Travel about 3-4 months of every year. Self employed so not great problem finding the time.

Favourite place in the whole World is Venice and the view from the Danielli Hotel over the lagoon is my no.1 closely followed by the view from the Guggenheim on the Grand Canal.

Best grand hotel in the World the Mandarin Oriental in KL. Best small hotel the Samode Haveli in Jaipur. Best pool view- the Phou Vao in Luang Prabang, Laos.

Favourite restaurants - Green Tangerine, Hanoi; Hotel de la Paix, Siem Reap, Cambodia. and Roti in Edinburgh.

Favourite bars- the Peninsula riverside bar, Bangkok, Danieli, Venice, the FCC, Phnom Penh, Cambodia & the Traverse Bar, Edinburgh.

Favourite countries Italy, India, Morocco ,Laos and Vietnam.

If you are going to India use Compass Travel and Shweta Seth. Based in Delhi.