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Culloden Estate & Spa, the five-star Hastings Hotels property, has been named AA Hotel of the Year for Northern Ireland at the AA Hospitality Awards 2026 at JW Marriott Grosvenor House, London. Marking its 150th year, the hotel completed a £620,000 refurbishment, including The Spa at Culloden, following two AA Rosettes for Vespers.Both Cormac Fadden, General Manager, and Simon Numphud of AA Hotel & Hospitality Services credit the hotel's team
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Wellness is now one of the most prized luxuries on the Costa del Sol, and Don Carlos Spa has it down to a fine art. The spa covers 1,600 square metres of pools, saunas and quiet spaces, with treatments using Natura Bissé and Biologique Recherche and a signature Alma de Marbella ritual scented with citrus and sea air. A Technogym gym, the Rafa Nadal Tennis Center and a private spa suite add to the offer, while Oasis Brunch brings relaxed weekend mornings to Oasis Kitchen
Ferrari has pulled the covers off the CZ26 at Monterey, a one-off built for a single client in the United States and drawn by the Ferrari Design Studio under Flavio Manzoni. Underneath sits the SF90 Stradale, which means 1000 cv, 2.5 seconds to 100 km/h and 328 km/h flat out. On top sits a body nobody else will ever own, painted in liquid silver, with 3D-printed seat inserts and a tail cut off flat at the back. Two years of work, one car, no repeats
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Reign Restaurant at The Rex has turned its attention to the colder months, with a new Autumn Afternoon Tea and a five-course Autumn Tasting Menu now running on the sixth floor. Savoury tiers bring chicken with red pesto and mature Cheddar with onion chutney, while evenings take in Crown Prince pumpkin, sea bass with Champagne sauce and venison with beetroot and blackberry. One floor up at Reserve, the rooftop terraces keep pouring cocktails over sweeping views of central Manchester
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Royal Huisman has revealed new details of Project 410, an 85-metre sailing yacht approaching completion in the Netherlands. Set to become the world’s largest sloop, the yacht combines a Frers Design hull and exterior with interiors by Wetzels Brown, a carbon sailing system from Rondal and technology intended to support quieter, more efficient operation. The project will move from Vollenhove to the shipyard’s deepwater location near Amsterdam in November, ahead of launch and mast stepping