I am quite shy and people think I'm aloof,' she explains, sitting opposite me in a suite at a sumptuous Beverly Hills hotel. '

The resort's Royal patronage has created an illusion of pampered skiing, glittering boutiques and sumptuous hotels, which is largely untrue.

Accommodation ranges from simple backpacker lodgings to sumptuous top-end hotels, with some appealing midrange possibilities that won't bust the bank.

As director of the Municipal Casino in Nice, he had the idea to build a sumptuous hotel of quality that would attract the wealthiest of clients.

We stayed in sumptuous hotels, the better to reward ourselves after days of rigorous exercise.

With a sumptuous new hotel in the pipeline, Easter Island is set to become a hot destination, says Paul Miles.

Twenty-odd years on I found myself in a sumptuous hotel with delicious restaurants and all manner of pampering available.

As I was away on my own, recording, it was nice to stay in a really sumptuous hotel to make it comforting.

Some are private homes, a few are sadly in decline, and others have been turned into sumptuous hotels.

I witnessed the funeral procession, in company with friends, from the windows of the Krantz, Vienna's sumptuous new hotel.