Spellbound in the Côte d’Azur
If articulated with a French accent, Château glides off the tongue nicely and Saint-Martin lands with a rich plop – an aural delight. Having recently visited the five-star property, I promise it is every bi...
New Pullman hotel opens in Shanghai
The Accor group has announced the opening of Pullman Shanghai South, the second Pullman hotel in Shanghai and its 15th in China.
Perfectly located, the hotel caters to every need of today’s sophist...
Sofitel celebrates its 50th anniversary
The Sofitel hotel group celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2014. Being a French company, the three core themes running through the entire celebrations are very appropriately - design, gastronomy and culture.
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Are you experienced?
When people talk of Hollywood and LA, the standard and quality of luxury hotels is very high and I can safely say that the London West Hollywood hotel occupies the pinnacle of this. Situated in a quiet loca...
Love is in the air at Langham Place
At the heart of downtown Hong Kong, multicultural Mongkok is labelled the busiest district in the world. Among the bustle and prominence of countless skyscrapers, the presence of one skyscraper stands alone.
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Sleepless in St Moritz
Having only been on skiing holidays with my father – an excellent skier but not one for the luxury trappings that accompany it – I discovered there was a great deal about the ski holiday I had been missing ...
The gift is in the journey
Mr Grumpy hates shopping, specifically the Christmas shopping list and the New Year sales. I have always had to do all the gathering and face the crush of shoppers on Oxford Street alone. So this year I con...
Luxury Link Travel Group Launches In The UK
The Luxury Link Travel Group has recently launched its award-winning travel website in the UK. Based in the US and already recognised as one of the world’s leading luxury travel websites, sophisticated travelle...
East meets West
Rue Saint-Honoré is one of the Glass team’s favourite streets in Paris – filled with stores we love, chocolatiers we crave and boulangeries we miss. Perfect for us then that the Mandarin Oriental group have...
Oklahoma City rises again
The first time I boarded an American Airlines flight from Dallas to Oklahoma City eight years ago, it was half empty and exclusively full of men, rugged faces mostly hidden behind dusty ten gallon hats. Eac...
Still got it: Cannes
Playing host to numerous arts festivals held in and around the sun-drenched La Croisette, Cannes has sustained an undisputed reputation as the French Riviera’s most glamorous and popular hotspots. Not surpr...
Sloane Street celebrates the beauty of bespoke
Drowning under today’s fast-fashion culture of clothing consumption, we learn to truly appreciate the beauty of a personal piece. A made-to-measure item is a rare gem which commands admiration. This year, such ...
Christmas in the Cameron Highlands
It's a cool November evening in the Cameron Highlands and Christmas has come early. We are gathered around the piano in the festive warmth of the Jim Thompson Tea Room, at the luxury Cameron Highlands Resor...
Devastating charm
When one thinks of staying in London, spacious and comfortable are not necessarily the adjectives one would use to describe most accommodation. The myhotel Chelsea, however, seems out to change all that, ma...
La Belle Epoque
As we landed in Geneva, ready to make the one hour drive to the Du Parc Residences, we were grimly informed by the Captain to expect rain. This wasn't actually delivered until the following day, but mattere...
Let nature do as she wants
On the craggy ridge of a moor, our ghillie Innes inches along the sodden ground with his elbows, his belly dragging through inhospitable growth. The glen is scattered with dark mounds, temporary shelters of...
Europe’s Finest
Whether you’re looking for the best in culinary expertise, the coolest scene in town or just a place to rest your weary head, Glass lists five favourite hotels to visit on the continent
For design: Sofit...
Secret gardens
Closeted away in a sleepy little street in Nîmes, Southern France, lies one of the most original and truly “boutique” hotels you will ever lay eyes on – Jardins Secrets. On entering the Provençal garden, whic...
Three perfect days in Paris 6eme Rive Gauche – day three
The morning began with a fresh coffee and oeuf au jambon at Bistrot Mazarin, next to La Palette, where we met Sebastiano Varoli. A curator with a very different perspective on how art should be exhibited, b...
Vauxhall Motors and Katy England present – Made in England
In celebration of 110 years of car manufacturing, Vauxhall Motors has commissioned one of the world’s leading fashion stylists Katy England to create a short film, exploring all that is great about British styl...
Tel Aviv City Guide
Israel is a land of contradictions and Tel Aviv, its most cosmopolitan city, is no exception. One of the most striking things about Tel Aviv is its newness. A little over a century ago, a group of Jewish famil...