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We take a look at where your clients might like to invest some of their travel cash this summer – and round-up some trend-setting ideas and places they might like to visit author: April Hutchinson
£90 Sporting chance The Pheasant, a pub-with-rooms near Hungerford and overlooking Lambourn Valley, aka the Valley of the Racehorse, has had a stylish rebirth with 11 rooms designed by Flora Soames, from £90 B&B,
thepheasant-inn.co.uk
£250 Take a sip Villa Spalletti Trivelli in Rome has a Town and Country package, including lunch at the family’s vineyard, Pomario, 1.5 hours from Rome and a shopping trip to the Brunello Cucinelli Cashmere Outlet for €325 (room cost additional),
villaspalletti.it
£700 Summer Odyssey Hotel Metropole Monte Carlo’s Deluxe Suite Experience package marks the summer reopening of Odyssey, its poolside restaurant and bar with mural designed by Karl Lagerfeld; two nights from approx. £700, including helicopter transfer from Nice,
metropole.com
£6,075 Going wild TV nature expert Steve Backshall will host a nine-day Big Cats & Great Migration Safari to the Masai Mara with Natural World Safaris next year, natural
worldsafaris.com
£24,248 Excess baggage It’s the ultimate luxury car – now Rolls-Royce owners can have matching luggage designed to fit perfectly into the luggage compartment of a Rolls-Royce Wraith. £24,248 gets you two Grand Tourer valises, three Long Weekender bags and a Garment Carrier, rolls-
roycemotorcars.com
£61,000 All yours Enjoy Belle Epoque glamour on the French Riviera at renovated Le Beauvallon, now an exclusive-use residence with 42 bedrooms, private beach club, half Olympic-sized pool and boat for transfers to St Tropez (price is per night), parkviewprivate
collection.com
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All about Uganda Expect to see more about Uganda, as the country has hired Kamageo to “relaunch” the country, with “the first true PR and marketing campaign in the UK”. The focus will be on its 10 national parks, including Bwindi Impenetrable Forest – home to mountain gorillas –
outstanding birding and adventure,
kamageo.com
Say hi to hula Burning up to 600 calories an hour, hula-hooping’s famous fans include Liv Tyler, Emma Stone, and Beyonce – now The Berkeley’s rooftop HulaFit masterclasses are back in London; a class of 60 minutes each Wednesday costs £65, hulahoop@
the-berkeley.co.u.
Hola to health Viceroy Zihuatanejo has a new Vegan Market excursion with chef Eduardo Avila; guests enjoy a healthy vegan lunch back on the beach after the tour.
viceroyhotelsandresorts.com
Hit the beach in Paris Le Meurice has added a beach area into the terrace of Spa Valmont – La Plage is available until July 15, including cocktails at the pop-up bar by Bar 228 and summer-focused treatments,
lemeurice.com
Beat a path to Brooklyn The William Vale, an 183-room hotel with pool in Williamsburg (
thewilliamvale.com) opens July 11; also coming is The Williamsburg (
thewilliamsburghotel.com), with 150 rooms designed by Michaelis Boyd Studio.
Join the jet set It’s all about private jet
tours these days – with Aman, Four Seasons, Abercrombie & Kent and now andBeyond offering exclusive trips. AndBeyond Private Jet Expeditions will offer whistlestop tours of some of Africa’s most incredible places from next
year,
andBeyond.com
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