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Ask a group of travellers to choose their favourite hotel from a list and you’re likely to get different choices for lots of different reasons.

What makes one five-star hotel better than another?

Is it the décor and the quality of furnishings? Or is the feeling you’re being treated like royalty as you wander around the hotel? Perhaps it’s the combination of a stunning swimming pool and impressive spa. Or it might be something as simple as the pink rubber duck sitting on the rim of your bathtub.

A luxury experience is a combination of several things and many things combine to make a luxury hotel or travel experience special for you.

Great Rift Valley - Kenya
The duvet cover is tucked under my chin as I lie in a comfortable king-sized bed watching the sun rise above Kenya’s Great Rift Valley. The bed is on a raised platform, swathed with mosquito netting and surrounded by soothing pebbled water features. My room has few walls and no...
hongkong hotel spa 2
Feng Shui permeates every corner in this top Hong Kong spa. I’m soaking in a bubbling Jacuzzi tub, sipping on Japanese Green tea, while locked away in a private green granite spa suite. My therapist, Mei, had programmed the Jacuzzi for 30 minutes of jet-induced relaxation, after which she promised...
leela palace new delhi
Intrepid travel writer Maria Visconti experiences more than a touch of luxury while staying at Hotel Leela Palace Delhi. My Shatadbi Express from Amritsar pulls up slowly at New Delhi Central Station at midday. Based on past experience I steel myself for the scrum that will follow. The Shatadbi trains...
delhi hotel
Maria Visconti is swathed in luxury at a hotel in Delhi – Dusit Devarana. The birds are chirping and taking low sweeps over the water expanses. The greenery all around is quiet and I am the only one sitting out for breakfast under a half open pavilion with dappled light....
GoldCoast
Mention the word “party destination” and the place that pops into mind is the Gold Coast. The Queensland seaside holiday region has a buzzing night life of bars, nightclubs and music venues. And you don’t even have to set off outside your lodgings to have a great time as...

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