WHAT THEY SPENT
PRIVATE JETS: £349,000 Luxaviation, a luxury jet provider, offers wines from their own extensive cellar, on board culinary facilities and uniformed hostesses. LUXURY HOTELS: £176,000 Eurocrats enjoyed stays at the five-star Stamford Hotel, which boasts ‘Brisbane’s most extravagant hotel suite’ with a 24-hour butler; and £18,000 at the five star Shangri La Hotel in Singapore (above). CHAUFFEURS: £18,000 Euro commissioners used the ‘elite’ Don Williams Chauffeur Services, which operates Range Rovers and Mercedes limousines. RESTAURANTS: £2,000 at the Restaurant de Watermolen in Antwerp, which offers guests a choice of 15 champagnes and 400 wines. HIGH-CLASS CATERING: £2,700 at caterers Brambles, who provide ‘mixologists’ at events to make cocktails; and £4,000 at BaxterStorey, who offer an ‘exceptional front of house service’ with ‘signature chefs’. CHOCOLATE: £952 on a visit to Concept Chocolate’s factory. The firm makes EU-branded chocolate. CHATEAUX: £3,000 on a stay at the Chateau de Limelette, which has a ‘delightful gourmet restaurant’. SPORT: £44,000 at a tennis club, the Associazione Sportiva Tennis Catennis. £1,984 on a trip to the European Golf Club; £2,500 at the Calcetto Club which runs a football competition. FURNITURE: £625,300 at Ahrend Furniture, a producer of designer and avant garde furniture.
HOLIDAY RESORTS: £6,500 on a trip to the Alpine Gangwon-Do Resort in South Korea and its ‘composite tourism complex’ which features artificial alpine lakes.
FLOWERS: £756 with Decoration Florale Ricard.
RAVES: £1,000 to Retec Rent, a firm that provides music technology for raves.