Departures United Kingdom Autumn 2013

LUXURY ADVISORY BOARD

LUXURY ADVISORY BOARD EDITOR IN CHIEF CHRISTIAN SCHWALBACH International Editorial Director Intl. Managing Editor Art Director Director of Photography Style Editor Senior Editor THOMAS MIDULLA FARHAD HEYDARI JEFF COCHRANE MARTIN KREUZER ELISA VALLATA CLAUDIA WHITEUS YOU LIVE LUXURY YOU UNDERSTAND REFINEMENT YOU DEFINE EXCLUSIVITY Associate Editors Production Director Managing Editors Senior Editors International Graphic Designers Staff Writer Photo Assistant Separation Chief Sub-Editor Editorial Director Digital Yachting Editor Contributing Writers Contributing Photographers and Illustrators BRIAN NOONE (Europe) PAUL HICKS (Asia) ISABEL ARESO, MÓNICA BARRIO (Latin America) DEEPALI NANDWANI (India) MITSUYO MATSUMOTO (Japan) VIRGINIA HADDON (Pacific) ALBERT KELLER CHRISTIAN BRUNSCHEDE (France) DELIA DEMMA (Italy) CHRISTIAN SCHLEICHER (Germany, Austria) FRANZISKA SENG (Germany) PERZ WONG (Hong Kong) ANALÍA FERREYRA (Mexico) ANJA EICHINGER, ANNE PLAMANN JOHN MCNAMARA ÖZLEM KINIK JENNIFER WIESNER JOHN PERNEY JAMES LEE-TULLIS CORNELIA MARIOGLOU JENNIFER CHEN, JO FOLEY, LANIE GOODMAN, JEFFREY T IVERSON KENJI AOKI, DIANE COOK & LEN JENSHEL, DERMOT FLYNN, ROBERTO FRANKENBERG, LUIS GARCIA, NEIL WADE, EARL WAN, JAMES WOJCIK That’s why we want you on the DEPARTURES Luxury Advisory Board. By becoming a member, you will: • Directly affect what you read in these pages by identifying and detailing trends in luxury, travel and lifestyle • Be invited to fill out an online survey up to four times per year • Receive a special thank you for each completed survey • Remain anonymous in our databases and invisible to others We look forward to hearing from you. EDITORIAL OFFICES Journal International head office, Hanns-Seidel-Platz 5, 81737 Munich, Germany; T. +49 89 642 797-0. Hong Kong Grebstad Hicks Communications, Lynn Grebstad, 704 The Broadway, 54–62 Lockhart Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong; T. +852 2810 0532. Sydney Ink Publicity, Sue Marsh, Suite 502, Level 5, 5 Hunter Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia; T. +61 2 9879 7100. Tokyo Moji Company, Nishiyama BLD 3F, 1-1-19 Nezu, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-0031, Japan; T. +81 3 5834 8562. Copyright © 2013 by Journal International/American Express Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved. American Express Magazines are published by Journal International for Europe in the UK, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Netherlands, Croatia, Finland, in Latin America/ Mexico, in the Middle East and in Asia Pacific: Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Australia and New Zealand. DEPARTURES MAGAZINE Distributed quarterly by American Express Services Europe Ltd and edited and published by Journal International Verlags- und Werbegesellshaft mbH, in each case by permission of American Express Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, USA JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL VERLAG Hanns-Seidel-Platz 5, 81737 Munich, Germany wT. +49 89 64 27 97 0, F. +49 89 64 27 97 77 AMERICAN EXPRESS SERVICES EUROPE LTD. Belgrave House, 76 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 9AX, England AMERICAN EXPRESS PUBLISHING CORPORATION 1120 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036 Editor in Chief RICHARD DAVID STORY (Departures US) Creative Director ADAM BOOKBINDER (Departures US) Managing Editor DEBORAH FRANK (Departures US) Executive Editor MARK ORWOLL (International) Rights and Content Manager ERIKA NUSSER Join the board now at www.departures-magazine.com/lab_eu Reproduction of editorial content including text, photographs, or illustrations in whole or in part without express written permission is strictly prohibited. American Express and the publisher, Journal International, assume no responsibility for errors and omissions appearing within. Journal International regrets that no responsibility can be accepted for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs, or artwork, which will be returned only if a stamped, addressed envelope is enclosed. Prices are checked during the production process of the magazine and are correct at time of going to press. However, due to currency fluctuations, prices should be considered to be approximate only. Issue price: £7 / € 10 Printed in Germany by Vogel Druck, Höchberg www.departures-international.com

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