LUXURY//ADVENTURE
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HOTELS//LIFESTYLE//
I write about luxury travel, adventure, food, cars and people for a collection of magazines stretching from Hong Kong to New York.
HIGHLIGHTS
LUXURY + LIFESTYLE
STAY - CORDIS HONG KONG
Contemporary design and authentic experiences at Hong Kong's stylish Mong Kok hotel: Cordis.
ENTREPRENEUR - THE KANDID, HONG KONG
Profile of photographer Justin Lim, whose multi-use creative space, The Kandid, is taking Hong Kong's photography scene by storm.
ENTREPRENEUR - HUBUD, BALI
Inside the unique co-working space that has made Bali a home-from-home for entrepreneurs, freelancers and start-ups from all over the world.
DESTINATION DUBAI
One-on-one with four of Dubai's leading business events professionals, talking about what makes the city great for international meetings. .
LUNCH WITH ANDRE FU
Asia's design ace Andre Fu talks interiors on the top floor of his best-known creation, Hong Kong luxury boutique hotel, The Upper House.
STAY - TIERRA PATAGONIA
Savour the dramatic expanse of Patagonia's wild landscape from Chile's most stylish luxury lodge: Tierra Patagonia.
STAY - MUKUL BEACH, GOLF & SPA, NICARAGUA
Inside Nicaraguan billionaire Carlos Pellas' Pacific Coast hideaway: Mukul Beach, Golf & Spa.
ODE TO THE SEA - LA MAR by GASTON ACURIO
A review of Gaston Acurio's fabulous La Mar restaurant at Mandarin Oriental Miami.
LOCAL KNOWLEDGE - DUBAI MOVING IMAGE MUSEUM
Behind the scenes at Dubai's Moving Image Museum, a treasure trove of paraphanelia charting the history of the moving image.
ELITE SUITES OF EUROPE - HOTEL HERMITAGE MONTE-CARLO
An exclusive behind-the-scenes look inside the Diamond Suite Penthouse at the Hotel Hermitage in Monte-Carlo.
TRAVEL WRITING
MENDOZA - LAND OF PLENTY
As the annual harvest festival rolls into town, Joe Mortimer heads to Argentina's high-altitude grape-growing region, Mendoza, which has flourished into one of Latin America's most compelling gourmet escapes.
ELECTRIC AVENUE – HONG KONG NEON
From Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island to traditional Mong Kok in Kowloon, Hong Kong is awash with bright neon lights. The city has a history of neon sign-making that goes back more than half a century – a business which has helped define the image of the city and inspired countless filmmakers and artists over the years. Hong Kong regular Joe Mortimer finds out what’s being done to prevent it from disappearing forever.
NEIGHBOURHOOD - SAI YING PUN, HONG KONG
Tumbling down the hillside to the edge of Victoria Harbour, Sai Ying Pun is a neighbourhood on the up. Joe Mortimer explores this rapidly developing yet resolutely traditional area, which extends from waterside Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park up to the appropriately named High Street and Bonham Road, far above.
24 HOURS - BOSTON
The streets of Boston echo with tales of times gone by, but the city's eclectic boutiques, creative kitchens and world-famous colleges have their attention fixed firmly on the future.
Destinations of the World News
SUITE ENVY - THE UPPER HOUSE
Space comes at a premium in Hong Kong, where the price of real estate is higher than almost anywhere else in the world. and urban development surges upward as well as outward. It's a situation worthy of contemplation as I gaze out from my suite on the 44th floor of The Upper House, the aptly-named boutique hotel that counts celebrities, business tycoons and the odd royal among its royal guests.
The Cultured Traveller
NICARAGUA - THE FIRE WITHIN
Less of a well-kept secret, more of a slowly awakening giant, Nicaragua draws on its tumultuous history to offer a unique vision of Central America.
SUITE DREAMS - LA BAMBA DE ARECO
Authentic gaucho culture meets rustic luxury at La Bamba de Areco, one of the oldest and most elegant estancias in Argentina.
LIMA - A REVOLUTIONARY FEAST
A gastronomic revolution has swept across the Peruvian landscape, transforming Lima into Latin America's hottest foodie city.
NEIGHBOURHOOD - PALERMO, BUENOS AIRES
London has Shoreditch, New York has the Meatpacking District and Sydney has Newtown. In Buenos Aires, everyone wants in on Palermo, a once run-down neighbourhood where independent fashion designers, locavore restaurant owners and bearded barbers now clamour for commercial space in graffiti covered buildings and crumbling mansions.
BUENOS AIRES
History repeats itself in Buenos Aires, where belle époque hotels, resplendent theatres and innovative restaurateurs are reviving the spirit of the city's golden age.
DESTINATIONS OF THE WORLD NEWS
Travel features, reviews and interviews written during my tenure as senior editor of Destinations of the World News, the leading independent luxury travel magazine in the Middle East.
DESTINATION FEATURES
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OTHER DESTINATION FEATURES
Interviews
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OTHER INTERVIEWS
Five minutes with Stephan Winkelmann, president & CEO, Lamborghini
Five minutes with veteran interviewer and TV presenter Sir David Frost
Hotel + Suite reviews
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OTHER REVIEWS
