A swinging time: BSR Golf is offering a five-day/four-night golfing package to the royal seaside town of Hua Hin in Thailand, leaving on May 7, and staying at either the City Beach Hotel ($4,880;
www.citybeach.co.th) or the Springfield Beach Resort ($5,080;
www.springfieldresort.com). The deals are available to a minimum of three golfers (based on twin-share), and include return economy flights on Cathay Pacific, all transfers, accommodation, daily breakfast, four rounds of golf and all green and caddy fees. Visitors will have the opportunity of playing a round of golf each at the Jack Nicklaus-designed Springfield Royal Country Club; the 18-hole championship course at the Imperial Lake View Golf Club; the Dragon Hills Golf & Country Club; and the Palm Hills Resort & Country Club. Call Amlis Chan on 2730 3288 or 2730 1022 for details.
House rules: From the same team who brought us London's hip private member's club, Soho House; the country outpost, Babington House in Somerset; and the cinema and private club, Electric House in Notting Hill Gate; comes Soho House New York. Spread over five floors of a warehouse in the trendy Meatpacking District, the members club and hotel opens on May 7 and will house the Black Room (a cinema with 44 armchairs screening free art-house films); The Cowshed spa; a library available to hire for functions; a restaurant run by the former manager of The Ivy in London; a games room; plus a heated pool complete with bar, hammocks and views across the Hudson River.