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Olivia Greenway looks back over 40 years of buying and selling houses

SLH is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2015. It has 520 hotels in its portfolio and is growing every year.   During his address to journalists at the International Luxury Travel Market in Cannes before our meeting, Paul Kerr stressed the importance of brand with the disappearance of independence – this is especially noticeable in

The multi-talented and lovely Joanne Mallon has tagged me in the writer’s blog hop. This involves answering a few questions about how and what I write, then passing it on to a few more writers-who-blog.   First of all, I hold my hands up to say I’m not the best travel blogger. I don’t post

Choosing a hotel for a city trip is fraught with problems. I don’t want something too small, too cruddy, too expensive, too noisy or too out of the way. We hit the jackpot on our recent working trip to Paris, staying at the Sofitel La Defense for five nights.   The Sofitel La Defense is

It is perfectly reasonable if you are thinking of booking a stay in a luxury hotel to ask to see a guest room.  Hotels are usually more than happy to do this, perhaps showing you several rooms so you can decide whether the room is big enough, the extra money for a suite is worth

The Lowe Alpine backpack is small enough to take on day trips, yet large enough and with six compartments of different sizes to hold all your essentials, a common failing with cheaper bags.  Made of durable and sponge clean material, it will survive a short rain shower too. It’s well made and is unlikely to