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Elegant Resorts launches Travel Guide Experiences

Leading luxury travel company Elegant Resorts has recently launched Experiences – the second in a series of Lifestyle Guides from the experts in luxury travel. Offering a tempting array of extraordinary and memorable travel adventures around the world, the brochure is divided into themes of Explore and Inspire, Body and Mind, Exhilarate and Sports.

Commenting on the launch of the guide, Nathan Philpot, Managing Director, Elegant Resorts, says, “Our clients are increasingly seeking luxury holidays rich in experience. This may be in addition to their two week ‘fly and flop’ luxury beach escape or perhaps to be taken in combination with it. It could be as adventurous as a jungle trek through Langkawi’s rainforest, or as indulgent as a five-hour private Retreat Suite spa experience for 2 in the British Virgin Islands. No matter what you choose, it will be truly memorable and special.

With the attention to detail and knowledge of the luxury world for which Elegant Resorts are renowned, clients know they can rely on us for the holiday experience of a lifetime. Moreover, whether they are looking for exploration or inspiration, exhilaration or introspection, with Elegant Resorts they know that they won’t have to compromise luxury along the way.”

Highlights from the Explore and Inspire guide include: Sea Kayaking through the estuaries of New Zealand; Catamaran Cruise to the outer reef of the Great Barrier Reef; Elephant Safaris in Botswana or “Elephant Whispering” with rehabilitated elephants in South Africa, and Hiking to Taktshang Goemba (Tigers Nest) In Bhutan, set on a sheer cliff above the Paro Valley.

The Body and Mind Guide offers: Holistic Spa experience at the Six Senses Destination Spa in Thailand; Mayan Healing ceremony at the Zoetry Parais de La Bonita in Mexico; Explore the Maldives in greater depth at Alila Villas Hadahaa – with photography, natural environment and cultural three day trips; Venture into Medici tunnels whilst staying at Villa San Michele in Florence and Stay on a working Sri Lankan Tea Estate in one of four Colonial bungalows.

The Exhilarate Guide offers Space Travel with Virgin Galactic and journeys currently planned to start in 2011. If you just can’t wait that long, try the Zero-gravity and NASTAR space experiences. You can also try to fly with the blades aerobatic squed in Scotland; Explore the waterfalls and glaciers of Argentina via boat trips, tours and treks across the ice; Heli-skiing in Blanket Bay, New Zealand, and Horse-back safaris in Tanzania’s Serengeti. Sports fans can use the guide to discover some of the top sporting events for the coming year from tennis and golf to horseracing and rugby.

Copies of the guide will also be available on www.elegantresorts.co.uk, where it is downloadable as a PDF. Forthcoming additional guides include Families and Spa.

Photos by Dirk Groeger: www.flickr.com/photos/mountainspirit/181685307 and by Frederic Salein: www.flickr.com/photos/fredericsalein/2909435526

Dark Adventure Radio Theatre

Dark Adventure Radio Theatre makes its debut this week with a chilling adaptation of HP Lovecraft's celebrated story of horrors beneath the Antarctic ice. This 75-minute radio drama brings the story to life with a cast of professional actors, original music and exciting sound effects. The result is a gripping tale told in a manner that Lovecraft himself might have heard coming across the airwaves of the early 1930s.

The HP Lovecraft Historical Society, creators of the silent film The Call of Cthulhu and many other strange things, produced the recording. Troy Sterling Nies was enlisted to compose original music. With assistance from his son, Storm, Nies also recorded the sounds of genuine North Dakota snow and ice to bring realism to the production. The HPLHS enlisted a cast of professional Los Angeles actors to join them for recording sessions. The final recording was treated with the HPLHS proprietary Mythophone technology to bring the feel of 1930s radio to modern audio equipment.

In addition to the recording itself, the CD version of Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: At the Mountains of Madness features photographs from the Miskatonic University Antarctic Expedition, a newspaper clipping about the expedition, and a reproduction of a page from Danforth's sketchbook, featuring drawings of the Elder Things and their horrific city. The HPLHS has also made available an MP3 recording of the show, so those seeking immediate gratification can purchase, download, and listen to it without delay. Last, the HPLHS took Darrell Tutchton's dramatic album cover artwork and produced a handsome, yet horrific, poster suitable for framing.