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Great Plains Conservation – ol Donyo Lodge
Get cosy under a duvet in a star bed at Great Plains Conservation’s ol Donyo Lodge. Out in the African savannah, allow the beauty of the night to take over. Free of pollution or city lights, the clear night sky with stars glittering like diamonds is a sight to behold
How to design the perfect wildlife camp
A great safari experience is the sum of several design decisions. Here's how the Selinda Camp in Botswana does it!
India’s wealthy are still planning their travels—and they’re taking to private jets
Private jet and charter companies witness a spike in interest from Indian families wanting to fly to luxe hotels in Maldives and Rajasthan, wellness retreats in Kerala, and safari camps in Africa
23 hotels bring local experiences to their guests
Curated tours, culinary treats and native therapies are just a few ways that some of the finest hotels bring a sense of place to their guests.
Alia Bhatt gives a sneak peek into her African safari
Alia Bhatt recently took a break from the reel world and took off into the wilderness of Kenya on a jungle safari with Ranbir Kapoor. Her latest vlog on her YouTube channel starts with the gorgeous view from her tent, where she claims a lion had just strolled by. From the looks of it, Alia was at one of the camps run by Great Plains Conservation at Masai Mara.
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How to design the perfect wildlife camp
A great safari experience is the sum of several design decisions. Here's how the Selinda Camp in Botswana does it.
India’s wealthy are still planning their travels—and they’re taking to private jets.
As India slowly and shakily emerges from one of the strictest lockdowns in the world, travel as we have known it is still a way off. And while flying has resumed, it's severely restricted—and stressful. It's little wonder then that India's wealthy are looking at private jets travel as a viable option. In fact, demand shot up nine-fold in the days just prior to lockdown, admits Kanika Tekriwal, CEO and founder of JetSetGo Aviation, and they're presently receiving about 20 enquiries every day. Read More
30 safari lodges and camps to book right now
Take a break for your very own slice of the wild country
WeddingSutra Grand Engage 2019 brings top wedding industry experts under one roof
The WeddingSutra Grand Engage hosted on 2nd May 2019 at Taj Lands End, Mumbai was an event designed to assess current trends, create new conversations, encourage original ideas and forge productive connections. With an aim to take the Indian wedding industry to the next level, many key professionals in this sphere shared their perspectives with guests and other participants. The platform proved to be a rich and meaningful one with priceless observations and useful information on a range of topics. Here is a glimpse of all that unfolded at WeddingSutra Grand Engage 2019. Read More
Parent Trap: Martinhal Family Hotels and Resorts is redefining holidays with children
In the course of our stay at three of the four Martinhal Family Hotels and Resorts in Portugal, we witnessed typical cameos: High chairs decked with white napery and sturdy melamine crockery in an elegant fine dining restaurant, where a toddler petulantly flung a glass to check out the law of gravity. No one stared disapprovingly at the tyke. Read More
How a Portugal hotel chain ensured a child-friendly holiday for these grandparents
As newly minted grandparents, we figured that it would be exciting to travel with our hyperactive two-year-old randdaughter and see Hong Kong through her eyes rather than through the jaded prism of travel writers. Armed with enough diapers to coddle an army of toddlers, bottles, a sterilizer, a portable cot, a foldable toilet seat, her favourite snacks, formula, among other necessities, we thought that we were well prepared for any contingency that might arise in the course of a six-day holiday. Read More
How a Gujarati businessman set up this enchanted island in the Seychelles
Few places I’ve seen are as naturally beautiful as the Seychelles. I am sitting outdoors at the JA Enchanted Island Resort, and the view is hard to explain: an infinity pool rolls into the sea, sunlight dances like diamonds across at least half a dozen shades of blue, in the distance there are white boats making their way to islands dense with green foliage, all this declared and protected as the Sainte Anne National Marine Park. And the craziest thing about it is that this 6.7-acre island paradise belongs to one man. Read More
#SonakshiOnHoliday: The actress writes a personal account of her beach holiday to the Seychelles
Let me start with a confession: I am truly, deeply, madly in love with the sea – the salty breeze, the shimmering sand and the clear blue waters make me go weak in the knees every single time. And the Seychelles islands in the Indian Ocean, those tiny dots on the Atlas, had always intrigued me. So when a friend suggested a vacation at an exclusive 10-villa private island resort on the northeast shores of Mahe, it was difficult to resist the temptation. Read More
#RealWedding: This ‘Wedding Planner’ Bride Had A Spectacular Dubai Wedding And Wore Most Gorgeous Outfits!
What do you expect of a wedding where the bride herself is the wedding planner? Isn’t it a win-win situation? Jueta Hemdev is one lucky bride who had it all under her control without freaking out over every little detail (what a relief for a bride-to-be!). She got married in Dubai and everything about the 3-day wedding functions was taken care of by her team. Read More
12 gorgeous wildlife resorts around the world
Think elephants hanging by your pool and candlelight dinners under the stars
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A Spectacular Dubai Wedding With Oodles of Style & A Sea Plane Entry!
First things first- it's 2019 and we still don't see ourselves getting over stunning play of pastels at weddings anytime soon! And this one here is a classic example of just how gorgeous decor in yummy, summer colors can instantly set the mood for a pretty pretty ceremony!
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This Wedding Planner's Dubai Wedding had a Seaplane Entry & Floating Baraat
When the bride is the co-founder of a luxuriant wedding planning company, one can already guess how magnificent the wedding would be. But the moment we read terms like 'a seaplane couple entry', 'a floating baraat' and 'a water drummer' we knew it was something beyond extraordinary. Yes, that's exactly what Jueta Hemdev (Co-founder of Yolo Entertainment & Weddings ) and Puneet Lahrani's (Managing Director of KL Group) wedding was all about!
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Asia’s top 50 beach getaways
Be it a solo weekend escape, a decadent time with friends, a family reunion or a romantic holiday, you don’t have to venture far for your next seaside vacation
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YOLO Entertainment’s Jueta Ties Knot with Beau at JA The Resort at Jebel Ali Beach, Dubai
Younger brother and Business Partner Pratik Hemdev along with their team at Yolo Entertainment and Weddings planned and executed the most luxurious wedding for elder sister Jueta. The team managed the extravagant 3-day affair at the stunning JA The Resort at Jebel Ali Beach, Dubai's largest experience resort, with 1 million square meters of thrilling activities, making it an ideal destination wedding venue. Conveniently located only 15 minutes away from Dubai, the 2 beachfront properties JA Beach Hotel and the all-suite JA Palm Tree Court are magnificent 5-star hotels located within the award-winning JA The Resort.
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