-selling beach and city destinations of the Ebookers worldwide sale, which runs until 31st January 2007: Bangkok Sydney New York Johannesburg Dubai Cape Town Barcelona Miami Perth Orlando
Trisha Johnson is President of Aegean Sails which offers high end yacht (gulet) charter services in the Aegean Sea (Greece and Turkey). Trisha previously worked in tourism in the 1980s, but spent several years in the relocation business working with New York corporations, before getting back into travel in 2000. What is it that you […]
A weekly pick of luxury travel links for your perusal… Fish for barramundi at Wrotham Park Lodge, Australia Experience the 18th Century at Ahilya Fort, India Devour Spanish tapas in London, at Fino Get some retail therapy at The W Hotels Store
