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Aspire journalists and agent readers review the best in luxury travel, from hotel suites, restaurants and spas to cruise ships, trains and airlines’ business and first-class.

Ottley’s Plantation, St Kitts

Ottley’s Plantation, St Kitts

LOCATION: St Kitts is pretty small, even by Caribbean standards, at 65 square miles, so however you arrive on the island, it’s not far away.

British Airways First

British Airways First

ROUTE: Gatwick to Bridgetown, BarbadosFIRST IMPRESSIONS: Understated style and comfort distinguish British Airways new First cabin, unveiled in February last year.

Ellenborough Park, the Cotswolds.

Ellenborough Park, the Cotswolds.

LOCATION: This 16th century Cheltenham beauty, which once lived life as a girls' boarding school, is minutes from one of the country's most famous racecourses.

Porini Rhino Camp, Kenya

Porini Rhino Camp, Kenya

LOCATION: Sandwiched between the Aberdares and Mount Kenya, the Ol Pejeta Conservancy is a 90,000-acre private wildlife reserve in the quiet and upmarket Laikipia region of Kenya.

Woolley Grange Hotel

Woolley Grange Hotel

LOCATION: Woolley Grange is a 17th-century manor house located just to the east of Bath, on the outskirts of Bradford on Avon.

Lewa Safari Camp

Lewa Safari Camp

LOCATION: Curving around the top of a crescent-shaped ledge, Lewa Safari Camp sits on high land above the Laikipian plain.