By John O’Ceallaigh For people in the luxury-travel industry in London, the capital’s Christmas season doesn’t really kick off properly until Claridge’s unveils its latest Christmas tree. Every year, the…
By John O’Ceallaigh It doesn’t happen all the time, or even frequently at all, but there are certain resorts I visit as a luxury-travel journalists that I know I’ll reference…
By John O’Ceallaigh Four Seasons is taking to the seas, with the launch of the Four Seasons Yacht. Newly announced details of the hotel group’s latest venture give a first…
With a reputation for creating fantastical and unconventional properties – see InterContinental Khao Yai Resort, Thailand’s ‘train hotel’, and Bali’s tented Capella’s Ubud, where 23 tented lodges inspired by Indonesia’s…
By John O’Ceallaigh As well as being home to many of Africa’s best resorts, Marrakech makes a great place to host a house party. In the centre of the city,…
By John O’Ceallaigh Little seems to change in Vienna, which is part of its appeal, but a welcome breakthrough was heralded this week when Rosewood Vienna became the first international-brand…
By John O’Ceallaigh Switzerland is always a spectacular place to visit, and from September there’ll be another incentive to explore one of the most beautiful parts of the country when…
By John O’Ceallaigh I can’t remember another time I’ve changed my flights back home because of how much I liked my hotel, but that’s what happened at Four Seasons Hotel…
I’ve been visiting Marrakech for years and during my most recent jaunt there last month I stayed in six of the city’s best luxury hotels, riads and resorts (and toured…
By John O’Ceallaigh In the midst of Europe’s troubling heatwave and at a time when holidaymakers of all guises are rediscovering an appreciation for transnational travel by rail, Belmond has…
