“The lush tropical surrounds of KK ensure the perfect healing environment to focus on your health and make informed, committed choices for your optimal wellbeing. All activities are tailored to suit the individual needs of each guest with exemplary service delivered by the enchanting staff. KK truly is the Garden of Eden. Be tempted.” Samantha Gowing, Director of Gowings Food Health Wealth pp p Kahanda Kanda, Sri Lanka’s award winning boutique hotel is offering a week’s luxurious wellness retreat. Set on a working tea estate just 30 minutes from the centre of Galle, KK is the...

Fuenso, the mother group of Hospes, transforms daily activities like sleeping, resting, eating and walking into unforgettable experiences for its guests. This time, Fuenso presents a culinary event with caviar as its leitmotif along with one of the most valued species in the world, the Riofrio reserves of Iberian sturgeon. Fuenso celebrated the first edition of  “The luxury of Granada, caviar” in 2009 at the Hospes Palacio de los Patos, creating a unique event and defining it as a clear commitment to authentic, genuine and healthy products. An unforgettable experience during which guests can...

ABode, the four star boutique hotel group member of Epoque Hotels opens its doors to Chester this Spring 2010 with a new site offering a selection of luxury rooms and suites along with choice of fine food venues, created by Michelin-starred chef, Michael Caines. The 85 room hotel, conveniently situated adjacent to Chester’s popular ‘Roodee’ racecourse offers a stylish and contemporary base for visitors to explore the city’s unique mix of Roman ruins, Gothic grandeur of Chester Cathedral as well as fabulous boutiques nested amongst The Rows, the historic two-tier shopping galleries.  Located...

LUXURY YOGA WEEKEND 26th & 27th June 2010 (2 nights / 2 days) Kahanda Kanda, Sri Lanka’s most exclusive boutique hotel is offering yet another of its’ fantastic luxury weekend yoga retreats. Set on a working tea estate just 30 minutes from the centre of Galle, KK is the perfect place for a weekend of health, peace & general well being. Yoga classes will be conducted by one of our favourite yogis, Australian Sam Whybrow. Sam teaches a Vinyasa flow style practice, an energetic form of yoga that emphasizes linking movement and breath, with a dance-like fluidity that connects the asanas. At...

Courtesy of Bentley Hotel Istanbul, here are some encouraging details about walking through the Pera (Beyoglu) & Galata districts of Istanbul. Galata was, on the north shore of the Golden Horn, a semi-independent colony of the Genoese, an Italian marine-state. In the early centuries under the Ottoman rule, the district became densely populated as the European quarter. Here the foreign merchants had their houses and their shops and here the ambassadors of the European powers built sumptuous embassies. As the time went on the confines of Galata became too narrow and crowded and the embassies...