MagellanStraitsRSSFeed- HotelFacts: #3: The Envelope 24/05/2013For the third in our series of Hotel Facts, we are once again immersed in the archive of The Savoy London. I first saw it on some advertising that The Savoy undertook a decade with a clever byline – “Nowadays, … Continue reading →magellanstraits
- Shaken Not Stirred Series – ‘The Great Gatsby Cocktail’ 22/05/2013To celebrate the recent release of the 2013 film ‘The Great Gatsby’, Erik Lorincz, The American Bar’s award winning barman, has created an elegant masterpiece in the form of ’The Great Gatsby” cocktail for The Savoy, A Fairmont Managed Hotel. He tells us that his inspiration was drawn from the film itself … Continue reading →magellanstraits
- Travel Facts#2: In the footsteps of Napoleon! 20/05/2013For anyone wanting to know more about Emperor Napoleon, surely there can be no more symbolic a place to visit than Aix Island, in Poitou-Charentes, France. Napoleon finally left French soil forever from Aix Island en route to his banishment … Continue reading →magellanstraits
- HotelFacts: #3: The Envelope 24/05/2013
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HotelFacts: #3: The Envelope
For the third in our series of Hotel Facts, we are once again immersed in the archive of The Savoy London. I first saw it on some advertising that The Savoy undertook a decade with a clever byline – “Nowadays, … Continue reading
Posted in London, UK, Hotels & Resorts, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Europe, Hotel Facts
Tagged Travel, Hotel, London, Luxury, UK, History, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Britain, The Savoy London, Savoy, Savoy London, Envelope, Royal Mail, Post, Mail
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Shaken Not Stirred Series – ‘The Great Gatsby Cocktail’
To celebrate the recent release of the 2013 film ‘The Great Gatsby’, Erik Lorincz, The American Bar’s award winning barman, has created an elegant masterpiece in the form of ’The Great Gatsby” cocktail for The Savoy, A Fairmont Managed Hotel. He tells us that his inspiration was drawn from the film itself … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Hotels & Resorts, Lifestyle & Gastronomy, London, Shaken not Stirred Series, UK
Tagged Britain, Cocktail, Cocktails, drink, Drinks, f scott fitzgerald, Fairmont Hotel & Resort, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Leonardo DiCaprio, Savoy, Savoy London, The Savoy, The Savoy London, Travel, UK
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Travel Facts#2: In the footsteps of Napoleon!
For anyone wanting to know more about Emperor Napoleon, surely there can be no more symbolic a place to visit than Aix Island, in Poitou-Charentes, France. Napoleon finally left French soil forever from Aix Island en route to his banishment … Continue reading
Posted in Art and Culture, Europe, Poitou-Charentes, Travel Facts
Tagged Aix Island, Atlantic France, Emperor Napoleon, Fort Boyard, Fouras, France, Ile d'Aix, Napoleon, Poitou-Charentes
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Suite Dreams Series – #11 – The Savoy’s Monet Suite
I guess the picture above lets the cat out of the bag so to speak but we recently took a sneaky peak around perhaps one of London’s most famous suites – the Monet Suite of The Savoy where Monsieur Claude … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Hotels & Resorts, London, Suite Dreams Series, UK
Tagged Britain, Claude Monet, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, History, Hotel, London, Luxury, Monet, Monet Suite, Savoy, Savoy London, The Savoy London, Travel, UK
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Travel Facts#1: Cognac
When visiting Cognac for the first time, one key point was gifted to me by the kind people at Courvoisier, “all cognacs are brandies but not all brandies are cognacs”! As you travel around Cognac, you can see how fiercely … Continue reading
Aix – a kinder pace of life
Have you ever visited somewhere that you immediately & instinctively loved and that you hoped would stay like that forever? Well, that place for me is Ile d’Aix in Poitou-Charentes, France. I will be returning very soon and I fervently … Continue reading
Posted in Art and Culture, Europe, Poitou-Charentes
Tagged Aix Island, Atlantic France, Emperor Napoleon, Fort Boyard, Fouras, France, Ile d'Aix, Napoleon, Poitou-Charentes
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The Great French Blogger Relay!
Magellan PR is proud to be working with CRT Poitou-Charentes for a unique European blogger marathon featuring nine experienced and talented blogger/photographers from three different countries – the UK, from The Netherlands and from Germany from 9th – 19th May … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Poitou-Charentes, UK
Tagged Atlantic France, Blogger relay, Bloggers, France, Germany, Netherlands, Poitou-Charentes, social media, Travel
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HotelFacts: #2: The Stork’s Nest
For the second in our Hotel Facts series, we turn to Spain – the Castile y Leon area to be precise and Abadia Retuerta LeDomaine - a stunning hotel & winery estate dating back to the twelfth century. On the bell … Continue reading
HotelFacts: #1: The Savoy’s Red Lift
For the first in our new series of hotel facts, we turn to that unbeatable fountain of knowledge – The Savoy London’s unique archive. For many guests of The Savoy London, the first clue as to where your room is … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Hotels & Resorts, London, UK
Tagged Britain, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, History, Hotel, London, Luxury, Savoy, Savoy London, The Red Lift, The Savoy London, Travel, UK
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