Soneva secrets...

A few heavenly days to remember at Soneva Fushi, with the Soneva team and founders Eva and Sonu.

Fresh food creatively spiced tastes even better in good
company - here with the team from Soneva Fushi

Ewa - a glowing inspiration for healthy, fresh
yet delectable cuisine at Soneva Fushi
with Fredrik & Lars from Select Collection

From the wonders of sizzling locally sourced food, we went on to discover the flavours of cocktails and mocktails mixed from freshly picked organic fruit, sipped over water.

Then we went underground to discover more about wine.  The Soneva Fushi wine cellar has 7000 bottles of great wines including champagnes, vintage cognacs and organic and biodynamic wines. Guided by the sommelier, we tasted our way to new secrets.  I discovered Burgundy, which is now hot on the heels of Bordeaux as THE red to enjoy....

Jasper Kok, Food & Beverage Manager
in the wine cellar



Jasper explains a little about his favourite Burgundies and recent top vintages: 2002, 2005, 2009, (2008) 2010

His top list of producers of the red are:

Beaune: Domaine Joseph Drouhin and its Clos de Mouches

Volnay for its elegance: Domaine de la Pousse d'Or, Nicolas Rossignol, Comtes Lafon

Vosne-Romanee for power with feminine edge: Domaine Anne Gros, Domaine de Eugenie 

Musigny for longevity and texture: Comte George de Vogue

Antony Paton Managing Director of Soneva Group
with my Friday and Guest Relations
A fond goodbye to the lovely people at Soneva Fushi

Pampering - Mauritian Style

And there were more smiles doing the round when our incoming partners in Mauritius came for a visit to our headquarters in Stockholm on Thursday.

Mautourco are our wonderful people on the spot on the paradise island, who meet all our clients with a hot towel and other pampering, to start their luxury holiday in the right style and ease.

Here our production manager Jeanette Bolin (middle) is with Shalina Ruhee, Mautourco’s commercial executive (left), and Joëlle Jean, their commercial manager (right).

Welcome to Sri Lanka

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More Beachcombers

Today I had lunch with a dear old friend Jean-Marc Lagesse. He is today the CEO of Mauretean hotels Le Paradis and Dinarobin, both part of Beachcomber Group. He started as a tennis pro at Le Paradis and has made his way to the top from there. Not only me, but also my son Jonatan who's worked there for him sees him as a great role model in life.

The villas at Le Paradis are one of our favorite products for Swedish families, even the Royal family has been seen there on vacation.

The newly refurbished Dinarobin looks amazing from the pictures. We will visit them very soon and let you know more then.


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Picture from tonight

Such a turn out tonight at the event Pearls of the Indian Ocean. Claudia Majunke, from fantastic One & Only Resorts, got everyone exited about travelling to Mauritius and the Maldives after showing us a wonderful video.

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Select and Pearls of the Indian Ocean

Tonight we have a fabulous event at Villa Pauli, an exclusive members club just outside Stockholm. The event is called Pearls of the Indian Ocean and will feature the destinations Mauritius and the Maldives. One & Only Resort will present themselves. I am very much looking forward to the food and champagne and a presentation by Sweden's most prominent jewel expert Sandra Brauns from Bukowskis who'll talk about pearls.