Hotels
Holistic healing in Piedmont
The newest medical spa in Italy, La Via del Sale officially opens its doors in the Piedmont. Celebrating all things mineral, this is a Spa where salt-inspired treatments combine holistically with traditional spa therapies.
Give Dad the whole weekend, not just a day
Hyatt Regency Bonaventure Conference Center & Spa is celebrating Dad this Father’s Day (June 21, 2009) with special menus and room rates. Rates for standard rooms start at $89 and suites start at $119.
UK hotel prices below average in June
Despite the start of the holiday season Brits can still find good deals close to home in England.
New hotel offers Golf Open packages
A new sixteen-room hotel opens on July 11 six miles from Turnberry, just in time to offer last-minute four-star accommodation for those attending the British Open Golf Championship July 16-19.
A vast and magical land
Tswalu Kalahari, owned by the Oppenheimer family, is South Africa's largest private game reserve. Located in the Northern Cape, at the foot of the Korannaberg Mountains, Tswalu covers over 100,000 hectares and offers only two camps on the entire reserve - the Motse and the Oppenheimer’s villa Tarkuni.
Huvafen Fushi unveils ‘Stingray Reef’
10-year old Zsuza Magyar of Notting Hill, London has won a Hay Festival competition to name the previously unnamed coral reef system at Huvafen Fushi in the Maldives.
Shark diving in South Australia
South Australia based adventure operator Calypso Star Charter has teamed up with the Eyre Peninsula's Port Lincoln Hotel to offer a new two-night accommodated shark diving package.
Classic cars converge in central France
The first of a number of vintage and classic car events was held at Chateau D’Arnac, near Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, central France, last week (Friday 22nd May). Some fifteen outstanding examples of the E-type Jaguar were on display. These ranged from a superb example of a Series 1 car, powered by the famous XK engine, through to Series 2 and Series 3 versions of the famed sports car.
Creative breaks at Tortworth Court
Have you ever wanted to create your own work of art, but just don’t know where to begin? Well, “Take Hart”, because even if your proudest artistic achievement to date involves the painting-by-numbers set bought for your 6th birthday, or you think mixing paints is best done at B&Q, don’t despair!
IHG announces three new hotels in Africa
IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) has opened two hotels in South Africa and will be opening its second Crowne Plaza hotel in Kenya this year.
Luxury yoga holidays in Hungary
Take time out and enjoy a seven-day yoga and meditation holiday at the picturesque baroque style Castle Hotel in Szirák, just an hour outside of Budapest.
Provençal cuisine at Pantai Lima, Bali
Sebastien Robuchon, nephew of Joël Robuchon, the man described as “The Chef of the Century” now heads the kitchen at the Pantai Lima Estate, Pererenan, Bali. Robuchon specialises in Provençal cooking and “cuisine actuelle”, as well as contemporary Asian fusion.
La Manga Club revs Mansell’s motor
Jensen Button may have been closing in on his record start to a Formula One season but Nigel Mansell didn’t seem overly concerned as he relaxed on a recent trip to La Manga Club, southern Spain.
A superior summer holiday in Nevis
Nisbet Plantation Beach Club in Nevis has launched a special offer giving up to 7 free nights for stays at the boutique hotel between now and 16 August. The offer applies to stays in superior rooms and offers 4 free nights for 7 night stays and 7 nights free for 14 night stays.
Footballing giants choose La Manga Club
Italian football giants AC Milan have chosen La Manga Club as the base for their junior training camps this summer. The Rossoneri’s assistant coach, Filippo Galli, visited La Manga Club to announce the club will be using the resort as a base for boys and girls aged six to 17 years for two weeks in early July.