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HOTELS, RESORTS & SPAS HOME-GROWN DESTINATIONS


Growing trend


Home-grown goodies can be a key selling point for a hotel stay, writes Laura French


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here’s a curious trend taking over the hotel world, and it’s nothing to do with virtual reality headsets or robot butlers. In fact, it’s quite the opposite – edible gardens and on-site farms that hark back to the days when home-grown produce was all the rage. From cocktails made with home-farmed mangos to chocolate, gin, honey and organic spa treatments produced from scratch, it’s not just a case of chucking a few leeks and tomato plants into the garden – these hotels are getting inventive. It’s part of a wider response to a trend


Agreco Farm, Crete


towards healthy, locally sourced produce, and interest is on the up. “These activities are more in demand than ever from guests including couples, groups and families,” says Marina Papatsoni, who has worked with The Westin Resort, Costa Navarino, in Greece, which offers various farm- to-table experiences from its vegetable garden. “Clients are looking to learn more about the destination they are visiting and to immerse themselves in the culinary traditions of the region.” So use our handpicked guide (excuse the pun) to get some inspiration on where to send gastronomy-loving, nature-seeking guests, and see your commission grow too.


17 August 2017 travelweekly.co.uk 51


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