A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

The year of the Ox is around the corner and while we’re still far from back to normal here at Jetsetter we remain perpetually optimistic for a better, more adventurous year in 2021. Whether you’ve booked a trip for the next few months or are still feeling that it’s not the right time, we hope to provide you with some inspiration for future travels.

Love a snowy story? This issue, Nick Walton reports on St. Moritz’s legendary White Turf event, where a frozen lake becomes the world’s only racecourse on ice and steeds thunder past a jetset crowd from this iconic alpine setting. This year’s event may be postponed but you can always plan ahead for February 2022. Find out more about this exhilarating experience first by turning to p34.

Can the Lion City roar again? We certainly hope so. With an air bubble between Singapore and Hong Kong on the cards, we were keen to rediscover what makes the city state such a great destination. From covid-friendly outdoor activities to the latest new restaurant openings, get some inspiration for your next Sing trip on p58.

One country that’s handled the pandemic extraordinarily well is New Zealand, and with most of its greatest attractions found in nature, many are planning future trips there. Robyn Tucker-Peck reports on attractions like the new All-Blacks experience and we also cast the spotlight on the country’s best new hotels and wine tours. Find out more on p82.

Elsewhere in the mag, we interview a couple of intrepid sailors, Ana & John, to discover what it’s really like to be out on the open seas during a pandemic for a new column, Explorer (p80). We also grill Girish Jhunjhnuwala, CEO of Ovolo Hotels, on his bold decision to take meat off all menus for 12 months late last year (p78).

With such little travel on the agenda of late, it’s the sheer delight of exploration we miss the most. For as the great author JRR Tolkien once opined, ‘still round the corner, there may wait, a new road or secret gate.’

The thought of getting out there and exploring once more is keeping us going at the moment, and we hope to be packing our bags and making new journeys very soon.

Here’s hoping there will be much more travelling for us all in 2021 after too much time at home in 2020!