ROOM WITH A VIEW March 14, 2012 EXECUTIVE BOX From £4,500+VAT for 10, 12 or 15 guests. Four-course buffet served with drinks – private balcony for game. SUPERBOX From £13,500+VAT for 24 guests. Offering more than three times the space of a standard executive Box and the capacity for 24 guests CLUB LEVEL VIP PACKAGE From £4,000+VAT for eight guests. Champagne reception [...]
Gaucho Polo looks for the white result in internationals March 14, 2012 The theme of the entire HPA Gaucho International Polo 2012 event is a “White Jeans Party”. The idea is that white jeans are synonymous with royalty, celebrities, socialites and, of course, polo players. Gaucho will be donating £1 to the British Forces Foundation charity for every person arriving in white jeans for the event on [...]
Polo in the Park is once again in Mint condition March 14, 2012 MINT Polo in the Park is once again holding a three day celebration of international polo at Hurlingham Park, Fulham. The event made its debut in 2009 and has since then become a popular event on the London sporting calendar. Six teams representing global cities will play in the tournament. Played over 8, 9 and [...]
Investec Derby package sees fine dining out of the Boisdale stable March 14, 2012 The Boisdale Enclosure is one of the most elite hospitality offerings at any British Racecourse and will be limited exclusively to 180 guests on Investec Ladies Day; Friday 1 June and Investec Derby Day, Saturday 2nd June – the first event of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. The Boisdale Enclosure at Epsom Downs Racecourse will [...]
Hold onto your hats: Ascot hospitality going up a gear March 14, 2012 THE hospitality at Royal Ascot for 2012 includes the Furlong Club – an area exclusively for Grandstand admission customers, which overlooks the final furlong. A relaxed sanctuary away from the bustle of the Grandstand Concourse, the Furlong Club will feature elegant sofa-style seating and a private decked terrace giving perfect views of the Royal Procession and [...]
Third gen Boxster has a real kick March 14, 2012 Yes sir we do have a swimming pool but I’m afraid you cannot swim in it because there is a car in it.” And so there was, a new Porsche Boxster, slap bang in the middle of the swimming pool at the Kube Hotel in St Tropez. No swim then, how disappointing. But then that’s [...]
CAR TALK March 14, 2012 FASTEST BENTLEY EVER IS PREVIEWED The Geneva motor show revealed some surprising introductions. Bentley’s EXP 9 F SUV concept will be the fastest and most expensive 4×4 ever if it makes production – which is likely as it would mean an all-important lucrative third model for Bentley and markets like China, Russia, and the Middle [...]
Housing plan under attack March 12, 2012 THE GOVERNMENT will back up high loan to value mortgages worth up to £500,000, it announced yesterday, as the scheme was attacked as ineffective and economically dangerous. “The government’s NewBuy guarantee scheme, like many such schemes over the years, smacks of desperation,” said Jonathan Samuels, CEO of Dragonfly Property Finance. “The concern is that NewBuy [...]
House prices begin to stabilise after 22 months of falls March 12, 2012 REAL estate professionals have delivered the most upbeat forecast on house prices since May 2010, with predictions of a stable market in the next three months. The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) found those questioned were evenly split between expecting prices to go up and down, leaving a net balance of zero. The neutral [...]
Vodka with a twist of family history March 12, 2012 ZOROKOVICH 1917 vodka looks very cool with its retro Soviet-meets-pop-art label. And let me tell you, this £30-per-bottle spirit also slides down rather well, a fact on which Selfridges, Skylon, Jerry’s in Soho and China Tang at the Dorchester – stockists of Zorokovich 1917 – agree. But what is unique about Zorokovich is its history, [...]