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Asia, Enews, Events, Malaysia & Borneo, Rail journeys, Singapore, Travel, Travel Events

Join us on the Eastern & Oriental Express for a great train journey from Singapore into the heart of Malaysia: experience luxury, history, tropical wild life, paradise islands and all the romance of a Somerset Maugham novel. This is a 10-day event including return flights, a four-day all-inclusive luxury rail journey and four five-star nights in Singapore. The date is February 2026, a perfect time of year, warm and wonderful—and you save up to £2,000: Fully booked

Posted on 19th January 20259th September 2025 by Julie Spencer

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Jan

Returning to the tracks of Southeast Asia after a four-year restoration break, the Eastern & Oriental Express is a gilded palace from the Golden Age of rail travel. It will take us on a three-night, four-day journey through tropical landscapes to take the breath away—dense jungle, wide rivers, lush mountains, habitat for an astonishing array […]

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Events, Sport & Social Events

International Rugby: see England v Fiji and England v Argentina in sell-out Autumn Nations Series 2025 at Twickenham: we have excellent, highly prized Premium and Category One tickets from the RFU for both matches: event fully booked and successfully concluded

Posted on 15th January 202510th January 2026 by Julie Spencer

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Jan

The Autumn Nations Series are an epic, mouth-watering feast of top class international rugby. In 2025, the cream of world talent will come to Twickenham for great weekends of winner-takes-all rugby. The might and pride of the southern hemisphere will aim to take down England and you can be there to see all the drama […]

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Events, Sport & Social Events

International Rugby: see England v Australia in sell-out Quilter Nations Series 2025 at Twickenham: we have excellent, highly prized Category One tickets from the RFU for this match: event fully booked and successfully concluded

Posted on 11th January 202510th January 2026 by Julie Spencer

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Jan

Don’t miss England v Australia in the Autumn Nations Series 2025 at the Allianz Stadium, Twickenham! There really is nothing like it—rugby rivalries don’t get much bigger—and we are delighted the RFU have allocated Category One tickets for our Members, literally among the best seats in the stadium. But please don’t delay, as this will […]

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Enews, Events, Sport & Social Events

Six Nations Rugby: England v France at Twickenham on Saturday, February 8, 2025: face value Premium tickets available now! Tickets sold out and event successfully concluded

Posted on 11th January 202523rd February 2025 by Julie Spencer

11
Jan

We are delighted to announce that we have just secured pairs of prized tickets from the RFU to see England v France in the Six Nations at Twickenham. The date is Saturday, February 8, 2025. And these are excellent Premium seats, some of the best in the stadium. This is a sold-out match and we […]

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Hotels, Travel, UK, UK Country Hotels

The Lygon Arms, Broadway: Return to front-runner, England’s historic coaching inn in Broadway—named the ‘loveliest town in England’: enjoy fine food and stylish luxury in the footsteps of everybody from Charles I, Edward VII to Edward VIII and Prince Philip, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton—and even John Wayne!

Posted on 10th January 20251st July 2025 by cb

10
Jan

That historic and much loved country hotel the Lygon Arms, known by generations of racing people as the smart place to stay for Cheltenham Festival, is back on form. This grand old Cotswolds coaching inn in Broadway—named the ‘loveliest town in England’—has hosted everybody, from Charles I, Edward VII, Edward VIII and Prince Philip, to […]

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Caribbean, Cruises, Enews, Travel, Travel Events

Join us on a six-star Caribbean cruise on Regent Seven Seas Grandeur: Luxuriate on an 11-night sun, sea and tropical islands cruise, Leeward Isles Odyssey, in February 2026, high season in the Caribbean: with exclusive savings of up to 43% off the full published fare, saving you up to £3,950 per person: fully booked and ready to sail

Posted on 9th January 20251st January 2026 by Julie Spencer

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Jan

Luxuriate in the Caribbean sunshine, swim in the warm turquoise seas, drink Champagne, dine on gourmet cuisine, and see the beauties of the tropical islands from your private veranda and suite on this amazing all-inclusive holiday, ‘Leeward Islands Odyssey’, calling on seven fabulous tropical islands while being pampered on a multi-award-winning, six-star cruise, with free […]

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Enews, Events, Sport & Social Events

Six Nations Rugby: England v Scotland at Twickenham on Saturday, February 22, 2025: face value Premium tickets in the West Middle Stand available now! Tickets sold out and event successfully concluded

Posted on 7th January 202523rd February 2025 by Julie Spencer

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Jan

We are delighted to announce that we have just secured prized tickets from the RFU to see one of the most passionate rivalries in rugby, England v Scotland in the Six Nations at Twickenham—a contest guaranteed to bring the match atmosphere to the boil. The date is Saturday, February 22, 2025. And these are excellent […]

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Europe, Hotels, International Hotels, Italy, Travel

Romazzino, a Belmond hotel, Costa Smerelda, Sardinia, Italy: the Aga Khan’s Sardinian beachfront paradise, vision of an alternative to Cannes and St Tropez, re-emerges in Belmond luxury, opening May 2025: best rates

Posted on 3rd January 20253rd January 2025 by Julie Spencer

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Jan

‘There is a multitude of fine sandy beaches and no one to walk on them. Green and grey mountains tumble into the sea, a carpet of purple and yellow, red and blue flowers perfume the air.’ So said The Aga Khan IV, first owner of the original Romazzino, which reopens this May as a Belmond […]

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Asia, Hotels, International Hotels, Thailand, Travel

Peace, luxury and natural beauty in Thailand: Aleenta Phuket Phang Nga Resort & Spa: five-star beachfront boutique resort on miles of uncrowded golden sands at pristine Natai Beach, lapped by crystal clear blue seas on the sunset side of the Andaman Sea: one of the Leading Hotels of the World, with Michelin Golden Key: exclusive best rates

Posted on 10th December 202425th January 2025 by Julie Spencer

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Dec

One of the Leading Hotels of the World, the award-winning five-star Aleenta Phuket Phang Nga Resort & Spa is set on pristine Natai Beach, the sunset side of the Andaman Sea. It is a boutique ‘All Suites, All Private’ resort right on the beach, which is an uncrowded paradise curving like an enchanting smile into […]

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Enews, Europe, Events, Rail journeys, Travel, Travel Events

Join us on the Orient Express to Venice taking the Classic Route over the Alps: Experience the world’s most romantic train journey: Enjoy luxury, beauty, history, fine dining and the spellbinding sights of the Alps in Spring: enjoy exclusive best rates

Posted on 4th December 202415th January 2025 by Julie Spencer

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Dec

Join us on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, a Belmond Train, to Venice: Experience the world’s most romantic train journey: Enjoy luxury, beauty, history, fine dining and spellbinding sights of Venice and the scenic Classic Route over the Alps, and all at our exclusive best rates. Here it is, the Venice of our dreams, a once-in-a-lifetime experience. […]

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Cruises, Enews, Events, Travel, Travel Events, Travel Events, UK

Join one of golf’s all-time greats to play Open Championship courses Turnberry Ailsa and Royal Lytham & St Annes among six prestigious courses in the ultimate six-star golfing cruise on Regent Seven Seas Grandeur in June 2025: This is the golfer’s dream of a lifetime—access to iconic golf courses and top-tier coaching by golf legend Annika Sörenstam as part of a luxury experience—and CountryClubuk Members receive exclusive rates saving thousands of pounds: cruise fully booked and waitlisted

Posted on 20th October 20245th May 2025 by Julie Spencer

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Oct

Join us for the ultimate six-star golf and luxury travel event: a 14-night Regent Seven Seas Cruise around Britain and Ireland hosted and coached by Annika Sörenstam—considered the greatest female golfer of all time—with chance to play six prestigious courses, including Open Championship venues Royal Lytham & St Annes and Trump Turnberry’s Ailsa course. We […]

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Cruises, Enews, Events, Travel, Travel Events

Discover the Amazon and the Caribbean on a luxurious Regent Seven Seas Cruise: this is truly a trip of a lifetime, one which will bring out both the adventurer and the sybarite in you, all in six-star comfort and style on newly refurbished Seven Seas Mariner: the date is November 9, 2026, and through the Club you enjoy exclusive advantageous rates and a complimentary two-suite upgrade

Posted on 5th October 20242nd January 2025 by Julie Spencer

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Oct

To explore the Amazon and the Caribbean in a single trip in six-star style was Regent Seven Seas Cruises’ aim when arranging this spectacular ‘Secrets of the Amazon’ sailing. It takes us to an array of dazzling destinations in the Caribbean Isles and Amazonian Brazil for just over three weeks and includes a dazzling array […]

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Hotels, London Hotels, Travel, UK

Claridge’s London: best rates at this glamorous hotel ranked 1st in UK in The World’s 50 Best Hotels: an Art Deco masterpiece where HM Queen Elizabeth II was a regular for lunch: to stay here in luxurious elegance is surely how life should be lived

Posted on 26th September 202430th December 2024 by Julie Spencer

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Sep

Stroll into Claridge’s Hotel and one cannot help but feel elated. There’s something about the atmosphere here—not only is this a Mayfair palace from the Art Deco era, just waiting for Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn to waltz across the famous black-and-white tiled marble floor, it’s the setting for current pleasures: fine dining, music, theatre, […]

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Hotels, International Hotels, Italy, Travel

To the ‘Golden Bee’ of Sardinia: Abi d’Oru Beach Hotel & Spa, the first five-star hotel on the Costa Smerelda, and still a gracious, upscale resort overlooking the white sand beach and turquoise waters of the Gulf of Marinella

Posted on 8th September 20241st January 2025 by Julie Spencer

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Sep

An ancient crossroads between East and West, Sardinia emerged from mystery and obscurity in the 1960s with the creation of the Costa Smeralda by the Aga Khan—and historic Abi d’Oru was the first hotel to be built here on the northern coast. This high-class resort has been welcoming guests for five-star relaxation and pleasures, combined […]

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Enews, Events, Magazine Feature Articles, Travel Events, UK

Top 20 Bucket List Travel and Events for the Ultimate Luxury Experiences in 2025

Posted on 12th August 202429th December 2024 by Julie Spencer

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Aug

What are the finest Bucket-List trips you’re longing to give—and take? We pick our favourites, from London to Venice on the Orient-Express to a luxury Alaskan cruise before the glaciers melt. These are dreams that stay with you for life. Here we list the very best. 1. Alaska Cruise The raw, unspoiled beauty of the […]

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Dining Club, Enews, Free Champagne, London Restaurants

To the Lanesborough Grill, where we can lunch, dine and toast the occasion with complimentary Champagne in one of London’s most beautiful dining rooms: enjoy rising star Executive Chef Shay Cooper’s delicious style of Great British cooking: don’t miss this!

Posted on 30th June 20241st September 2024 by Julie Spencer

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Jun

To step into the Lanesborough Grill’s Regency dining room is to open an occasion in style. One of the most beautiful dining rooms in London, the scene which greets you is one of classic elegance with a touch of grandeur. This, after all, is the celebrated five star Lanesborough Hotel overlooking London’s Hyde Park Corner, […]

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Hotels, International Hotels, North America, Travel, USA

Legendary El Encanto, a Belmond hotel overlooking the American Riviera and the Pacific Ocean: the original Hollywood getaway in the Californian sunshine: serenity and style in this throwback to an earlier age where guests included Franklin D Roosevelt, John Kennedy Jr, Clark Gable and Hedy Lamarr

Posted on 28th June 202429th June 2024 by Julie Spencer

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Jun

Set in the hills with the best views of the American Riviera and the sparkling Pacific Ocean, El Encanto is a serene gem of an hotel, opened in 1918 and part of Santa Barbara’s social scene ever since. This legendary Belmond hotel is Santa Barbara’s ultimate luxury getaway, with a long lineage of happy guests, […]

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Clubs, Enews, London Clubs, UK Clubs

Your London Club in St James’s: The St James’s Hotel & Club: reciprocal club rates for our Members

Posted on 18th June 202430th June 2024 by Julie Spencer

18
Jun

Welcome to The St James’s Club, your reciprocal private members’ club and hotel in the heart of London’s St James’s, midway between St James’s Palace and The Ritz Hotel. To those accustomed to the gloomy magnificence of traditional gentlemen’s clubs—the dingy porter’s lodge, the threadbare carpets, the swooping staircase beneath pictures of battles, dead game […]

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Enews, Events, Sport & Social Events

Join us at Guards Polo Club for the Prince of Wales’s Championship Cup Final: Top Class Horsepower in action: High Goal Polo and a High Octane Ferrari display by Talacrest: with Champagne Laurent-Perrier Reception and Three-Course Lunch: fully booked and event successfully concluded

Posted on 18th June 202419th July 2025 by Julie Spencer

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Jun

We are delighted to announce a new invitation for our Members to enjoy a day of top class horsepower in action in the prestigious Prince of Wales’s Championship Cup Final 2024 at Guards Polo Club, Smith’s Lawn, Windsor Great Park. This is a quintessentially English sporting day—with the addition of supreme Italian style, a ‘marchpast’ […]

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Enews, Events, Opera, Ballet, Theatre & The Arts, Rail journeys, Travel, Travel Events, UK

Join us on the luxurious, historic British Pullman, a Belmond Train for a Christmas event to remember—a five-star rail journey from London to Canterbury with fine wining and dining, to see a live candlelit performance of carols in Canterbury Cathedral

Posted on 6th June 202429th December 2024 by Julie Spencer

06
Jun

We are delighted to invite you aboard the luxurious and historic British Pullman, a Belmond Train, for a Christmas event to remember—a five-star rail journey from London to Canterbury with fine wining and dining on board, to see a candlelit performance of carols in Canterbury Cathedral. Expect luxury, history, festivities, culture, fine food and wine, […]

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Hotels, London Hotels, Travel, UK

One Aldwych London: best rates saving hundreds of pounds a night at this superb five-star hotel in Covent Garden: beautiful, with supreme personal service, it’s a delight to stay in this stunning independent hotel

Posted on 12th May 20248th March 2025 by cb

12
May

A stylish, welcoming and tranquil retreat from the bustle of Covent Garden—and only a few minutes’ walk from the delights of the Royal Opera House—One Aldwych is a privately owned five star hotel which occupies the grand Edwardian building that was once home to the Morning Post newspaper and, more recently, Lloyds Bank. And behind […]

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Europe, France, Hotels, International Hotels, Travel

Hotel Vernet Paris: elegant five star Champs-Élysées boutique designer hotel in the prestigious ‘golden triangle’ of couture shopping, the Eiffel Tower, Grand Palais and Chaillot museums

Posted on 9th May 202425th June 2024 by Julie Spencer

09
May

Hotel Vernet is one of our favourite boutique hotels in Paris, a chic five star with plenty of space, style and character in the heart of the city. Standing in Rue Fernet, parallel to the Champs-Elysées in the ‘golden triangle’ couture shopping area, with the Eiffel Tower, Grand Palais and Chaillot museums nearby, the Vernet […]

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Hotels, London Hotels, Travel, UK

The Goring London: Best rates saving hundreds of pounds a night at this impeccably English, family-owned five star hotel in London’s Belgravia with Michelin Star dining room: Beloved by the Royal Family since George VI: Exclusive rates including complimentary room upgrade

Posted on 6th May 202420th June 2025 by cb

06
May

The Goring has been named ‘the oldest privately-owned hotel in central London’ and it is one of our favourite London places to stay. It has been owned by the Goring family for four generations. Mr O R Goring, who opened The Goring Hotel on March 2, 1910, was an innovator of style and vision—this, after […]

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Europe, France, Hotels, International Hotels, Travel

Edouard VII Hotel Paris: on the avenue de l’Opéra with breathtaking balcony views of the Garnier Opera House—elegant and stylish, it’s a perfect Paris location, as the then Prince of Wales knew well

Posted on 2nd May 202412th June 2024 by Julie Spencer

02
May

They say it of New York—but Paris is the city that doesn’t sleep: it is alive with bustling cobbled streets, stately boulevards, street markets, museums, bistros, restaurants and some of the world’s most beautiful performances of ballet, opera and classical music—and the stylish four-star Edouard VII Hotel is right on the avenue de l’Opéra with […]

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Cruises, Travel

Regent Cruises, best rates on the world’s most luxurious cruise ship, Seven Seas Explorer: Wine, dine, live in luxury, with free shore excursions and free flights: the world’s most all-inclusive luxury cruise experience awaits. and you can easily be saving thousands of pounds

Posted on 4th April 202430th July 2024 by Julie Spencer

04
Apr

If ever a luxury cruise ship started life at the top of the ‘rich list’, the £350 million Regent Seven Seas Explorer is the one, and we are delighted to achieve best rates on this, ‘the most luxurious ship ever built’—an accolade based on the millions of pounds she cost per suite, exceptional space-to-passenger ratio […]

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Clubs, International Clubs

Historic Fort Schuyler Club of Utica, New York, USA, offers a warm welcome to CountryClubuk Members: meet, wine and dine, and enjoy this prestigious American club as a reciprocal member

Posted on 3rd April 20249th August 2024 by Julie Spencer

03
Apr

Established in 1883 in the heart of downtown Utica, New York, USA, the historic Fort Schuyler Club stands as the area’s most exclusive private city club. For more than a century it has retained its role as a hub for prominent business and civic leaders within its elegant and expansive historic spaces, from the smart […]

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Enews, Events, Gardens & Outdoor Events, Rail journeys, Travel, Travel Events, UK

Join us on the British Pullman to Le Manoir Aux Quat’Saisons for a Michelin Star Lunch: Enjoy Two World Class Events in one, celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Raymond Blanc’s world famous restaurant and travel on Belmond’s iconic luxury British Pullman train: The date is Wednesday, June 26, 2024: fully booked and event successfully concluded

Posted on 2nd April 20244th July 2024 by Julie Spencer

02
Apr

We are delighted to invite you on the British Pullman to Le Manoir Aux Quat’Saisons for a Michelin Star Lunch. You will be enjoying two world class events in one, celebrating the 40th anniversary of Raymond Blanc’s world famous restaurant and travelling on Belmond’s iconic luxury British Pullman train. The chance to savour top Chef […]

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Enews, Events, Gardens & Outdoor Events, Rail journeys, Travel, UK

Join us on The Royal Scotsman, a Belmond train, one of the world’s most luxurious and exclusive, for a magical five-day rail journey to see Scotland’s classic splendours

Posted on 9th March 202422nd July 2024 by Julie Spencer

09
Mar

Explore the breathtaking scenery, the great lochs, glens, coasts and castles of Scotland in fine Edwardian style and five-star comfort aboard the Royal Scotsman, a Belmond train—and visit HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother’s family seat at Glamis Castle. This fabulous five-day, four-night Scotland’s Classic Splendours trip aboard The Royal Scotsman, a Belmond train, is […]

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Dining Club, Free Champagne, London Restaurants

Enjoy a complimentary glass of Champagne to toast your good sense in choosing the celebrated Wiltons to lunch or dine: not only is it London’s oldest (from 1742), The Spectator recently called this classic Jermyn Street restaurant ‘almost entirely flawless’

Posted on 19th February 20246th July 2024 by Julie Spencer

19
Feb

Who among us would not wish to lunch or dine at Wiltons more often? The Spectator recently called this classic Jermyn Street restaurant ‘an almost entirely flawless institution’. And we agree—so much so that we have arranged for our Members to enjoy a complimentary glass of Champagne for themselves and their guests whenever they lunch […]

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Enews, Events, Sport & Social Events, UK

Classic flyfishing for trout in a beautiful lake setting on the edge of the Surrey Hills: exclusive Club rates

Posted on 10th February 202415th February 2024 by Julie Spencer

10
Feb

A stunning day-ticket fly fishery set on the edge of the secluded Surrey Hills, Frensham features six lakes of varying depth and size. Surrounded by ancient woodland, over one million gallons of water flows through the fishery each day. The result is fantastic natural fly life, and hard fighting trout all year around. They stock […]

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