Ashleigh Jacobs - The Glass Magazine

A Magical Irish Retreat at Ashford Castle

April 13, 2026

Europe, Feature, Ireland, Travel, United Kingdom

OUR journey begins with a smooth 50-minute drive from Knock Airport, a small yet efficient gateway that makes reaching the west of Ireland effortless. We glide through misty country roads in a silent electric ...

Love In The Air at Shangri-La The Shard

Ashleigh Jacobs

October 27, 2025

Europe, Feature, London, Travel, United Kingdom

DESPITE living a stone’s throw away, we’d never made it to Shangri-La The Shard. It’s one of those landmarks you admire from afar, always meaning to visit but never quite getting around to it. So when the ...

Glass enjoys a memorable stay in Courchevel at Hotel Barrière Les Neiges

Ashleigh Jacobs

June 30, 2025

Europe, Feature, France, Travel

EMBARKING on a winter escapade, our stay at Hotel Barrière Les Neiges Courchevel commences with a chauffeur-driven ride from Geneva Airport, winding through the majestic mountain landscapes overlooking Lake Ge...

A Hidden Gem in the Heart of Chelsea: 11 Cadogan Gardens

Ashleigh Jacobs

June 23, 2025

Europe, Travel, United Kingdom

TUCKED behind Sloane Street in the heart of Chelsea, 11 Cadogan Gardens feels like a grand countryside manor—yet it’s right in the centre of London. From the moment we arrived, it felt as though we had escaped...

Glass finds all year-round bliss at the Kulm Hotel St. Moritz

Ashleigh Jacobs

June 23, 2025

Europe, Feature, Switzerland, Travel

JOHANNES Badrutt, the founder of St Moritz’s Kulm Hotel, had one ambition: to attract guests during both the summer and winter seasons. It began with a wager – if guests visited during the summer and were diss...

Glass gets that east meets west feeling at Swissotel Nankai

Ashleigh Jacobs

May 19, 2025

Asia, Feature, Japan, Travel

LOCATED conveniently above Namba train station in Osaka’s Namba district is Swissotel Nankai, a luxury establishment that prides itself on its fusion of Swiss hospitality and Japanese design. Prestige ...

Glass arrives in the balmy island of Bermuda

Ashleigh Jacobs

March 13, 2023

Feature, Rest of America, Travel

IT'S AS if I’ve stepped back in time as I arrive in Bermuda from my non-stop flight from London. Situated in the North Atlantic, about 1,000 miles north of the Caribbean, its affluence is immediately ev...

Glass has a good time in Geneva, Switzerland

Ashleigh Jacobs

October 31, 2022

Feature, Switzerland, Travel

I’VE ARRIVED into Geneva, the second largest city in Switzerland. The gateway to the Alps for winter-sports enthusiasts, Geneva is also famed for dramatic views of Mont Blanc and the dominating eponymous Lake. ...

Glass steps in to a magical city at The Alpina Gstaad, Switzerland

Ashleigh Jacobs

January 17, 2022

Feature, Travel

THE APPROACH to The Alpina Gstaad is through an pitch-dark underground tunnel which leads onto a carriage driveway. It feels like I am in a scene cut from a James Bond movie set with the line-up of shiny superc...

Glass indulges in a week of complete relaxation at the Six Senses Fiji resort

Ashleigh Jacobs

August 10, 2020

Feature, Travel

SIX Senses Fiji is located among The Mamanuca Islands, an archipelago of 20 tiny palm-fringed islands, with water as clear as glass besides acres of vegetation as green as a freshly mowed lawn, and is...

Glass relaxes on the well-heeled, whitewashed island of Mykonos

Ashleigh Jacobs

July 8, 2019

Europe, Feature, Greece, Travel

FOR decades Mykonos has been known as a glamorous destination that attracts the world’s wealthy and famous. Over the last few years this idyllic island has become a sun-kissed hotspot for thousands of fashionab...

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