Travel - The Glass Magazine

Rome comes alive with exclusive cinematic tour

May 19, 2014

Art, Culture, Don't Miss: Film, Europe, Feature, Italy, News, Travel

Rome Cavalieri, Waldorf Astoria Hotels and Resorts, has created a brand new cinematic tour, featuring the most iconic and picturesque historic Roman landmarks, as featured in the 2014 Oscar award-winning movie...

A sojourn in Sardinia

Viola Levy

May 19, 2014

Beauty, Culture, Design, Destination Spas, Dining, Drinks, Europe, Fashion, Feature, Food & Drink, Glass Design, Italy, News, Shopping Guide, Travel

If you feel your life is somewhat lacking in the romance stakes, an Italian trip abroad might be just what is in order. But if the bustling cities and tourist hotspots of the mainland aren’t your firs...

The magic of La Mamounia

Amanda Bernstein

May 12, 2014

Feature, Rest Of The World, Travel

There are five star hotels the world over. And then there is La Mamounia. An oasis of tranquility, sophistication and luxury amongst the hustle, bustle and excitement of this age-old Moroccan city –...

Escape to Ireland

Sean Sheehan

April 28, 2014

Dining, Europe, Feature, Ireland, Travel, United Kingdom

Dotted across Ireland are grand houses built by the recipients of land handouts when Oliver Cromwell dispossessed the original Irish owners and rewarded his own officers. The new landlords evolved into a cl...

Chiltern Street – London’s hottest strip

Annie Fong

April 14, 2014

Culture, Culture of Commerce, Dining, Drinks, Europe, Fashion, Feature, Food & Drink, London, Shopping Guide, Travel

It's always a pleasure to explore Marylebone’s charming streets and stumble upon a hidden gem like Chiltern Street. Recognised as a highly desirable address, ever so quietly assured of it’s own class, style, an...

Park Hyatt New York announces summer opening

Amanda Bernstein

April 9, 2014

America, Culture, New York, News, Travel

Park Hyatt New York is scheduled to open in summer 2014 and will become the flagship hotel of the globally recognised Park Hyatt brand. Perfectly located in Midtown at 153 West 57th Street between Sixth Aven...

Plisskën festival 2014 line up announced

Xenia Founta

March 25, 2014

Culture, Feature, Food & Drink, Music, News, Travel

The line-up for Plissken music festival 2014 has just been announced. The annual festival, held in Athens, features a wide array of various music genres and aims to bring eclectic artists to Greece. The music e...

Magical Madrid

Nicola Kavanagh

March 25, 2014

Europe, Feature, Spain, Travel

Madrid is one of the few European cities that has succeeded in retaining the overwhelming charm and authenticity of its mother culture – as the Spanish are wont to do so valiantly. Indeed, they ar...

Self-conscious

Xenia Founta

March 12, 2014

Avant Art, Culture, Feature, Greece

This month the Frances Rich School of Fine Art and Performing Arts of DEREE, in Athens present a unique and very topical exhibition related to the pervasiveness of technological media in our lives. The e...

Waldorf Astoria opens in Beijing

Amanda Bernstein

March 1, 2014

Asia, Beijing, Culture, Design, Feature, Glass Design, News, Travel

Hilton Worldwide and Waldorf Astoria Hotels and Resorts have announced the opening of Waldorf Astoria Beijing, the second Waldorf Astoria hotel in China. The hotel offers 176 luxuriously appointed guest room...

New Pullman hotel opens in Vietnam

Amanda Bernstein

February 22, 2014

Asia, Culture, News, Travel, Vietnam

Pullman, Accor’s upscale international brand, has announced the opening of its third hotel in Vietnam, the Pullman Saigon Centre, which is strategically located in the heart Ho Chi Minh City. The hotel boasts m...

Your very own piece de resistance

Nico Kos Earle

February 17, 2014

Belgium, Culture, Dining, Europe, Feature

The Belgians really love their food. Brussels’ proximity to its gastronomic neighbour Lilles, just half an hour by train, seems to have spurred the city on to strive for higher culinary standards. Per capit...

Spellbound in the Côte d’Azur

Erika Soliven

February 12, 2014

Europe, Feature, France, Travel

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

Amanda Bernstein

February 10, 2014

Asia, China, Dining, News, Travel

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

Amanda Bernstein

February 6, 2014

Culture, Europe, France, News, Travel

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. ...

Are you experienced?

Ben Slater

February 5, 2014

America, California, Dining, Feature, Travel

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

Georgia Leefe

February 4, 2014

Asia, Culture, Dining, Hong Kong, News, Travel

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. ...

Sleepless in St Moritz

Viola Levy

January 22, 2014

Europe, Feature, Switzerland, Travel

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

Nico Kos Earle

January 14, 2014

Europe, Feature, Travel, Turkey

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

Amanda Bernstein

January 13, 2014

News, Travel, United Kingdom

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

Nicola Kavanagh

January 13, 2014

Europe, Feature, Paris, Travel

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...