/ 25 October 2005

Hotel offers Christmas hamper for the rich

A luxury Hong Kong hotel is offering a new twist on the traditional Christmas food hamper for its well-heeled guests — a basket of festive goodies worth a cool HK$1-million (about R852 500).

Ritz Carlton guests, with a million to spare, can buy the exclusive Yuletide gift that includes vouchers for three-night stays at the hotel in Hong Kong and others in Bali, air tickets for a private Gulfstream flight to the Indonesian resort island, shopping tours, a bottle of champagne and gourmet food.

”It does indeed all come packed in a hamper, so you can hand over a million-dollar gift at Christmas,” Ritz-Carlton spokesperson in Hong Kong Claudia Hardt said.

The package also includes spa treatments and Rolls Royce transfers between hotels.

And of course, it comes with a Christmas pudding.

”It is a traditional hamper, after all,” Hardt said. — Sapa-AFP