After announcing that Belmond’s latest train would be featured on the cover, LUXUS MAGAZINE is now revealing the contents of its new print edition, the summer issue (No. 11). This second quarterly issue focuses on travel, with a particular emphasis on slow travel. Available for pre-order now, take advantage of free shipping until July 7.
Back in winter, our columnist Hervé de Gouvion Saint Cyr announced on Luxus+ the travel trends for 2025 that he had identified at the International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM).
Our observations of the sector have confirmed his analysis, so we have devoted a large part of your magazine to wellness and, more specifically, to a fundamental phenomenon that is affecting the luxury sector and beyond: Slow Travel. This art of “traveling in slow motion”—both literally and figuratively—invites you to take the time to discover a destination with the help of the best tour operators there are: the local people.
It also means taking time for yourself, far from the pressure to do everything and see everything, and guilt-free indulging in a spa session, beauty or rejuvenating treatments, or even meditation.
In praise of slowness
“The journey is more important than the destination,” said Robert Louis Stevenson. And when it comes to Slow Travel, the author of Treasure Island, which has been a part of many children’s childhood memories, knew a thing or two. When his sweetheart left him to marry someone else and move to the New World, he decided to cross the Cévennes on a mule to forget his sad fate.
Fortunately, as our journalist Anthony Conan and our columnist Hervé de Gouvion Saint Cyr show, Slow Travel no longer has much to do with this type of ordeal and can even be extremely comfortable.
Belmond has just unveiled a luxury train, the Britannic Explorer, which is the first of its kind to travel through both England and Wales. We took the opportunity to talk to its managing director, Hendrik Huebner. As you will have gathered, sustainable travel, and train travel in particular, is a recurring theme in this issue.
Our shopping section also embraces this taste for wide open spaces and long-distance travel, featuring several legendary trains, each inviting you on an adventurous journey from Scotland to Asia via the Middle East.
Our journalist Lucile Gélébart met with Pascal Languillon, CEO of Luxe Wellness Club, an expert in this type of sustainable experience. He told us a little more about the best practices to adopt right now, as well as the destinations and establishments to prioritize.
Taking time for yourself is also the message from Swiss beauty specialist Valmont, which has just unveiled a travel kit that is as compact as it is elegant.
This long period of time is also essential for the aging of wine in the cellar. For the portrait section, Lucile Gélébart interviewed Frédéric Mairesse, CEO of Champagne Barons de Rothschild, a house celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.
To help you enjoy the summer even more, our address book section has selected some of Europe’s top establishments that have developed a genuine culture of well-being.
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