TRAVEL NOTES
Celebratory cocktails with Dorchester
Last chance to see out 2012 fashion weeks in style by sipping specially-created fashion season cocktails at the Dorchester and 45 Park Lane. Or if you’re still in Paris, pop into the Hôtel Plaza Athénée (pictured above) for a Mexican mescal-based number. Available until 5 October.
www.dorchestercollection.com
All aboard for some Orient Express shopping
Bluewater, Stratford’s Westfield and… the Orient Express? With brands such as Liberty, Harrods, Ettinger and Astley Clarke on board their British Pullman, the new “Shopping on the Rails” trip promises the ultimate in luxury shopping.
www.orient-express.com/uktrains
Amari Palm Reef Samui this Christmas
If you’re thinking of a hot, beachy Christmas, Amari hotels are offering a seven-night package starting from 19 December on the white-sands of Koh Samui, Thailand. Prices start from £1,869 per person, and includes breakfast, flights and transfers.
www.amari.com