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I’ve camped in a midge-infested bog, stayed in rickety huts in a rainforest, slept under desert stars and tried to sleep on a steam train rattling...



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Arrive in the most stylish way you can afford. Helicopters, super-yachts and private jets are favourites. At the very least go business class and take a taxi instead of the airport bus.
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You really should arrive on board a super-yacht, or at least by private jet. These are, after all, the smart ways to arrive in one of the resorts...

 
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The Italians do this kind of style effortlessly well, of course. The very grand

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The Italians do this kind of style effortlessly well, of course. The very grand Splendido hotel in Portofino, much loved by the likes of Madonna and...

 
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There are plenty of perfect celebrity-watching hotels and resorts in France. Check in to the stylish La Tremoille hotel in Paris -- dubbed ...

 
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The Cote d’Azur is where modern celebrity spotting really started when Brigitte Bardot put the tiny fishing village of St Tropez on the map...

 
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The Balearic islands are now among the in places to see and be seen in high summer. Ibiza, of course, tends to attract those who actively seek...

 
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For some guaranteed celebrity star spotting slightly further afield head for Dubai in the United Arab Emirates towards the end of March when the...

 
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Or over on the west coast, how about San Francisco and the Grand Hotel Four Seasons, which really does live up to the term “Grand”. Its...

 
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The United States is perhaps the ultimate country for spotting stars of the silver screen. Want to stay smart in New York, where there’s...

 
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Soon you could be among the first to stay at what’s being billed as the best hotel in Thailand. And that’s saying something. The new...