The wide stretch of white sand and gentle sea, make it a perfect children’s playground. Now the hotel has appointed a Kids Concierge to arrange family picnics, sandcastle building competitions and even a children’s ‘cocktail’ hour at 4pm daily, when

families. Seven nights from £4,995 for a family of four, including flights and accommodation but not excursions. Read Surviving The Long-haul Flight for the best tips on traveling with children.

£965 per adult. For more information visit Kenwood TravelDon't miss... Junior's guide to fuss-free flying with childrenPlus... We review more long-haul destinations: Mustique, Grenada and Morocco

Assumption, they say, is the mother of mess-up. Oh, and what a fool was I to assume that on a long-haul flight with a duration of 11 hours there would be back-of-the-seat in-flight entertainment to keep a five-year-old amused. Instead, there was one

with an extensive selection of fine wine and the best of Italian and Mediterranean cuisine in an elegant indoor or al fresco setting. There is also a choice of bars, including the Poolside and the Loy Krathong Bar - ideal for refreshing cocktails, finger food

the Black River Gorges National Park where white-tailed tropicbirds with long streamer tails glided like kites on warm thermals. We drank sugarcane juice (the sign said it helped with the growth of sexual organs, which greatly appealed to my sons’ schoolboy