Casinos on luxury cruise lines – a special blend of all-inclusive luxury

If you need six months holiday twice a year like I do, then embarking on luxury cruise ships is de rigueur. Avoiding big crowds, the adult wonderland offers all the amenities a luxury traveler would ever need. The real luxury cruise is all about the experience and creating excellence. The highest staff to guest ratios, … Read more

First all-suite luxury resort opens in Langkawi, Malaysia

If not now, then when? Pursue your dreams and indulge in life whenever you can! New St Regis Langkawi to become the popular holiday island’s first luxury resort in a decade. Paradise Found and Refined: Rainforest Meets Riviera Lifestyle in the new St Regis Langkawi hotel in Malaysia. Scheduled to open on April 6, 2016, … Read more

Sandals Royal’s first over-the-water suites offer the full experience of living on the ocean

These gorgeous over-the-water suites convey an intimate connection to the Caribbean Sea. Sandals Royal Caribbean debuts first over-the-water suites in Montego Bay, Jamaica. From floating water hammocks to glass floors, these Tahiti-style private villas deliver an immersive journey of the Caribbean’s finest turquoise waters and rich marine life. Couples can admire the majestic beauty of … Read more

Costa Rica to have a new luxury eco-retreat in the Gulf of Papagayo

Rosewood Papagayo, Costa Rica To Open in 2019 Global expansion by Rosewood Hotels & Resorts continues with Rosewood Papagayo – the first luxury resort in Costa Rica, the most popular destination of Central America. Costa Rica tourism cruised past another milestone in 2015, attracting a record-breaking 2.66 million tourists from around the world in 2015. … Read more

Cumbrian sheep, Veronese pasta – the protection of food culture can go too far

The mayor of Verona has banned new restaurants selling mostly ‘ethnic’ food – but surely the city’s pasta joints can hold their own against kebabs?

The ultimate summer entertainment toys for good friends, hot sun, and clear waters

Summer. Hair gets lighter. Skin gets darker. Water gets warmer. Drinks get colder. Nights get longer, and LIFE gets better when playing. These high-tech water toys will provide yacht owners and their guests hours of adrenaline-rushing entertainment. The toys are perfect for every type of friend – from the most enthusiastic to the ‘relaxer’, adventurer, … Read more