Spring Budget 2024: Tourist tax under review ahead of next week’s statement UK Politics The so-called ‘tourist tax’ is under review ahead of the Spring Budget, according to reports, indicating the Treasury could ditch the policy.
Saudis take 49 per cent stake in Rocco Forte’s luxury hotel chain HOSPITALITY Hotel chief Sir Rocco Forte has sold 49 per cent of his eponymous hotel chain to the Saudi Public Investment Fund
Fun, fun, fun on the autobahn The Porsche 911 Carrera Germany’s roadways offer the ultimate high-speed driving experience From Fawlty Towers to ‘Allo, ‘Allo!, we have a rich history of making fun of the Germans. If 1970s and 80s sitcoms are to be believed, they’re earnest, serious, ever-so-slightly humourless. Most of all, they like making rules and following them. The [...]
48 hours in… Berlin April 27, 2014 WHERE TO STAY Rocco Forte’s Hotel de Rome is located on one of the most important squares in former East Berlin. The rooms are among the most luxurious in Germany. WHERE TO EAT There are plenty of high end restaurants in Berlin like the Ganymed Brasserie (pictured) but Turkish is the cuisine that draws the [...]
Rocco Forte sales rise by a quarter February 10, 2013 Sir Rocco Forte’s hotel empire saw sales rise last year but remained in the red for a fourth consecutive year. Rocco Forte Hotels, which owns 13 luxury resorts around the world, reported a 25 per cent rise in turnover to £185m in the year to 30 April 2012 after buying a 50 per cent interest [...]
TRAVEL NOTES December 4, 2011 Anantara opens luxe resort in Koh Phangan North of Koh Samui, you’ll find Koh Phangan tucked away at the base of a lush mountain. Set amid towering coconut palms and steps from idyllic Thong Nai Pan Noi beach, the resort has 44 private pool suites and villas and an open-air spa. Snorkeling, archery, elephant trekking, [...]
TRAVEL NOTES December 19, 2010 Six Senses Laaumu Luxury spa resort company Six Senses – famed for paradisal outposts in Thailand and elsewhere in the East – will open a sensational new property in the Maldives next year (see pic), complete with a wine tower rising from the sea. The 97 villas, on the island of Olhuveli in the relatively [...]
Far from the Medina crowd November 14, 2010 MARRAKECH might not immediately spring to mind when choosing somewhere to unwind. And to be sure, its main square Jemaa el Fna delivers noise, commotion, smoke and crowds, with tourists tripping over dancing monkeys and baskets of cobras to get to their next tagine. But there’s another side to the pink city, away from the [...]