Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Seychelles. You wake up here, in this archipelago set roughly halfway between Madagascar and the Maldives ...

The Cannes Film Festival was starting to wind down, and the billionaires and their yachts were on their way to Monaco for the Grand Prix, but the truly fabulous crowd were beginning to head to nearby ...

As I rounded a rocky promontory, a picture-perfect cove appeared, complete with golden beach and a lone white sailboat bobbing in the distance. But my eye was drawn to the angular structure on the ...

Most likely the most luxurious hotel in Paris at the moment, Cheval Blanc Paris boasts being the only hotel in the city with direct views of the Seine River. Part of the LVMH group, Cheval Blanc is a ...

Whether you spell it St. Barts, St. Barth, or simple $$$, there’s no denying that this tiny French territory anagrams to serious R&R. The island boasts as many spas as white sand beaches. In fact, ...

LVMH’s arrival in Seychelles signals a destination coming of age. What was once shorthand for honeymoons is now entering the ultra-luxury arena. Colin Nagy is a marketing strategist and writes on ...

If you’re traveling to the Maldives from most corners of the world, you’ll have a serious journey ahead. Yet there’s a reason why every year, over a million tourists embark on a pilgrimage through ...

In the animated hit Ratatouille, feared critic Anton Ego visits Gusteau’s, the restaurant in which the movie is set, and orders a bottle of 1947 Château Cheval Blanc to go with his meal. In a film ...

From the outside, Cheval Blanc in Courchevel 1850 looks like a large, traditional ski chalet – albeit one with a massive, mirror-clad horse regally guarding its entrance. Inside, though, it’s a highly ...