London Luxury

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With world-famous landmarks and numerous tourist attractions, London has plenty to keep you occupied on a luxury break. If you’ve booked your flights to London, this mini-guide of what’s hot will help you plan your time. Top Ten London Luxury Hotspots Stay… In five-star luxury at the St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel Behind the fairytale façade, more »

The art of hospitality

Altstadt Vienna Matteo Thun suite-01

If Austrian boutique hotel the Altstadt Vienna were a movie star, she would be Chloe Sevigny: independent, not afraid of challenging projects and a style icon with a renowned fashion sensibility for mixing classy couture with vintage verve. Marcus Brewster walked up the red carpet to admire Vienna’s hippest hostelry I love it when hotel more »

Club Med – Ski Resort

Valmorel

A visit to the new Club Med Valmorel Ski Resort in France The cliché depiction of endless snow covered slopes with beautiful slate-roof cabins scattered between their valleys is not the usual South Africa December holiday. South Africans are sun-worshippers by nature but Natalie Hilleli puts on some thermals and discovers Club Med Valmorel, France more »

Luxury Air Travel

Virgin-Upper-Class-Bar

I often find myself surprised at the level of 5 star luxury offered by the top commercial airlines for premium air travelers comments Kevin Taylor Leading airport lounges with all of the modern-day essentials to the most comfortable in-flight ergonomics and comfort. Private air charter definitely has its positive aspects, especially in terms of time more »

Eastern Europe – European Travel with Insight Tours

Budapest

Luxury traveller Marcus Brewster discovers the past is always with you as he explores 6 Eastern European countries with Insight Coach Tours.

Luxury game reserve accommodation – Sabi Sands

Singita Boulders Lodge

Having never visited the Sabi Sands private game reserve before, Natalie Hilleli was ecstatic to spend a weekend at this luxury safari lodge Our accommodation at this private game reserve was the five-star Singita Boulders Lodge. Rooted in the earth, and sculpted to harmonise with the light of the panorama that surrounds it, Singita Boulders more »

One&Only Cape Town is No.1 Top City Hotel in Africa and the Middle East

One&Only Exterior

One&Only Cape Town has scooped the Top City Hotel in Africa & the Middle East acknowledgement in the 2012 Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards, confirming it is officially the best hotel in the region.

Tour Europe – River cruise on the Danube

Passau

Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection operate a first class vessel on the Danube River called the River Beatrice. By luxury traveller Marcus Brewster

Crazy for Cappadocia

Turkey’s Cappadocia region

Cave Hotels among the fairy chimney rock formations of Cappadocia, Turkey. If you can imagine a world of magical mushroom-shaped rock towers and hobbit-like underground cities, then you have a picture of Turkey’s Cappadocia region. Marcus Brewster and photographer Mark Leach returned spellbound

Footprints of hope – the touching tale of educating against rhino poaching in South Africa.

Gordon Gilbert, MP Black Aces, Soccer player

The plight of Africa’s beautiful rhinos is one that has gotten a lot of attention in the past year, but unfortunately concern alone will not prevent the senseless slaughtering of these defenceless creatures. By Gordon Gilbert, soccer player for the MP Black Aces