​Paresa Resort (www.paresaresorts.com), the luxurious Thai hideaway in the Kamala hills of Phuket, hosted the first in a series of extraordinary gourmet food and wine dinners in April and raised over £10,000 to support its nominated charity, the ‘Barnhem Home for Children’ in Muang Mai.
 
Under the theme ‘Innovation meets Tradition’ the evening featured the renowned Peruvian chef Paulo de Souza, Head Chef at the award-winning Jumeirah Beach Hotel in Dubai, who was making his third visit to Paresa to appear as guest chef alongside the resort’s own Executive Chef, Jordi Valles Claverol.

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Titan (0800 988 5873, www.titantravel.co.uk), the multi-award-winning travel company, has unveiled its new 2017 Worldwide brochure of escorted tours and cruises with Ethiopia and a tour of Russia in Winter joining the portfolio for the very first time. In total there are 36 new tours contained within the 381-page brochure, including a new rail tour of Switzerland and a week-long tour of Corfu as well as a tour of the hill stations of northern India. In addition, offering exceptional value for money, is a new range of 12 ‘essential’ travel adventures that focus on the key highlights of a country. The brochure also includes details of a new range of river cruise holidays on board the MS Serenade 1 which Titan is exclusively chartering throughout 2017.

Exclusive five-star Phuket hideaway Paresa is embracing the spirit of one of the Asia’s most exciting and colourful events, with a package combining the island’s annual Vegetarian Festival (01-09 October 2016) with a gourmet Vegetarian tasting menu and classes in Thai vegetarian street cooking. Paresa will also offer a guided tour of the festival in Phuket’s ‘Old Town’ and a visit to a colourful local market accompanied by Paresa’s chef to select ingredients for the cookery masterclass.

​Titan (0800 988 5873, www.titantravel.co.uk), the multi-award-winning travel company, has broadened its choice of escorted tours with the unveiling of a brand new ‘Essential Collection’ of exciting travel adventures.
 
There are 12 new tours in the programme which sits alongside the main range of Titan holidays and are contained within the new 2017 Worldwide brochure.  Each one maintains the strength and assurance of a traditional Titan tour but focuses more on the key highlights of a country or region, offering superb value for money and the perfect solution if holiday time or budget is limited.