After arriving in Goa and enduring a car journey complete with the Indian art of overt horn-beeping – more customary than the English person’s vocal expressions of road rage, I arrive at the stunning Zuri White Sands, Goa Resort and Casino. One only has to catch sight of Varca Beach, one of the longest beaches…
The President of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, opened the resort yesterday. The 52-acre private resort joins the nearby Conrad Maldives Rangali Island as part of Hilton’s ongoing expansion in the Maldives. “I am delighted to be here for the inauguration of this beautiful resort and am sure that the Hilton family will continue to set…
VIP, a bespoke luxury ski chalet company is enhancing service levels in a number of its chalets in the French Alps for the forthcoming winter season 2009/2010 with a new VIP Platinum Collection. The new company will offer personal chefs who will liaise directly with guests prior to their skiing holiday so that bespoke menus…
“This cape is the most stately thing,” Sir Francis Drake wrote in his journal in 1580. “The fairest cape we saw in the whole circumference of the earth.” Who am I to question Sir Francis? But I thought I’d better hop in a helicopter just to be sure. We circle over Table Mountain, spot a…
With 201 luxury rooms and suites, a variety of international cuisine and a stunning spa, the Hotel Aqaba has opened on the golden shores of the Red Sea. All of the hotel’s rooms and suites have sea views and it is the third Kempinski property in the area. Kempinski specialise in luxury hotels and have…
Unless they suddenly get greedy, the owners of New York’s Cassa Residences should make pretty good money for the next 15 years. Cassa’s smart, not grand. It’s not asking you to pay for some fancy marble – there isn’t any. It’s not asking you to pay for the view – there isn’t one of those…
Like every reader of LUSSO, I can tell the difference between a Pouilly Fuissé and a Pouilly Fumé without inhaling. I can distinguish between Gucci and Pucci with my eyes closed. I am, in other words, so profoundly sophisticated and so preternaturally cool that it sometimes gives me a headache. But very occasionally I wake…
On March 18th, 2010, Dubai will see the opening of the first Armani hotel. It is exclusively housed within the Buj Dubai tower, the world’s tallest building. It will be the first of a series of hotels, resorts and residences designed by Giorgio Armani. Armani Hotels and Resorts was established in 2005 between Armani and…
I heard recently that the UKs most renowned food critic has just tried to insure his nose. I imagine this kind of thing goes on all the time: film critics insuring their eyes, music critics their ears. Being a critic is a serious job and I also intend to take it seriously: I’ve thought about…
You can stay in a hotel worse than The Empire. You’d be unlucky to stay somewhere more disappointing. The Empire is a one hundred year old legend, part of New Yorks hotelscape and it’s just had an expensive revamp. The Empire is somewhere New Yorkers hold dear they don’t want to stay there but they…