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The very best hotel I've stayed in is the Intercontinental on Park Lane. We went there for the Chelsea Flower Show a few years ago, and it was sheer luxury. Everybody had a smile on their face. I came home and changed all my pillows because the hotel ones were so beautiful.

'The Grand Budapest Hotel' is not really my thing, but I kind of loved it.

My favorite place to vacation is anyplace by the ocean.

My son loves the Hotel du Cap, in the south of France.

Jal Mahal, Jaipur, holds a special place for me and it is especially beautiful by night. I enjoy our stay at the old havelis in the region.

I don't like the idea that one hotel could be better than another. In any city, I try to find a hotel that has the identity of that place - Claridge's in London, the Danieli or Cipriani in Venice. In New York, I stay at the Mercer Hotel; it is so much in the character of SoHo.

In Positano, I like the San Pietro Hotel, which is run by a friend whose family has owned the hotel for more than 100 years.

I haven't been on very many vacations, but I like Coronado Island, and Disney World was fun.

I'm a hotel baby, absolutely: it's hard to think of a hotel I haven't stayed in.