Magellan Jets and Island Outpost have announced the Ultimate Bond Adventure Experience to Jamaica.  The package will include private charter through Island Outposts’ preferred private jet charter company, Magellan Jets, to the exclusive Ian Fleming International Airport in Jamaica, and accommodations at GoldenEye and Strawberry Hill. A variety of perks will be included to ensure that this will be the ultimate Bond adventure experience.

Bond knows how to travel in style and this package delivers all of the necessary elements to live like 007. Private jets and helicopters were the preferred mode of transportation on all Bond films, so the Ultimate James Bond Adventure Experience will begin on a private jet, chartered by Magellan Jets. And for the most Bond-worthy end to the trip, guests will depart Jamaica aboard their Magellan Jet from Ian Fleming International Airport (IFIA), exclusively for private jets and scheduled charters, and less than 3 miles from GoldenEye.

GoldenEye has been the low key hub of cool since James Bond author Ian Fleming first built the lush estate in the town of Oracabessa on Jamaica’s North coast in the 1950s. For decades, this hideaway played host to the glitterati and literati – writers, musicians and heads of state. Now owned by Jamaica-raised Chris Blackwell, the visionary entrepreneur and founder of Island Records, he has ensured that the relaxed allure of Ian Fleming’s GoldenEye endures. Set along the pristine coast, among lush tropical gardens and around the calm waters of the property’s lagoon and secluded beaches, the 52-acre estate now encompasses 20 units – 9 Beach Villas, two Lagoon Villas, six Lagoon Cottages and one Ocean Front Villa. Guests can also book Fleming’s own private three-bedroom villa – with two guest cottages – where his writing desk still stands just as he left it.

Located in the heart of one of the world’s most famous coffee-producing mountain ranges, Jamaica’s Blue Mountains, Strawberry Hill Hotel & Spa opened on October 18 following an extensive refurbishment of the property. Listed in the New York Times #1 bestselling book, 1,000 Places To See Before You Die, Strawberry Hill is 3100 feet above sea level and features one of the most awe-inspiring views of the Blue Mountains in one direction as well as the city of Kingston in the other. On a clear day, one can see up to 40 miles from the property’s infinity-edge pool, and at night the city far below becomes a twinkling mirror of the night sky.

The James Bond Experience:

• Private jet charter through Magellan Jets to Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston
• Gourmet Jamaican-style catering on-board
• Bond-themed gift baskets on-board
• Ground transportation
• 2 nights’ stay at Strawberry Hill
• Helicopter transfer to GoldenEye
• 3 nights’ accommodations at GoldenEye
• Dinner for two at Gazebo at GoldenEye
• Cocktails for two at Firefly, Noel Coward’s historic hilltop home at GoldenEye
• Two massages at Strawberry Hill
• Private jet charter though Magellan Jets to Ian Fleming International Airport to the destination of their choosing.

007 in Jamaica:

• Book a Magellan private jet to GoldenEye for a stay four nights or more and receive a $200 resort credit and private kayak safari tour for two.
• Book a Magellan private jet to Strawberry Hill for a stay four nights or more and receive a $200 resort credit.

Magellan Jets and Island Outpost can accommodate parties of up to 10 people for this package. Rates for the Fleming Villa start at US$5,500. Midsize Jet pricing is $5,300 per hour round trip.  Full pricing based on specific dates and departure cities available upon request.

Magellan Jets will offer those flying privately to Jamaica to stay at GoldenEye a one-time special offer of their fixed Voyager Membership rates: http://www.magellanjets.com/membership/caribbean-bermuda-mexico-rates/

This package can be purchased by calling Magellan Jets at 877-550-JETS. For more information, visit www.magellanjets.com.

Fact: Self-tanning can be tricky. Tanning beds have harmful rays, and spray tans rub off on clothes and sheets. For an easy, subtle glow all year long, French skincare expert Guinot is introducing a gradual self-tanning lotion that leaves skin smooth and rejuvenated. The light, non-sticky lotion creates a luminous, golden hue while deeply moisturizing and softening. As it’s such a powerful moisturizer, one can simply swap Hydrabronze into his or her daily moisturizing regimen for soft, glowing, and naturally tan-looking skin.

Key Ingredients:

• DHA, the active darkening ingredient, interacts with cells to create an immediate glow
• Erythrulose, a natural tanning agent, delivers even coverage
• Hydrocyte Complex combines ingredients found through Guinot research to deliver soft skin

Results:

After 3 days: Hydrating effects begin to leave skin smooth as tone begins to darken.

After 7 days: Skin is nourished and users will notice a darker complexion.

After 15 days: Users notice a 53 percent increase of average hydration of the skin and reach peak color.

Instructions for use: Apply evenly to the face and body, avoiding the eyebrows, hair roots, and rough areas, two or three times a week. Wash hands thoroughly before and after.

Cost: $36

Available at over 1,000 Guinot spas in the U.S.

About Guinot

Known the world over as an industry leader, Guinot has consistently led the charge in everything from game-changing technology and techniques in skincare to maintaining the most stringent high standards in the development and manufacturing of their products. Today, Guinot’s meticulously honed collections of treatments and products are carried in over 1000 spas and salons within the US.  Guinot Institut Paris is distributed in the US exclusively by Lachman Imports, which has offices and a full-service Guinot training center on Fifth Avenue in New York City. Visit GuinotUSA.com for more information.

Nesting season begins this month, making conservation programs topical while hotels and resorts from the Caribbean to the Middle East draw travelers to witness the delicate nesting and hatchling rituals.

Some examples:

Jamaica’s Turtle Whisperer, GoldenEye

Those visiting GoldenEye in September for five days or more are guaranteed sea-turtle sightings at neighboring Golden Sea Beach. For a $10 donation, guests of any age have the rare opportunity to observe turtles nesting and hatching in their natural habitat while being educated by a local sea-turtle expert known as the “turtle whisperer.” More than 13,450 sea turtles hatched on Golden Sea Beach in 2012—an incredible 3,745% increase in hatchings over the launching of the program in 2005.

Kids Name the Turtles in Mexico, One&Only Palmilla

Guests at One&Only Palmilla between July and October have a chance to participate in the baby sea turtle release. Each summer, sea turtles return to One&Only Palmilla’s aptly-named Turtle Beach to lay their eggs, and 45 days later, the baby turtles break free from their shells. “Young biologists” have the opportunity to learn about the turtles and their yearly return to Los Cabos, name the turtles, and receive a certificate acknowledging their sea-turtle release participation.

Turtle Safe Haven in Abu Dhabi, Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi

Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi seeks to peacefully co-exist with the Hawksbill turtles that find their way to the hotel’s beach every season. The hotel installed an elevated boardwalk to transport guests to the beach and clearly marked nesting spots to ensure the nests remain undisturbed. The turtles are monitored continuously in a joint program by the Tourism Development and Investment Company and the Environmental Agency in Abu Dhabi, and guests may donate to these organizations to support the Hawksbill turtles.

Private Island Hatchlings, AndBeyond Mnemba Island

On the private island off the coast of Zanzibar, Green Turtle nesting season is year-round, peaking in February and March. The turtles lay their eggs on the island’s beach, and in September and October, baby turtles immerge. With only 10 thatched roof bandas on the island, guests can watch the tiny hatchlings make their way down to the water without a crowd for an incredible experience.

To come up with the list, Travel + Leisure editors travel the globe to find the most innovative new and renovated hotels, and showcase the top 50 the industry has to offer.  Sugar Beach will appear in the June issue of the magazine as well as online.

After completing a three-year, $100 million transformation from the Jalousie Plantation to Sugar Beach, a Viceroy Resort at the end of 2012, the resort has seen the construction of 59 new luxury villas, the Bayside Restaurant, the Cane Bar, eight Luxury Beachfront Bungalows, renovations to the Palm Court, and 11 Luxury Sugar Mill Rooms. The recently re-opened Rainforest Spa features a range of international luxury product lines and locally inspired signature treatments, seven tree house treatment cabanas, and a temascal heat experience.

The resort has also added several Kabé Privé, private garden cabanas, for day use and evening dining surrounding the newly designed swimming pool. For adventurous guests, Sugar Beach has also updated the PADI dive facility, which features new dive classes, snorkeling excursions and SNUBA (a cross between snorkeling and scuba.)

Rates start at $350 per night from June 1-October 14 and include personalized butler service. All rates are subject to 8% government tax and 10% service charge.

…become an Astronaut

Voyage: “Northern Enchantment” from Copenhagen to Stockholm

The St. Petersburg port-of-call offers guests four different space training experiences to Star City, a former top-secret cosmonaut training facility outside Moscow. Once aboard the largest parabola aircraft in the world, travelers get a lesson in zero-gravity. Or guests can choose to delve into the world’s largest Hydro-Space laboratory and experience the most advanced and challenging training a cosmonaut undergoes – installing a space antenna on a replica of the International Space Station. This all happens while being submerged in the 54,000 square foot hydrolab and wearing an authentic 275lb Orlan DMA liquid cooled spacesuit. Previously only available for Russian cosmonauts in training, Crystal has secured Star City’s Centrifuge TsF-18, the largest in the world, for Crystal guests to experience simulated G-force levels of all stages of space travel. For those who prefer to be on the “Houston” side of space travel, Crystal guests are invited to the Yuri Gagarin State Scientific Research and Testing Cosmonaut Training Center for a look at the history of Russian space travel, the Space Race, and an up-close look at Russian spacecrafts.

…become an Award-Winning Journalist

Voyage: “Aquitaine Tapestry” from Lisbon to London

During this sailing, guests can take a complimentary lesson in journalism from Tom DeFrank, the award-winning journalist and one of Washington’s most respected President-watchers. DeFrank has covered the White House since the Nixon administration and reported on the resignation of one President, the impeachment of a second, and was an eyewitness to two assassination attempts. His reporting skills have been praised by ABC News, the American Journalism Review, and even Former President Gerald R. Ford.

…become a Pilot

Voyage: “Baltic Brillance” from Stockholm to Copenhagen

Guests will have the opportunity to don a flight suit and helmet, board the famed Russian MiG fighter jet built especially for high-altitude missions, and zoom over Russia’s landscape at over twice the speed of sound. With the help of the English-speaking test pilot, guests will take control and guide the plane through simple maneuvers and circles.

…become a Veterinarian

Voyage: “Bounty of the Baltic” from Stockholm to Copenhagen

As part of Crystal’s “You Care, We Care” program, guests have the opportunity to become a vet-for-a-day at Rostock’s Zoological Garden, the largest zoo on the German Baltic coast. The zoo is home to more than 2,000 animals of 250 different species – from big cats to elephants, monkeys, polar bears, and more. During this complimentary shore excursion, guests will assist zookeepers in feeding these animals and keeping their environment clean and healthy.

…become a Professional Athlete (for a day)

Voyage: “Coastal Connoisseur” from Barcelona to Lisbon

In Barcelona, Crystal guests can visit Camp Nou, home to Futbol Club Barcelona, for a day in the life of a professional soccer star. The stadium tour includes a stop at the visitors’ locker room, walking the tunnel for a grand entrance onto the pitch and dugouts, as well as stopping by the television studio and press room.

…become a Teacher

Voyage: “Pacific Panorama” from Kōbe to Vancouver

Guests who aspired to become a teacher as a child can fulfill their dream by enrolling in Crystal’s complimentary “You Care, We Care” voluntourism program during the Petropavlovsk port-of-call. At the local international business school, Link, participants will become educators-for-the-day, teaching Russian teenagers conversational English via Skype.

Balance the Mind, Body, Spirit, and Wallet – A Savings of $325 per Person

The new White Elephant Village is celebrating the second annual Nantucket Yoga Festival by offering a special rate with savings of $325/person. Guests looking to perfect their sun salutations will find this year’s festival schedule, July 12-14, full of wellbeing classes, lectures, a special farm-to-table dinner, and yoga (of course)!

A natural extension of the top-rated White Elephant, sister hotel White Elephant Village offers guests who book a two-bedroom residence for the weekend a special rate of $450/person per night, as well as one $25 spa voucher per person to the White Elephant Spa.* The hotel offers a bevy of complimentary amenities to every guest, including: morning coffee and pastries; poolside snacks; beach chairs, towels, umbrellas, and boogie boards; beach and ferry shuttles; WiFi; and more.

The weekend kicks off with The Westmoor Club’s Opening Ceremony, featuring an organic buffet dinner, local wine, beer, and fresh pressed juice, and live entertainment such as an AcroYoga performance, inspiring live music, and a performance painting show. Bartlett’s Farm, Nantucket’s oldest and largest family farm, will host all workshops, classes, and an exclusive farm-to-table dinner. The Festival is offering an amazing array of classes with experiences such as:

• Dharma Yoga Nidra: Experience “after death” while still living – the experience of complete peace, the loss of physical and mental consciousness while still embodied. Follow divine guidance in this precise method of specific relaxation techniques developed by the Enlightened Ones, quickly resulting in mental and physical pacification, rejuvenation, recharging, and healing. Yoga Nidra is the best antidote for impurities and just a few minutes of it corresponds to an hour or more of regular deep sleep.
• Mangalam Yantra Yoga: Rarely taught outside of Tibetan Monasteries, this workshop will introduce participants to the basics of Mangalam Yantra Yoga, a Buddhist yoga practice that was originally introduced to Tibet by Indian Masters in the 10^th century. This profound technique will help one discover one’s own inner Buddha nature through a series of heart opening meditations, guided breath work, and simple physical exercises designed to increase one’s life force and release emotional and energetic blockages.
• Slackline Yoga FUNdamentals: This entertaining class combines the art of slacklining (tightrope walking) and yoga to learn complete body awareness and redefine sense of balance and mental focus. Not only is it an impressive skill to have, but great training for yoga, surfing, climbing, and just about any other activity!
• Acro Yoga: This engaging class blends yoga with acrobatics to create a playful partner practice.  Students will learn the fundamentals of acrobatics through partner yoga, basic human pyramids, counterbalances, and collaborate conditioning skills.

For a complete schedule of activities, click here.

Day and full weekend passes for the festival are available starting at $150 per day. A portion of the proceeds from every Full Festival Pass ($325 through April 30^th, $375 after April 30^th) will be donated to and directly benefit the Nantucket Boys and Girls Club. For more information, tickets, and a full schedule, visit www.nantucketyogafestival.com/.

*Guests must use the promo code “YOGA” during booking to receive the discount. The rate is based on four-person occupancy with a three-night minimum and is subject to availability.

WILDchild, offered at &Beyond lodges throughout Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa, creates daily missions and excursions for children in the care of rangers, trackers, babysitters, and cooks.

Sample of Daily Missions:

Every lodge has a range of missions that is suitable to the lodge environment and will be given to the WILDchild to complete daily.

• Poo Walks – embracing the juvenile fascination with scatology, trained rangers at Sandibe help children collect the dried dung of various animals to take back to the lodge to analyze (hyena droppings are often white due to the amount of bones these scavengers consume, while elephant dung is hardly digested and often resembles a ball of hay)
• Animal Tracking – heading out with an expert ranger at Kirkman’s Camp to find clues such as broken twigs or freshly rubbed-off bark to find where certain animals are hiding
• Fishing – going to the river at Xaranna to catch fish or to get a little messy with a round of “Kleilat” (a local game involving mud flinging)
• Arts and Crafts – making traditional Zulu bows and arrows or embracing the modern, African love of recycling plastic into new objects such as animal figurines or purses at Phinda
• Cooking – joining the chefs in the kitchen at Sossusvlei to learn to make homemade pasta and fresh bread or to decorate cookies and cupcakes

WILDchild Gear

Each child gets a WILDchild backpack with a special logbook and other goodies. Throughout the safari, the log is filled with mementos from the bush, notes, stickers, and badges. Each &Beyond lodge has a signature item to add to the bag (solar powered flash light, magnifying glass, compass…).

For more details on andBeyond’s 32 extraordinary lodges and camps in Africa and India, visit andBeyond.com.

Spring in the Napa Valley:  the air is fresh and fragrant with blooming wildflowers, vineyards are awash with green buds signaling another growing season, and afternoons are filled with bright abundant sunshine. From hikes and golf clinics to a new bar at The Restaurant at Meadowood, this season’s happenings are a refreshing spring awakening.

See

• The Napa Valley Collects exhibition will showcase work from the region’s private art collectors at The Napa Valley Museum now through the end of May. The exhibition includes significant works sourced from throughout the Napa Valley, many never shown in public including pieces by artists such as Pablo Picasso.

Sweat

• The Land Trust of Napa County offers hikes each weekend now through June. Ranging from low impact observation hikes to more strenuous hikes like Maggies Peak, which offers 360 valley views at the summit. Hikes are complimentary and are based upon availability.
• The Chardonnay Golf Club has partnered with the Meritage Resort and Spa to offer Golf Digest’s Napa Valley Golf School. The one- or three-day intensive lessons are with a Golf Digest-certified instructor and are available starting at $1,499 per person.

Savor

• The Restaurant at Meadowood’s new lounge and bar now offers a three-course menu for $90 per person, and “snacks from Chef Christopher Kostow”, a light tasting menu for $20 per person.

Sing (along)

• The inaugural BottleRock Napa Valley music festival, May 8-16, will feature over 60 artists and bands, including The Black Keys, Kings of Leon, and Zac Brown Band. Over a dozen comedians, including Jim Gaffigan, Demetri Martin, Wyatt Cenak, and Kristen Schaal will provide laughs in between musical sets. Day passes start at $139, multi-day passes start at $329.

Stay

• Embark on a hot air balloon ride with Harvest Inn’s “Up, Up & Away” package.
• Channel the inner artist at The Meritage Resort and Spa with the “Art of Relaxation” package, which includes an easel, paint, and brushes.
• Unwind at the Villagio Inn and Spa with the “Arts in April” package with a VIP Wine Tasting at V Wine Cellar, spa treatments, and a Champagne sabering session.

For more information about travel to the Napa Valley, including special offers and a full calendar of spring and early summer season events, visit www.visitnapavalley.com.

About The Napa Valley
The Napa Valley is home to the founders of America’s fine wine industry – legendary entrepreneurs who showed the world that the art of winemaking had crossed continents.  Prized for its natural beauty, phenomenal culinary scene (13 Michelin Stars awarded for 2013), world-class hotel accommodations, robust arts community, and one-of-a-kind wellness experiences including the region’s famed spas, mud baths and healing geo-thermal springs, The Napa Valley is the official wine region of the 34th annual America’s Cup, and in partnership with San Francisco, is internationally recognized as one of only nine Great Wine Capitals. Visit www.visitnapavalley.com for more information or to download the award-winning Visit Napa Valley Mobile App and join “The Napa Valley” community on Facebook, and follow @visitnapavalley on Twitter.

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The Wauwinet teamed up with Nantucket’s Triple Eight Distillery in collaboration with Cisco Brewery to create their proprietary single malt whisky.  The barrel of locally-made Scotch-style whisky has aged gracefully over the past decade. Now, in honor of The Wauwinet’s 25^th Anniversary, they are tapping the barrel! Only 200 bottles of the Woody 25 will be available. This watershed anniversary celebration of The Wauwinet signifies a quarter of a century of luring guests back time and again for a vacation full of classic Nantucket charm, beautiful sunsets, and, of course, unforgettable food and drink.

Aged 10 years on-island, the whisky, with its robust 44.4% alcohol content, is the color of a deeply strawberried golden straw. Its nose evokes an equally rich aroma of sweet almond, apples, and cranberries that is balanced with warming vanilla and earthy oaken tones. The taste, initially spicy and herbal, quickly mellows to flavors of honeyed treacle and caramel, with a long, dry finish of toasty oak and herbal anise – perfect to savor along with freshly shucked oysters or a decadent Lazy Lobster Bake from TOPPER’S.

While individual servings of Woody 25 will be on the menu for those dining at TOPPER’S at $25 per serving, the option to purchase of one of the limited run of 200 bottles at $250 for a 750ml bottle will only be available to those guests staying at the hotel.

How is it best served? Neat, of course! But for those who like a little something extra, a menu of carefully-crafted Woody 25 cocktails has been created for TOPPER’S to celebrate the silver anniversary of the inn.

The Wauwinet’s 25^th Anniversary season is the perfect time to visit – with celebratory perks such as a $25 two-course lunch at TOPPER’S* – and to raise a glass of Woody 25 to the classic Nantucket inn!

The Wauwinet and TOPPER’S will open for the season on May 8, and the Woody 25 whisky will be available at both the inn and restaurant early this summer. For more information call 508.228.0145.

*In celebration of the 25^th Anniversary, TOPPER’S is offering a special two-course lunch for $25 May 8-14 and May 20-June 7, excluding Sunday Brunch.

The first major retrospective of Roy Lichtenstein in more than 20 years will be on exhibit at the Centre Pompidou this July and August.  To celebrate Pop Art’s arrival to Paris, Pavillon de la Reine is offering the “Lichtenstein at the Centre Pompidou” experience for guests to enjoy a number of the New York artist’s famous paintings and sculptures, including Look Mickey, Whaam!, and Masterpiece.

“Lichtenstein at the Centre Pompidou” at Pavillon de la Reine includes:

• Overnight accommodations in a Superior room
• Two VIP entrance tickets for Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective
• A museum map
• Daily breakfast

Organized by Centre Pompidou in partnership with the Art Institute of Chicago and the Tate Modern in London, Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective will exhibit the artist’s expansive legacy. Lichtenstein is best known for classic early pop paintings based on advertisements and comic-book treatments of war and romance; his interpretations of paintings by modern masters; and series such as: Brushstrokes, Mirrors, Artist’s Studios, Nudes, and Landscapes in a Chinese Style.

Alongside Andy Warhol, Lichtenstein was a leading figure of the new art movement in the 1960s. It can be said that Pop Art was “defined, refined, and ultimately blown wide open” by the groundbreaking American pop artist. Lichtenstein is most distinguished by his use of hand-painted yet mechanical-looking dots to create areas of tone and color, which became his signature technique.

“Lichtenstein at the Centre Pompidou” is available for travel from July 3-August 31, 2013, with rates starting at €385 per night including tax and service charges.

To book a reservation visit www.pavillon-de-la-reine.com or call + 33 (0) 1 40 29 19 19.