How To Make UK The World’s No 1 Destination For Luxury Visitors. Walpole and 250 Luxury Brands Call for Tax Free Shopping

How can we enable the return of the luxury tourism sector? Walpole’s 2022 insight report outlines the economic impact of luxury tourism on Britain’s economy and government action needed to ensure UK recovery matches European counterparts. Walpole, which includes Burberry, Harrods, Claridge’s and V&A amongst its members, is calling for reintroduction of the VAT RES … Read more

Dreaming of your next trip? Take a look at the finest properties recognized by the Forbes Travel Guide 2019

  210 Hotels Across the Globe Achieve Coveted Five-Star Award in the Forbes Travel Guide 2019. London unseated Macau as the city with the most Five-Star hotels; 21 New Hotels Receive Top Forbes Travel Guide Honors for First Time.   Forbes Travel Guide rates properties in 76 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa and … Read more

How to achieve a luxury hotel look at home

Although you enjoy visiting new places and experiencing different cultures, your favourite part of a trip abroad is getting to escape reality for a week or two of bliss in a luxurious hotel. Nope, cut-price motels and cheap hostels don’t do it for you. You want five stars and all the trimmings that come with … Read more

Kazakhstan calling: a jaw-dropping trip to Astana

As the country gears up for its Expo 2017, the astonishing architecture in its capital blows Sankha Guha’s mind

Top European cities with the most expensive & least expensive five-star hotels

Warsaw, Thessaloniki, and Bucharest emerge as the cities with the least expensive luxury hotels in Europe, while the well-known London, Florence, and Paris offer the most expensive five-star accommodations in Europe, according a study from the travel comparison tool Kayak.com. A night in a five-star hotel costs a mere €104 on average in Warsaw (Poland) … Read more

Forbes Travel Guide. 2013 award winners

Forbes Travel Guide: 55th year of rating and recommending the world’s best travel experiences Forbes Travel Guide unveiled its 55th annual listing of Star Award-winning hospitality establishments worldwide. Marking the latest installment of the travel ratings system that has been the gold standard in the hotel industry since 1958, the new awards list includes the … Read more