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1 week, 6 days ago

From igloos to private islands: How India’s wealthiest explored the world in 2024

New Delhi: India’s wealthiest always travel a bit differently, seeking out locations and experiences that are less explored. “Ski resorts in France like Courchevel, and Val Thorens; Zermatt and Verbier in Switzerland, and St. Moritz and Saas-Fee in Switzerland attracted a mix of celebrities and high-net-worth travellers from India," said Radhika Khanijo, the founder of Welgrow Travel, a boutique travel …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Molly-Mae Hague flaunts her £6million wealth as she hits the ski slopes in £480 designer goggles and a £3,300 bag after flying 12 friends to France on a private jet

Daily Mail

She is believed to have a net worth of over £6million since finding fame on Love Island in 2019. Molly-Mae Hague continued to flaunt her wealth as she shared a gallery of Instagram snaps from her lavish Courchevel ski trip on Monday with daughter Bambi, 14 months The Love Island star, 24, jetted 12 friends off on a private jet …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

The top 30 restaurants in France, as per Michelin

Live Mint

As France prepares to welcome the world for the summer Olympics in Paris, the nation has dozens of shiny, newly starred restaurants to show off—62 to be exact. Maybe in a couple of days that might not be the case.” This year there are 8 new two-star restaurants, a notable number that’s double last year’s count. Last year, the same …

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1 year, 2 months ago

The best ski holidays in France

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. From £1,188pp including seven nights’ accommodation, self catering, return flights from London Heathrow with one piece of checked luggage per …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Pinturault’s gold adds to his family’s legacy in Courchevel

Associated Press

COURCHEVEL, France — The family legacy in Courchevel began nearly half a century ago when Andre and Christiane Pinturault opened the high-altitude Hotel Annapurna. “To share this with the French people and also the Courchevel people is something really amazing and special,” the 31-year-old Pinturault said after dethroning defending champion Marco Schwarz of Austria in a close finish of the …

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1 year, 11 months ago

10 of the world’s most sustainable ski resorts

CNN

Editor’s Note: Monthly Ticket is a CNN Travel series that spotlights some of the most fascinating topics in the travel world. The resort’s 39 grooming machines run on HVO fuel, which is 100% renewable and made from waste fat and used vegetable oil, reducing CO2 emissions by 90%. Adobe Stock Switzerland’s Laax, the country’s second-largest ski area, has a lofty …

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2 years ago

Ski resorts are melting. Here’s what that means for winter vacations

CNN

CNN — How do you turn a ski resort “green?” The easy answer is to wait until summer. “It’s a worldwide responsibility to do something,” said Gilles Delaruelle, the head of tourism for Courchevel, one of French skiing’s top resorts and part of the vast Les 3 Vallees area. If we don’t protect the nature, we won’t have skiing for …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Courchevel, once the French playground for Russian oligarchs, is virtually empty as sanctions hit Vladimir Putin's elites

ABC

Before the war against Ukraine started just over a month ago, the exclusive French ski resort of Courchevel was buzzing with wealthy Russians. Courchevel, or "Courchevelovo" as it is often referred to in Russian, lies in the French Alps and boasts the largest ski area in the world. An employee at chic local restaurant La Mangeoire said this year the …

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5 years, 2 months ago

Best beginner ski resorts in Europe, from Courchevel to Cervinia