White Lotus

Former resident aboard world’s most exclusive invite-only cruise ship The World lifts the lid on sordid goings on below deck – comparing wealthy passengers’ scandalous antics to a ‘real-life White Lotus’

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Ever wondered what wealthy people get up to away from prying eyes? Well, one former passenger on board world’s most exclusive private residential ship has now dished the dirt on what really goes on among some of the wealthy elite who choose to escape by hitting the high seas. Peter Antonucci, who worked as a … Read more

The White Lotus, Succession – are hotels happy with the publicity that scenes of murder and sex shot on their premises brings them?

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Speaking of which, the latest in the Mission: Impossible franchise, Dead Reckoning Part One, features a spectacular, lengthy finale on board the Orient Express involving an undignified ending for the driver and a Tom Cruise fight scene in which the luxurious bar and restaurant carriages are trashed before the train plunges off a cliff. A … Read more

Television presenter Simon Reeve talks about filming his new adventure show, from lion encounters in the Kalahari desert to eating testicles in Patagonia

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By York Membery for the Daily Mail Published: 15:49 GMT, 8 February 2024 | Updated: 15:49 GMT, 8 February 2024 This week television presenter Simon Reeve checks in to our travel Q&A. He reveals how he prepared for his latest series, Wilderness, what he’s learnt from journeying to remote places, where he plans to explore … Read more

CBD oil massages, a Michelin-listed restaurant and villas costing £6,900 a night: Inside The White Lotus’ most spectacular hotel yet as filming of third season starts at five-star Thai resort

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The first thing you notice on arrival at the grand, porticoed entrance of the Four Seasons Resort in Thailand’s Koh Samui are the monkeys.  They are everywhere – stone monkey statues proffering welcome garlands, cheeky terracotta monkeys giving you the thumbs up from plant pots, laconic stone apes draped over walls, monkey water-features spouting streams … Read more