As they did at The Emory in London, the folks at owners Maybourne have used several interior designers at Maybourne Riviera – even though the art is spectacular and the best picture of all is looking through all-wall windows, at seagulls whirling at this height (300m ASL), and looking down at that blue sea far below.

Girlahead went back to sea – with the crème de la crème of the hotel industry. Celebrating 22 years of existence, Global Hotel Alliance, GHA, wanted a ‘how amazing’ annual CEOs gathering.

Some attendees at the annual CEOs’ meeting of Global Hotel Alliance GHA had boarded Regent Seven Seas’ Splendor three days earlier in Lisbon, but the event-proper started on Friday with a drinks reception in the Constellation Theatre.

The omnipresent themes throughout the annual CEOs’ meeting of Global Hotel Alliance GHA on Regent Seven Seas’ Splendor stressed collusion, convergence and cooperation – and networking.

Sunday at the annual CEOs’ meeting of Global Hotel Alliance GHA on Regent Seven Seas’ Splendor started with breakfast as usual, although it was Regent’s Sunday breakfast as usual (well, this company does have a Chief Luxury Officer, Jason Montague, above).

The Sybaritic Single desperately browses through Tatler Asia hoping to discover at least something vaguely exciting in Jakarta - it's all in vain. It's the most uneventful city in the entire region: even Kuala Lumpur is more fun.

There’s nothing quite like a Catalan aperitivo on a rooftop terrace, and Girlahead was thrilled to be back at the 120-room Mandarin Oriental Barcelona, the century-old 11-floor building that thinks like a fashionista.

Breakfast at Mandarin Oriental Barcelona is definitely an act, the first act of the day. Best way of entering Blanc, the two-storey atrium that hosts this meal, is down 23 brown-carpeted stairs.

From Barcelona Girlahead travelled 90 minutes southwest to the charming Mediterranean port city of Tarragona in Catalonia.