Serenity and decadence at Dubai’s hottest new hotel June 12, 2011 DUBAI seems an unlikely place for a relaxing holiday at first. Even 2,700 feet up, at the top of the Burj Khalifa tower, the whirr of cranes and speeding Jeeps in every direction makes the sea view throb with activity. My guide points past the hollow half-built skyscrapers jutting across the city skyline to the [...]
THINK ROOMS… with LateRooms.com June 12, 2011 AL BUSTAN ROTANA 5* Casablanca Road | Al Garhoud | Dubai | 30880 Taste the kind of luxury Dubai is renowned for at the sumptuous Al Bustan Rotana. The impressive lobby sets the scene here with its striking Gazebo café, before giving way to a hotel full of deluxe delights. There are five restaurants to [...]
TRAVEL NOTES June 12, 2011 READING ROOM AT W HOTEL Talk about intellectual stimulation. This month W London – Leicester Square is introducing The (W)riters’ Library (right) an oasis of literary calm for guests with books curated by journalist and playwright Damian Barr. Barr has tapped ten of his favourite authors including Bret Easton Ellis, David Nicholls, Geoff Dyer, Naomi [...]
Cars, horses, glamour: a glorious summer awaits at Goodwood June 12, 2011 IN his famous song the Stately Homes of England, Noel Coward noted of the nation’s country piles that “the fact that they have to be rebuilt / And frequently mortgaged to the hilt… certainly damps the fun / Of the eldest son…” Try telling that to Charles Gordon-Lennox, eldest son of the 10th Duke of [...]
Canford Cliffs looks the best bet of the meeting June 12, 2011 OAKSEY House in Lambourn was the venue for one of only a handful of Royal Ascot preview evenings and the event was staged to raise money for the Injured Jockeys Fund. The six-strong panel was expertly marshalled by Channel Four Racing’s Tanya Stevenson and included current and former jockeys Richard Hughes, John Reid and Luke [...]
Overseas raiders ready to take Ascot by storm June 12, 2011 THIS year’s Royal Ascot will be more cosmopolitan and international than ever before with the arrival of arguably the strongest raiding party ever assembled. Tomorrow’s King’s Stand Stakes, possibly the world’s premier five furlong sprint, is packed full of horses from around the globe. The Barry Hills-trained Equiano broke a five-year sequence of non-British trained [...]
Button joy at greatest career win June 12, 2011 ● McLaren driver snatches victory on last lap ● Button wins despite clash with Hamilton ● Hamilton labelled ‘completely mad’ by Lauda BRITAIN’S Jenson Button toasted his finest ever win after putting a clash with team-mate Lewis Hamilton behind him to snatch a dramatic victory in a chaotic Canadian Grand Prix. The McLaren driver capitalised [...]
United fans urge Glazers to favour London listing June 12, 2011 MANCHESTER UNITED supporters have welcomed suggestions the club could be floated by its owners the Glazer family – but want any listing to take place in London rather than Hong Kong. Bankers are said to have told the Glazers that the Premier League champions could be valued at as much as £1.7bn if listed in [...]
Murray’s Queen’s hopes washed away June 12, 2011 BRITISH No1 Andy Murray will look to crown his Wimbledon preparations by claiming the AEGON Championship this afternoon after yesterday’s final at Queen’s Club was delayed by persistent rain. Murray is due to face Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at 12:30pm in his last competitive match before the season’s third grand slam gets underway a few miles [...]
Gazidis to feel heat of Usmanov’s blast June 12, 2011 ARSENAL chief executive Ivan Gazidis is facing a grilling from disgruntled fans tonight after Alisher Usmanov, the club’s second largest shareholder, turned up the heat on the board. Gazidis (below right), who is hosting a question and answer session with the Arsenal Supporters’ Trust, was already set for a mixed reception amid increasing criticism from [...]
