It’s reckoned about 8,000 Australians play croquet these days. Partly thanks to the 30-year old Australian Croquet Association ACA, which launched its new ACA Academy in 2020, is more and more becoming an all-ages sport. Many youngsters, indeed, will be practising hard for the Under-21 Golf Croquet World Championship, scheduled for 8-12 February 2023 at New Zealand’s Mount Maunganui. This is the time, indeed, for Asia Pacific to show it can get through those hoops.

The Milestone Hotel & Residences, London, more or less reveals its location, although in fact it is ‘1.25 miles’, according to centuries-old signage, west of the city’s historic centre, Hyde Park Corner.

Stay in the world’s oldest hotel – but feel part of tomorrow. Red Carnation’s Ashford Castle Hotel & Country Estate, outside Cong, in Ireland’s inland Co Mayo, has a history dating back to 1228, when the de Burgo family built their little home. Think today and on, and this magnificent pile offers the personal space and wellness that are now.

The Travel Corporation’s luxury hotel collection, Red Carnation Hotels, has launched its own dedicated chain code in the GDS, in the process concluding a longstanding affiliation with the Leading Hotels of the World.

The Travel Corporation’s luxury accommodation brand, Red Carnation Hotel Collection, has flagged an April 2022 opening date for its first hotel in Scotland. The Tollman family acquired its exclusive address in Edinburgh, directly opposite The Royal Scots Greys Monument and Princes Street Gardens, just over two years ago, with the vision to re-imagine the former three-star Royal Overseas League Hotel into a luxury dwelling.

The Red Carnation Hotel Collection has broadened its luxury portfolio in Africa with the opening of Xigera Safari Camp on the Okavango Delta in Botswana.