Used to travel about 3-4 months of every year. Recession has impacted now. Favourite place in the whole World is Venice and the view from the Danielli Hotel over the lagoon is my no.1, closely followed by the view from the Guggenheim or Europa/Regina terrace on the Grand Canal and the swimming pool of our hotel in Luang Prabang, Laos. Have a lot of time for Tangiers & Chefchauen, Morocco. Best grand hotel in the World, the Mandarin Oriental in KL. Best value small hotels Samode Haveli in Jaipur., Kapok, Beijing. Best pool view- the Phou Vao in Luang Prabang, Laos - eternity pool stretching towards verdant rain forest..

Favourite restaurants - l'elephant, Luang .Prabang, Green Tangerine, Hanoi; Hotel de la Paix, Siem Reap,, & Fox, Ermopoulis in Syros

Favourite bars- the Peninsula riverside bar, Bangkok, Danieli, Venice, the FCC, Phnom Penh, Cambodia & Utopia, Milos

Going to India? definately use Compass Travel (Shweta Seth). Based in Delhi and UK shweta@compasstours.com.