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I don’t care what anyone says. City hotels like the Sheraton Stockholm, that are primarily geared towards the business traveller will get my vote every time. Alongside the Nordic efficiency one gets, if you can overlook the eye-watering cost of…
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When I first moved to London many years ago, the ‘Seven Dials’ intersection at Covent Garden was my compass for navigating shortcuts from Charing Cross to Soho. While Covent Garden continues to be the increasingly sanitised tacky tourist magnet that…
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The Hilton Lima Miraflores was the first stop on our 3-week epic South America trip. For many years now the other Mr. Highlife and I have ignored the conventions of Christmas, ploughing what we would have essentially spent on presents…
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When it comes to an island nation like Indonesia, it’s easy to forget just how expansive its territories are, stretching from Malaysia in the west, all the way to Papua New Guinea. Most luxury travellers will understandably head straight for the…
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Whatever your experiences of Mallorca as an island destination, Palma has always been a tricky one to love wholeheartedly. I remember first coming here years ago, immediately after the Puro Hotel made it a fashionable go-to place for the young…
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The Westin Palace – a landmark hotel in Madrid, benefits from a superb location overlooking Plaza de las Cortes. As you ascend the marble staircase to reach the frescoed lobby, you’re confronted with a real sense of luxury and grandeur in…
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Spending Christmas in Cambodia was a humbling and joyous experience. Besides fulfilling a lifetime’s dream of wanting to visit Angkor Wat – a magical and almost surreal site to behold, we also became acquainted with the gentle, happy people of one of Southeast…
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Is there any other place like Tokyo? This is a city that effortlessly manages to combine centuries old tradition and culture, with a view of the modern world that’s brashly contemporary and cutting-edge. There’s a quiet confidence in the air and…
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My sense of timing is often inopportune, as I was reminded of flying over the Andes from Buenos Aires on our way to Santiago de Chile. I’m not a fearful flyer by any means, but why I was suddenly thinking…
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We hadn’t planned to visit Singapore. As our departure date and the prospect of two back-to-back long haul flights loomed on the horizon, we thought breaking up the journey from Australia back to the UK would be a wise move. Our…
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It’s rather churlish to throw ones toys out of the pram over the available hotel accommodation options in any given City. Especially when that destination is Havana, a place perpetually frozen in a time warp harping back to the 1950’s….
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