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SCHLOSS Roxburghe, a Destination by Hyatt Hotel

October 15, 2024 Our Man On The Ground 1

SCHLOSS Roxburghe is a luxury resort hotel with a spa and an 18-hole golf course in the Scottish Borders. The 300-acre estate is centred around an historic manor house. Such a building is referred to […]

Mayfair Suite bedroom at Mandarin Oriental Mayfair

Mandarin Oriental Mayfair, London

September 16, 2024 Our Man On The Ground 0

London welcomed a brand new hotel at the beginning of June with the opening of the Mandarin Oriental Mayfair in historic Hanover Square, just a stone’s throw from fashionable New Bond Street and the ever […]

Capri Tiberio Palace

June 14, 2024 Our Man On The Ground 0

Sophia Loren watched me step into and out of the shower. Grace Kelly waited for me in the bedroom. It was the first time I had spent the night with a tiger-eyed Italian temptress and […]

Rome Cavalieri, A Waldorf Astoria Hotel

May 21, 2024 Our Man On The Ground 0

The famous hotel on Rome’s highest hill but not one of its famous seven, specialises in the art of living well. The 15-acre Rome Cavalieri on top of Monte Mario (once Monte Malo – the […]

Mandarin Oriental, Singapore

January 7, 2024 Our Man On The Ground 0

The Mandarin Oriental, Singapore, is a five-star hotel close to Marina Bay. Built in 1987, the property reopened in September 2023 following major renovations. I was given a hearty welcome to the hotel by Krishan, […]

Casa de Campo Resort and Villas

October 17, 2023 Our Man On The Ground 0

A unique destination of Caribbean fun. The eleven square miles of the Dominican Republic’s Casa de Campo is home to two thousand villas where the rich and famous – think Bill Clinton, Beyonce, Justin Bieber […]

Taj Holiday Village Resort and Spa beach and pool

Taj Holiday Village Resort and Spa, Goa

February 19, 2023 Our Man On The Ground 0

Mark Nicholls heads to Goa on the western coast of India and a stay at the Taj Holiday Village Resort & Spa. The peace is palpable; just the waves crashing ashore in the distance, the […]

StolenTime by Rendezvous

December 4, 2022 Our Man On The Ground 0

St Lucia, the only country named after a woman, was fought over by the English and French and changed hands fourteen times. As a result, the official language is English but French-based Creole is spoken […]

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Hilton Seychelles Labriz Resort and Spa

June 11, 2022 Our Man On The Ground 0

The Northolme’s sister hotel, Hilton Seychelles Labriz Resort & Spa on Silhouette Island, a half an hour enclosed boat transfer from Mahé, must be one of the few luxury hotels in the world at which […]

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Hilton Seychelles Northolme Resort and Spa

June 10, 2022 Our Man On The Ground 0

James Bond creator, Ian Fleming, wrote about the Seychelles, its “palm-fringed lagoons,” “blood-heat seas paved with fish, “the drooping palms”, “giant sandragon trees,” the riot of underwater colour, sergeant majors, guitar fish, sting rays “like […]