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LUXURY TRAVEL NEWS, REVIEWS AND ADVICE

Trisara Phuket – Exclusive Special Offer Renewed until December 2025
April 11, 2024 0
For all stays until December 20th 2025, The Luxury Traveller has negotiated an amazing set of benefits at Trisara Phuket, exclusively available to our clients.

AWESOME DEAL – Free Transfers and Half Board at the Waldorf Astoria Maldives!
April 10, 2024 0
One of the best deals in the Maldives has just been renewed for most of 2024. Free yacht transfers and half board (breakfast and dinner), with Hilton Impresario benefits added on top!
REVIEW – Swan Hellenic Antarctica Cruise
March 28, 2024 0
Belmond's Hiram Bingham is a beautifully restored and maintained train, which truly immersed us in the golden age of rail travel. There is no question that the overall experience is very luxurious and that it is the ideal way to circumvent some of the more onerous government regulation, that makes visiting the citadel of Machu Picchu so complicated.
Four Seasons Yacht now bookable!
March 26, 2024 0
Auberge Hotels is offering savings of 30% on select dates through to October 31, 2024. These Black Friday rates will be bookable until November 27th and are combinable with our usual Virtuoso benefits.

HOTEL BOOKING

Our clients benefit from the best available rates on hotels, in addition to added benefits on every stay. These added benefits come at no cost to you and are entirely financed by our hotel partners.

Our bookings are always made directly with hotels, via preferred channels. This means that you can still enjoy status benefits and points earning at any hotel that offers a loyalty program.

Breakfast

Hotel credit

Room upgrades

Flexible check in/out

Select one of the options below to begin your journey with us...

EMAIL BOOKING ENQUIRY

BOOKING PORTAL

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BELMOND TRAIN BOOKING

As a Belmond Bellini Club agency we are able to offer our clients the following benefits on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, Andean Explorer, The Royal Scotsman and The Eastern and Oriental Express:

VIP welcome amenity

$100 onboard credit

(per person)

Cabin upgrades

If available on the day of departure

$500 gift voucher

Per cabin. For use on a future Belmond booking of $2,500+

For shorter day trips on the Belmond British Pullman and The Hiram Bingham we offer the below benefits:

VIP welcome amenity

$50 onboard credit

(per person)

BELMOND TRAIN BOOKING ENQUIRY

CRUISE BOOKING

Our clients benefit from the best available rates on cruises.

As a Virtuoso agency we offer a variety of different value added benefits which vary according to the cruise line and specific sailing.

Examples of possible benefits:

Complimentary speciality dining

Shipboard credit

Cabin upgrades

First to board

CRUISE BOOKING ENQUIRY

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FLIGHT REVIEWS

February 1, 2017

REVIEW – Cathay Pacific : Business Class – Singapore to Hong Kong (A330-Regional Config)

Cathay Pacific's soft product is great, the food and beverage were simple and delicious and the dessert trolley was a wonderful touch. The seats are not the best though...

January 13, 2017

REVIEW – British Airways : Club World Business Class – London Heathrow to Singapore (A380)

The beef is still inedible; the coffee is still undrinkable; aisle seats still have no privacy at all and the crew are still capable of being extremely unprofessional.

December 26, 2016

REVIEW – American Airlines : Business Class – New York JFK to London Heathrow (B77W)

I compared like-for-like. Business class on the 777 with the two joint venture partners that fly the London to New York route.The result was highly damning for BA. The experience on AA was better in just about every way imaginable.

HOTEL REVIEWS

January 6, 2021

REVIEW – Qatar Airways : Q Suites – B777/A350 – Malé (MLE) to London (LHR) – [COVID-era]

Whilst BA has gone down the route of creating additional plastic waste and reducing the quality of wine on board, Qatar has instead opted to give full bottles of sanitiser to passengers in addition to providing them all with face shields, gloves and face masks.

December 30, 2020

REVIEW – British Airways : First Class Suites – B777 – London (LHR) to Malé (MLE) – [COVID-era]

I was curious to see the new First Class cabin in the flesh and when you compare it to the 14 seat cabins that previously graced the 777 this is clearly a superior product. The doors are actually the least exciting change in my mind. I can see the business logic for installing them but in reality they make little difference to the overall experience.

December 9, 2020

REVIEW – Four Seasons Dubai at Jumeirah Beach

My main takeaway with this property is that it looks and feels so much better in person that the pictures on the Four Seasons website would imply. It is also a hell of a lot busier than I would have imagined. There's a real scene here, even during COVID. For some people that may be off putting but if you enjoy the buzz of having various bars and restaurants right on your doorstep then this is the hotel for you.