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BVIs WELCOMES NEW VI AIRLINK SERVICE
The British Virgin Islands is to become more accessible from the end of October with a new service connecting Antigua and Beef Island. Operated by VI Airlink, the flights will operate two days a week on Fridays and Saturdays – from £249 return – scheduled to connect with the British Airways and Virgin Atlantic flights to and from Gatwick. Agents can access fares and make reservations on all GDSs with the flight prefix YO.
‘FIRST FIVE-STARBOUTIQUE’ OPENS IN MADRID
Billed as Madrid’s first five-star boutique hotel, Urso opened earlier this month. The hotel is within a 19th-century building between Chamberis, Tribunal and Chueca areas of town and is the sister hotel to Cap Rocat and Torralbenc in the Balearics. Urso sticks with hotelier Pablo Carrington’s idea of simple luxury and has the new Barcelo food market on its doorstep and a signature spa by Natura Bissé inside. Cold cuts and Iberico ham will be served from the market opposite the hotel and a local pastry shop will supply cakes and
bread. One night’s B&B costs from €200.
HOTELURSO.COM
SLH PAMPERS TO DOG OWNERS’ DEMANDS
Dog owners are demanding caviar and blueberry facials for their pooches, a survey by Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) has revealed. SLH spoke to 8,000 people worldwide with 15.1% revealing they would be willing to pay a supplement for their pets to be pampered, with the top items including luxury bedding, food and grooming. Chinese owners were the most demanding, asking for pata negra ham, caviar and a sausage dog girlfriend. Suggestions from US travellers included blueberry facials and bird-watching at a zoo for their cat. SLH has since introduced a number of pet-friendly packages at Lainston House Hotel in Winchester, The Raithwaite Estate in North
Yorkshire and Hoteldorf Grüner Baum in Austria.
SLH.COM
MALDIVES HOTEL INTRODUCES DIVE BUTLERS
Cheval Blanc Randheli in the Maldives has introduced dive butlers to the resort. The hotel has a marine biologist in residence who looks after the house reef and coral. Sarah Kompatscher is also a qualified Padi divemaster so can take guests out to learn about the aquatic world, play a part in the preservation of the reef and help collect data such as numbers of turtles, manta rays and sharks. Guests can join group dives or organise a bespoke excursion with their dive butler
that is tailored to experience levels.
RANDHELI.CHEVALBLANC.COM
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