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Prague - 4

Fairmont Golden Prague’s suite 727 is a long rectangular space overlooking the hotel’s beautiful garden, which is sunken about ten feet down from the road which borders the Vitava River.

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Prague - 5

Mandarin Oriental Prague’s new GM John Kitchens arrived back in Prague four months ago from Dubai. He already knew a lot about the Czech capial and its environs from backpacking as a student (oh, what a background this hotelier has).

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Prague - 7

Girlahead returned to The Augustine, which has been Luxury Collection for some years. Now it's operating white-labeled for, come early 2027, it emerges as a glorious refurbished and renovated Kempinski. Yes, it's now owned by Kempinski.

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Manhattan Mary - 1

To New York. New York, the center of the universe, the hum and the noise, and the cheeriness, and the cars looping their way around, jerking up and down, thanks to bumps in the road, and ceaseless trying to get somewhere very fast.


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Manhattan Mary - 2

Luigi Romanielli epitomises Italian charm. Were he a famous tenor every opera-addict worldwide would swoon, were he an Uber driver every client would tip him thousandfold.


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American Holiday - 1

To Maine. Girlahead had been to that marvellous state, entering it from New Hampshire in the south, just to get as far as Kennebunkport. This time was going to be different. It was a four-day tourist trip.


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