According to Google Flights, searches for trips to Mexico are through the roof. We’d skip Cancun and head straight to the Baja Peninsula, where some of the world’s best hotel brands are putting down roots. The Baja Peninsula is a wild and rugged strip of land between the Pacific and the Sea of Cortez with deserts, mile-long beaches and clear waters with vibrant marine ecosystems. Ultra-luxe hotel group Aman will open Amanvari here later in the year (a property to rival Utah’s Amangiri), while Chablé Hotels is readying the Chablé Sea of Cortez. Down in Los Cabos at the tip of the peninsula, Four Seasons and Park Hyatt will open five-star resorts this summer.

Rosewood Miyakojima will be the luxury brand’s first property in Japan, bringing its five-star service to Okinawa’s remote Ryukyu Islands. Opening in March, the hotel will be surrounded by sugarcane fields and overlook Oura Bay. It will have 55 rooms with watery views, as well as four restaurants, an infinity pool, an Asaya Spa, and a range of immersive cultural experiences on offer, from snorkelling to calligraphy sessions with local artists. There are daily direct flights from Tokyo to Okinawa's main island, so reaching the hotel is simpler than you might think.

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You might have spotted Guy Ritchie’s WildKitchen in his Netflix drama, The Gentleman, last year. It’s an open-fire cooking station – and there’s one lakeside on his Wiltshire estate, where guest chefs will be creating exclusive, live-fire tasting menus this summer. Book now for a seat at the table as London food pioneer Carousel hosts a series of weekends featuring meals cooked by guest chefs like Masaki Sugisaki (Dinings SW3) and Charlie Tayler (Aulis). From May to September, guests can enjoy a two-night stay in a room in Ashcombe House on the estate, with activities like wild swimming, yoga and cookery workshops. Prices start from £350 a night, with the chef experience an extra £175 a head.

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