I am standing on a private beach with Craig David just inches away on a pyrotechnically lit stage, flanked by two dancers dripping in silver. The Dubai Marina skyline is to my left, an Instagram-worthy rose-adorned swing is to my right, well-dressed revellers surround the stage and there’s a five-star hotel behind me. This is … Read more
I landed in Ushuaia – the Patagonian port town nicknamed the ‘end of the world’ – and from the small airport, I taxied to my hotel. It was around 7am and as the morning fog cleared, my home for the next three days suddenly came into view. Perched on a hill with a snow-crested peak … Read more
A £5,000 Four Seasons bed set and a £79 Marriott shower curtain: How to turn your house into a luxury hotel An increasing number of hotel chains are opening online furniture shops The stores sell almost every item from various rooms and suites Hilton, Four Seasons and Soho Farmhouse are among the hotels touting goods By Neil … Read more
At the end of a long, isolated dirt track, flanked by meticulously trimmed trees, we can see all six hotel staff through the dirtied windscreen, standing in a perfect crescent shape, palms together, fingers pointing to the sky. ‘Namaste. We have been expecting you. But I fear your entrance has startled the antelope. No matter, … Read more
Great British Boltholes: A slice of porcine perfection at The Pig at Bridge Place, which is ‘the epitome of five-star British style’ The Pig at Bridge Place is surrounded by ten acres of park and water meadows The hotel is located inside a Grade II-listed building that dates back to 1638 There are 7 rooms … Read more
My son Joseph passes to the unusually tall winger out wide on the right, who then splits the defence with a perfectly weighted ball. Joseph runs onto it and then his teammate’s deep Bulgarian voice booms out around the pitch: ‘Feenish!’ Joseph dutifully slots the ball past the keeper to secure his hat-trick, then sprints … Read more
As I check into the five-star La Sivolière hotel in Courchevel 1850, I momentarily think that the authorities are raiding the place. There’s a young man looking like a gendarme flicking through some paperwork behind the reception desk. Then I realise his dark-blue top and shield-style arm badge is actually the hotel staff uniform, with … Read more
Britons quarantined in a hotel in Tenerife who tested negative for coronavirus will be allowed back to return to the UK, tour operator TUI said. Holidaymakers at the H10 Costa Adeje Palace had previously been told they would have to remain in quarantine until March 10, after at least four tourists were diagnosed with coronavirus, as airlines refused to … Read more
Airlines including TUI and Jet2 refuse to fly home Britons who were told they can leave coronavirus-hit hotel in Tenerife H10 Costa Adeje Palace was on lockdown after four tested positive for coronavirus About 130 guests can leave the Tenerife hotel after undergoing screening Jet2 wouldn’t take passengers to the UK unless tested negative for … Read more
Gogglebox stars Dom and Steph Parker are planning to sell their Grade I listed boutique hotel where they filmed the Channel 4 show for £5m TV favourite Dom, 55, claims he and his wife, 52, are ‘too old’ to run the hotel The couple say The Salutation in Kent has been ‘our lives, our home, … Read more