Travel & Leisure

The "2018 best new hotel" according to the European Hospitality Awards

And the award goes to the Royal Hideaway Corales Resort, a new 5-star hotel on Costa Adeje, in the southern part of Tenerife. This hotel by Barceló Hotel Group offers an avant-garde design inspired by a cruise liner and the corals surrounding the island. Facing the sea, it also proposes to dive in the unique marine reserve of El Hierro small island but also fly over the famous Teide national park and its volcano by helicopter. Other festivities, some treatments in the suites' private swimming-pools, a gastronomic restaurant by the starred-Chefs brothers Padrón, perched on a panoramic terrace overlooking La Gomera island, a Japanese/Peruvian fusion restaurant, some spaces for families and other for adults only as well as modern rooms and suites according to your needs (with private swimming-pool, with terrace, penthouse...).

The Royal Lobster

The Royal Monceau collaborates with Homer Lobster to open a lobster corner in the Palace's Bar Long. Here, you savor with pleasure this brioche lobster sandwich inspired by the American recipe of Lobster Roll Delicatessen. As for the ingredients, the blue lobster directly comes from Brittany while the homemade brioche is made by Thierry Racoillet. Until the end of July, three recipes are to be tested, going with their homemade wasabi chips and salad : the classic recipe with its butter brioche, lobster, homemade lemon mayonnaise and chives, the avocado recipe with its lime guacamole and spices and the truffle recipe with its black truffle mayonnaise.

Jaguar Land Rover is launching its connected cars

Jaguar Land Rover just signed a deal with Transatel to equip the new Jaguar cars with a global solution of cellular connectivity. In fact, the cars propose an infotainment service covering the applications, the navigation service and the internet access from the dashboard as well as the Wifi on board. This year, Transatel started proposing phone bundles for Jaguar and Land Rover cars from three keys European markets. Transatel will also take care of the after-sales service and the bundles payment process by the user.

The Anantara Kihavah Maldives Villas' Sky Bar

This wonderful hotel located on Kihavah Huravalhi private island, in Baa atoll, Maldives, introduces its "Sky Bar", unique place where you can drink a cocktail while admiring the stars thanks to a really powerful telescope and Shameem's advice, famous astronomer and hotel's "Sky Guru". Perched over the lagoon, the Sky Bar's panoramic living-room also provides incredible views over the Indian Ocean and original cocktails as the "Kihavah Island Tea" (local white rum, arak, lychee, peach, lemon, Earl Grey tea). No mentioning the day beds, the tapas menu, the hookah service, Dj sets by Kristina and the observatory located on the bar's roof, hosting a Meade LX200 telescope of 16 inches mounted on a tripod, unmanned and usable at 360°. Unique !