Alphonse Island’s Azure Spa is the Seychelles’ new health hotspot
A range of health and beauty therapies are available at Alphonse Island’s new wellbeing sanctuary Alphonse Island, Seychelles, is known for its peace and tranquillity and January 2018 sees the island...
View ArticleThe Tongsai Bay, Thailand, replaces plastic straws with lemongrass
A Thai resort has successfully replaced damaging plastic straws with a greener alternative: lemongrass stalks The Tongsai Bay, Koh Samui, Thailand, has eliminated all plastic and paper straws from its...
View ArticleIs VitaDrip the elixir of life?
Emelia Hamilton-Russell gets hooked up to a VitaDrip as she goes in search of the ultimate spring pick-me-up ‘Just relax, I’ll be in and out,’ says the nurse, slender, clear-eyed and shiny haired as...
View ArticleReview: The Marylebone
Christopher Jackson finds much to enjoy at the Marylebone – another excellent offering by the Doyle Collection If I were forced to name my least favourite street in London I would answer without, I...
View ArticleReview: Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa, Bath
The timeless aesthetics of this 18th century enclave provides urban dwellers with a much needed escape, writes Edwin Smith As a Londoner, or, for that matter, an inhabitant of any western ‘world city’...
View ArticleRoyal Savoy launches Swiss wellness retreat in Lausanne
Escape to a new luxury wellness sanctuary on Lake Geneva Escape to Europe’s wellness paradise on a clean city break to Lausanne this year. Royal Savoy Hotel & Spa has launched a Spa du Royal offer...
View ArticleThe new Six Senses Duxton gives Singapore a ‘retro’ refresh
As someone who has visited Singapore at various stages in its development, Andrew Harris is impressed by the speed at which the city-state is changing I must be onto at least my third, or even fourth...
View ArticleReview: Bulgari Hotel, Shanghai
The new hotel from the Italian jewellery brand is a tranquil oasis set in Shanghai’s frantic heart, says Chris Allsop Muscling into the crowded luxury hotel market colonising the banks of the Huangpu...
View ArticleReview: La Réserve, Paris
The hospitality of a Palace hotel near the Champs-Élysées leaves one with hauntingly beautiful memories of Paris, writes Rasika Sittamparam I couldn’t remember a time I yearned to be surrounded by the...
View ArticleDecember PPFM – everything to see, spend and do
Pinch Punch First of the Month: Six things to see, spend and do over the next 30 days. Edited by Emelia Hamilton-Russell See: Roma Children of Men and Gravity director Alfonso Cuarón’s latest film is...
View ArticleWhy HNWs are looking for ‘spirituality’ on holiday – Lucia van der Post
The world’s rich are seeking something spiritual from their free time – something that material wealth can’t bring them, writes Lucia van der Post It may seem most improbable that those whose idea of a...
View ArticleWhy medispas are taking over the world of wellness
Medispas have melded the worlds of medicine and spas to create enviable all-round wellness centres, writes Jo Foley Medispa is a word that has slithered into the wellness lexicon and brought a world of...
View ArticleAre ‘gong baths’ the solution to our stresses?
As sound healing grows in popularity, more and more people are turning to gong baths to relieve stress, writes Jo Foley If the planets made music, it might well sound like the noise emanating from the...
View ArticleThis Chelsea clinic’s ‘sci-fi-sounding’ therapies are used by CEOs
This Chelsea clinic is doing healthcare with a twist Described by the Daily Mail, no less, as ‘the world’s most exclusive invitation-only aesthetic clinic’, LMS Wellness in Chelsea is also a pioneer in...
View ArticleInside the £109,000 a week luxury Swiss rehab clinic
The Kusnacht Practice in Switzerland takes the notion of a high-net-worth health retreat to another level, with a price tag to match You are seated on a sofa in your private villa on the shores of Lake...
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