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Cancún, on Mexico’s Caribbean Coast, is a perennial favourite for visitors looking for balmy tropical weather, quintessential Caribbean beaches and luxury hotels including the renowned Live Aqua Beach Resort Cancún, writes Andrew Forbes. As privileged guests of the hotel’s new Aqua Club (a premium guest club on the 5th floor where one can enjoy a daily private club breakfast, as well as hors d’œuvres, canapés and refreshments throughout the day, including premium drinks, and afternoon tea) our arrival set the tone for our short stay at this ‘sensorial lifestyle resort’. Live Aqua is an established beach resort in Cancún and since its complete remodelling it has emerged as an upscale all-inclusive beach resort with new guest suites and new restaurants. This is a property that endeavours to embrace each of their clients by seducing their senses – the glorious Mexican Caribbean light; the sea views; the sounds of the ocean; the personalised aromatherapy in the guest room; the varied cuisines; the pampering in the spa; the pleasure of the beach and pools; the fun and joy of holidaying with friends and family; dancing in the nightclub; indulging in a cocktail at the swim-up bar; eating a gourmet meal.

The Bahamas is known for spectacular white-sand beaches, a vibrant culture and instagrammable moments galore, but with over 700 islands and cays – ranging from remote, uninhabited sandbars to lively towns – choosing which Island to explore can be a difficult decision. Home to the iconic Atlantis resort, Paradise Island is home to the luxurious Cove suites and pool with private Lulu DK-designed cabanas, indulgent wellness mecca Mandara Spa, and fine dining courtesy of Fish by Michelin-starred Jose Andres and the newly relaunched Café Martinique. The island is also home to the Blue Project Foundation, established to protect the fragile marine environment through establishing the largest Marine protected Area in the country, protecting endangered marine species from destructive overfishing, rehabilitating local reefs and injured marine mammals, and returning displaced animals to the wild. Home to the third largest fringing barrier reef in the world, Andros Island is a haven for experienced and newbie scuba divers alike with diving ranging from friendly shallow waters, haunting wrecks and blue-hole drives to knee-buckling dramatic wall dives off the 6,000-foot-deep Tongue of the Ocean.

This spring we headed to Mexico and discovered the inside track on this luxury all-inclusive property, and one of the memorable highlights was dinner at the resort’s signature fine-dining restaurant, Inlaa’Kech. luxurious, ‘sensorial lifestyle resort’ includes a diverse range of all-inclusive restaurants and bars, where Executive Chef César Germain leads a culinary team of over 60. Escamoles (ant larvae harvested from agave plants in Mexico) with blue corn …and a truly exquisite interpretation of ‘surf & turf’ – fine beef with Beef with Lobster Thermidor. Dishes were perfectly paired with wines, including Pascal Jolivett Sauvignon Blanc (France), Sebastiani Chardonnay (USA) and La Casona Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot (México).

Ester Ledecka is the first athlete to win the 1st place in ski and snowboard in the same competition – at the highest competitive level. Her competitive career began at the fragile age of just five years old and she has gone from strength to strength in accruing victories ever since, with her most recent (and impressive) at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games, in South Korea, where she took double gold in skiing and snowboarding – the first female athlete to achieve such a performance in a single edition of the Winter Olympics