Shake Your Own – Martini Masterclass

The bar renowned for the best Martini in town, the Dukes Hotel in London is giving a Martini Masterclass. Hosted by the hotel’s barman you can learn the secret ingredients and techniques behind the perfect cocktail.

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The classes will be held  on the last Saturday of each month, the class, complete with anecdotes about each cocktail will enable you to  mix and taste your  own martinis and sample the canapés in Dukes Bar.

New Spa – Dorchester Spa

Designed by the award-winning  consultancy Fox Linton in 1930s style  the Dorchester Spa consists of nine treatment rooms.

With single-sex changing rooms, a manicure and pedicure suite and a relaxation room   you could be anywhere but London.

Next to the Spa there’s a  gym, hair salon and barbers and for a bite to eat despues try The Spatisserie for afternoon teas, light lunches or for Spa users Champagne and Spa cocktails.

Luxury Pilot Trolley Luggage

This collection of travel luggage from Couture Lab is just stunning.

The leather pilot trolley comes in a fabulous range of colours for every oufit variation, honey above, cognac, brown, black and red. Travel in style with this gorgeous pull-along trolley that measures 46  x 37  x 24 cm.

New London Sanctum Soho Hotel

The new Sanctum Soho Hotelby Design Hotels  is scheduled to open its doors  in March. This transformation of two Victorian townhouses into a 30-room property  in West London’s Soho is sure to please.

Sanctum Soho Hotel London

Sanctum Soho Hotel London

With a 45-seater underground cinema  and a private rooftop garden this could become the in-place for private parties and sports fans will revel in the health and fitness center – The Third Space.

Xavier Pick artwork will festoon the lobby and along with the two fireplaces everyone is sure to find something to their taste.

From mod-trendy rooms to the Garden Loft Suite which   can be reserved with the rooftop bar and part of the terrace.

Luxury 5* Apartments, St. Ives, Cornwall

Sail Lofts Apartments in St Ives, Cornwall have just undergone a £1.5 million re-building and furnishing project. They now have 12 luxury apartments for rent only 20 metres from Porthmeor Beach.
What a View!

What a View!

 

Sail Lofts are located in St. Ives, the Cornish fishing village known as ‘Downlong’ which is a designated Conservation Area and an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Cornwall was in a recent survey voted as the top British Holiday Destination, it came second for Best Accommodation and Food and third for the Friendliest Locals.

Offering 3 – 1 bedroom apartments, 5 – 2 bedroom and 3 – 3/4 bedroom apartments  – who could resist that view and of course the Tate gallery on your doorstep.

Luxury Travel Advisor Awards of Excellence

London came out tops or should I say The Dorchester came out top in the Luxury Travel Advisor Awards of Excellence, the awards were announced to a group to Luxury travel professionals at the Four Seasons Hotel, Las Vegas.

Nominees for the awards were selected by the Luxury Travel Advisor Nomination board and the and winners were voted for by the Luxury Travel Advisor readers.

Best City Center Hotel Spa Worldwide
The Spa at The Dorchester, London

Top Luxury Suite in a Hotel/Resort Worldwide
The Dorchester, Royal Penthouse Suite, London

Best City Center Luxury Hotel in Europe
Claridge’s, London
The Dorchester, London
The Lanesborough, London

These weren’t the only hotels in their category but I’ve chosen to record only the English ones.

For the full list of results see Travel Advisor.

New Luxury Design Hotel in Edinburgh – Hotel Missoni

Hotel Missoni, due to open in May 2009, is one of the first city-center and resort hotels from  the Hotel Missoni portfolio a joint colloboration between the  Italian fashion and interior label Missoni and the Rezidor Hotel Group – a spot of luxury in the heart of the city.

Hotel Missoni Edinburgh is a 136-room hotel on the city’s Royal Mile. Awaiting the latest updates and photos to post.

Luxury City Break in the Georgian Bath House Hotel

For a spot of relaxation in Bath’s Royal Crescent experience a night or two of English elegance in this Georgian hotel, a mid-terrace honey-coloured quartet of houses full of style and character.

This 45 room hotel, has 14 suites and full use of The Bath House Spa with pool, gym and exercise studio, right in the heart of the historic quarter. Shop, relax and dine in splendour.

Mess about on the water with the hotel’s 1920s river launch, take a hot-air balloon ride or just spend an afternoon playing croquet in the acre of private grounds.

Complete with chauffeur and butler service it’s an ideal location for a wedding party.

Bath House, Royal Crescent

Bath House, Royal Crescent

The Royal Crescent Hotels award-winning Dower House Restaurant serves Modern British cuisine.

This is one of the many fabulous hotels in the Mr & Mrs Smith collection.

Classic 5-piece Luggage Set

Don’t be caught short with your luggage this Autumn, see the new 5-piece luggage set from CoutureLab Uk

 

 

10 British Hotels with Great Cuisine

The editor of the Mr & Mrs Smith guides, Rufus Purdy has picked ten British hotels that offer great gastronomy.

The Peacock at Rowsley, Peak District, England
Pool House, Wester Ross, Scotland
Tuddenham Mill, Suffolk, England
Whatley Manor, Cotswolds, England
The Wheatsheaf, Northeast Somerset, England
Gidleigh Park, Devon, England
Hipping Hall, Lake District, England
Hurst House on the Marsh, Carmarthen Bay, Wales
The Miller of Mansfield, Berkshire, England
Chewton Glen, Hampshire, England

For more information on these hotels, to book or to see other hotels in the collection see the Mr & Mrs Smith website.

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