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6 days ago | 
yahoo.com | Tristan Rutherford
Sited on a coral atoll, with six sandy swooshes of beach, Hilton Maldives Amingiri Resort & Spa fits anyone’s idea of paradise. Curving wooden jetties lead to cabanas built on stilts above the Indian Ocean. Equally joyous is the transfer from airport to island. A resort speedboat zips for 20 minutes across aquamarine shallows, under which whale sharks, giant mantas and 1,000 other sea life species play. It’s paradise found. Yet Amingiri is special even among the 1,192 islands of the Maldives.
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6 days ago | 
yahoo.com | Tristan Rutherford
Athiti Moungthong (“Aon” to his friends) lets his food do the talking. In his open kitchen at Waldorf Astoria Bangkok, the unassuming head chef conducts a silent orchestra of Thai sous-chefs. Egos are for Netflix. Here, guests can view a real-life culinary drama while sipping Thai-inspired cocktails such as komen (a blend of Phraya rum, Silpin tamarind syrup and Kopi vermouth) as woks are fired up to full power. The restaurant at the Waldorf is called Front Room for a reason.
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1 week ago | 
lapatiala.com | Tristan Rutherford
Yachts Whether you’re new to the world of yacht charters or planning your next expedition, you’ll find the best yacht charter destinations here. Chartering a yacht used to be simple: the South of France in summer, followed by the Caribbean in winter. Today, there’s a wide variety of yacht-charter destinations to choose from.
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2 weeks ago | 
thetimes.com | Tristan Rutherford
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3 weeks ago | 
weather2travel.com | Tristan Rutherford
Three words: Spoilt. For. Choice. Any holidaymaker forced to choose between Dalaman and Antalya, Turkey's top beach hotspots, has it easy.
Both destinations are encircled by sandy beaches that are great for watersports, entertainment and family fun. Both are blessed by endless sun. Here's the best news: Turkey has raised its holiday game. Next-level hotels feature spas, gyms and kids' clubs as standard, all at lower prices than anywhere else in the Mediterranean.
But which one's for you?
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1 month ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Tristan Rutherford
Longer than the Titanic, the Ulyssia offers super-rich residents a neighbourhood on sea In four years' time, owners will pick up their keycards to the most novel apartment block on earth. Far more than just a cruise ship, Ulyssia is a residential superyacht measuring over 1,000ft long - longer than the Titanic - that promises the height of luxury for those who live aboard.
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1 month ago | 
lapatiala.com | Tristan Rutherford
Yachts Here, you’ll find the answers to all your questions about yacht charters, starting with the most basic one: What is yachting? Yacht charters are enjoying an unprecedented boom. In 2024, bookings in the 150-foot-plus category — most of these yachts costing $200,000 per week or more — rose by around 10%. Here’s why. No travel experience compares to a week on a superyacht.
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1 month ago | 
lapatiala.com | Tristan Rutherford
Yachts Here, you’ll find the world’s leading luxury boat brands, the most impressive yachts in their fleet, and some of the best chartering websites. Yacht brands build boats in their own signature style for a singular purpose. Lürssen yachts are built in Germany to conquer polar extremes. Heesen in the Netherlands builds lightning-fast yachts that look razor-sharp. You get the picture.
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2 months ago | 
bbc.com | Tristan Rutherford
The grannies who saved Albanian cuisineAlamyAfter being sealed off from the outside world for decades and experiencing a mass exodus, Albania is leaning into its culinary roots with the help of grandma chefs. Tefta Pajenga, aged 76, is one of many pension-age TV chefs in Albania. In her nationally televised cooking show, the retired teacher instructs a younger housewife how to cook japrakë, a traditional platter of vine leaves stuffed with rice and herbs.
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2 months ago | 
flipboard.com | Tristan Rutherford
The Anti-D.E.I. Crusader Who Wants to Dismantle the Department of EducationMeet Trump’s Anti-D.E.I. Crusader Christopher Rufo is coming for the Department of Education next. Hi again listeners, it’s Ross. So this week, we’re going to talk about DEI diversity, equity and inclusion a vision of social justice that took elite America and all its institutions by storm during …
