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    Niki Blasina

    Deputy Editor, FT Globetrotter

    Niki Blasina is the deputy editor of FT Globetrotter, the Financial Times's city life vertical that covers food and drink, culture, fitness and wellbeing — and more — in destination cities around the world. She was previously an editor on the world news desk with a focus on visual storytelling.

    Prior to joining the FT, Niki worked for the Wall Street Journal as a video reporter and producer, covering politics and geopolitical conflict in the Middle East, Europe and Russia, often through the lens of US foreign policy, while additionally covering major European sporting events such as Wimbledon, the Tour de France and the Ryder Cup.

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    • Tuesday, 5 December, 2023
      FT Globetrotter
      A clean getaway from London: a pioneering skincare retreat

      A four-day stay dedicated to your skin at a smart wellness destination in the capital’s greenbelt

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    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
      InterviewLunch with the FT
      Chef Michel Roux Jr: ‘Day one of my life, I was in the kitchen’

      The TV star on Michelin stars, saying goodbye to Le Gavroche — and serving up a £70,000 meal for three

    • Tuesday, 17 October, 2023
      FT Globetrotter
      Meet Miami’s most exciting chefs

      The trailblazers making the Magic City a go-to culinary destination and whose restaurants are the new greats

      Female chef cooking with a flaming pan
    • Friday, 6 October, 2023
      FT Globetrotter
      Our insider guide to Vancouver’s best hotels

      Hedonists’ hangout, sleek eco-minded haven, ‘urban resort’ favoured by the Canadian PM . . .  wherever you fancy staying, the city’s got you covered

      The view from the Fairmont Pacific Rim, Vancouver across the water to forest and mountains
    • Friday, 6 October, 2023
      FT GlobetrotterOur insider guide to Vancouver’s best hotels
      Star power: Rosewood Hotel Georgia

      This longtime favourite of music and Hollywood royalty (plus the odd real prince or two) marries 1920s elegance with haute gastronomy

      The living room of a suite in Vancouver’s Rosewood Hotel Georgia, with a green-velvet sofa, white walls, a blond-wood floor and a marble fireplace with a TV screen above it
    • Friday, 6 October, 2023
      FT GlobetrotterOur insider guide to Vancouver’s best hotels
      Plush hour: Wedgewood Hotel & Spa

      A hit of country house-style luxury nestled amid the skyscrapers of downtown Vancouver

      The dark-wood-panelled, country-house-style lobby at Wedgewood Hotel, Vancouver, with a large chandelier and roaring fire
    • Friday, 6 October, 2023
      FT GlobetrotterOur insider guide to Vancouver’s best hotels
      Welcome to the pleasuredome: Paradox Hotel Vancouver

      Let loose in a hedonists’ playground that is proudly over the top

      The Paradox’s spiral staircase
    • Friday, 6 October, 2023
      FT GlobetrotterOur insider guide to Vancouver’s best hotels
      ‘An urban resort’: Fairmont Pacific Rim

      Make like the Canadian PM and check into the place widely regarded as Vancouver’s smartest stay

      A view of the bay and mountains beyond from Fairmont Pacific Rim
    • Friday, 6 October, 2023
      FT GlobetrotterOur insider guide to Vancouver’s best hotels
      Way to grow: The Douglas

      Sybaritic meets sylvan at a chic, sustainability-focused spot that evokes Vancouver’s ancient origins as a vast forest

      A bedroom at The Douglas hotel, Vancouver, with polished concrete floor, pillars and ceiling, from which hangs a large square light, and with floor-to-ceiling windows looking over other high-rises
    • Thursday, 5 October, 2023
      FT Globetrotter
      Full of beans: a guide to Vancouver’s stellar coffee scene

      The Canadian city is synonymous with great java. Our writer returns to her hometown to find out what’s brewing  

      Vancouver Cold Brew; Rhubarb Bun; Almond Croissant; Asparagus & Brie Quiche and Latte at Novella Coffee Bar, Vancouver
    • Monday, 2 October, 2023
      FT Globetrotter
      Hip hops: an introduction to Vancouver’s groundbreaking craft beer scene

      Welcome to the home of Canada’s microbrewing revolution

      A moustachioed bartender at Vancouver’s Strange Fellow Brewing wiping down the bar. Behind him is a large board listing all the drinks and food available at the bar
    • Wednesday, 9 August, 2023
      Travel
      How I ate my way around Mount Etna

      Led by chefs, wine-makers and food producers, this could be the ultimate Sicilian culinary tour

    • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
      ReviewFT Globetrotter
      FT Globetrotter: Five of the smartest new hotels in Paris

      An insider guide to some of the most stylish places to stay in the City of Light

      The view from Hotel Dame des Arts, Paris, with the Eiffel Tower and La Défense in the distance
    • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
      FT GlobetrotterFT Globetrotter: Five of the smartest new hotels in Paris
      Pavillon Faubourg Saint-Germain: a love letter to literary Paris

      This smart Left Bank five-star hotel pays homage to famous former residents such as James Joyce, while offering haute bistronomy and a superlative spa experience

      A beige-toned guest room at the Pavillon Faubourg Saint-Germain, with yellow and blue modernist wood chairs beside a French window
    • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
      FT GlobetrotterFT Globetrotter: Five of the smartest new hotels in Paris
      Le Pigalle: party time in the quartier of cool

      Boho vibes, quirky charm and DJ sets await you at this hipster haven

      A bedroom in Le Pigalle hotel, with grey walls and artwork featuring a topless woman behind the bed
    • Tuesday, 25 April, 2023
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      FT Globetrotter: the City of London’s hottest hotel openings

      The beating business heart of the UK capital has never been buzzier. We review the latest places to stay in and around the Square Mile

    • Tuesday, 25 April, 2023
      FT Globetrotter: the City of London’s hottest hotel openings
      Best of both worlds: One Hundred Shoreditch, London E1

      A hop from the City is a smart new minimalist space in one of the capital’s buzziest neighbourhoods

      Pink-cushioned seating surrounded by a wooden wall and two floor-to-ceiling windows looking out over the City of London at One Hundred Shoreditch
    • Tuesday, 18 April, 2023
      FT Globetrotter
      Greener getaways from London

      Sustainable escapes from the UK capital, from farm-to-table destinations to showcases of eco-friendly design

    • Tuesday, 18 April, 2023
      FT GlobetrotterGreener getaways from London
      Grace & Savour — an epicurean escape in the West Midlands

      A Michelin-starred dinner and stay on a Victorian estate that is now a byword for chic sustainability

      View through the windows of the walled garden at Hampton Manor
    • Thursday, 30 March, 2023
      FT GlobetrotterTrailblazers5 min
      Roger Federer and Trevor Noah on why you should visit Switzerland | FT Globetrotter

      An exclusive interview with the tennis star and comedian on the set of their film for Switzerland Tourism

    • Monday, 31 October, 2022
      FT Globetrotter
      London’s most exciting chef’s table restaurants

      Where fine dining meets immersive theatre, as guests watch up close — and savour at length — the work of culinary stars at the peak of their creative powers

      Chefs Oli Marlow and Charlie Tayler of Aulis
    • Tuesday, 20 September, 2022
      FT Globetrotter
      Five London hotels with eco ambitions

      Smart sustainable stays in the UK capital

      Greenery hanging from the roof of The Nest bar, with a view over London, at the Treehouse Hotel
    • Tuesday, 31 May, 2022
      FT GlobetrotterGreener getaways from London
      The Loch & The Tyne in Old Windsor — a country inn with five-star food

      Super-chef Adam Handling perfectly marries sustainability and luxury at his first venture outside London

      Deer grazing beneath trees in Windsor Great Park
    • Monday, 23 May, 2022
      FT Globetrotter
      Four of London’s most majestic Platinum Jubilee afternoon teas

      Mark the Queen’s 70 years on the throne in sybaritic style at this quartet of the capital’s smartest hotels

      A halved scone on a plate with a profile of the Queen glazed into the top at The Goring hotel
    • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
      FT Globetrotter
      Obsessed with: cinnamon buns — where to find London’s most delicious

      FT writers and correspondents reveal their food and drink obsessions — and where to find them in their city. Here, FT Globetrotter’s deputy editor reveals her passion for swirly Scandinavian delights

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