THE firm behind luxury hotel GoldenEye hosted a view to a thrill at Storyhouse Chester, in an event attended by Chester-born Daniel Craig's step-mum Kirsty Craig.

Luxury hotel sales and marketing representation company Le Petit Monde hosted the evening with luxury tour operator and travel agent partners.

Annabel Griffin, founder and director of Le Petit Monde, said: “This is our first large scale luxury industry event since Covid-19 hit, and it was wonderful to catch up with so many industry friends in person after such a tough year and a half for the travel industry.”

The event was supported by the Jamaica Tourist Board and luxury hotel clients including Island Outpost, Jamaica, Hermitage Bay, Antigua, Mount Cinnamon, Grenada, Constantinou Bros Asimina Suites Hotel in Cyprus and Nana Princess, suites, villas and Spa on Crete.

Le Petit Monde arranged for a private cinema screening of Daniel Craig's final outing as James Bond 007, in the film No Time To Die.

At the event was Daniel Craig’s step mum Kirsty Craig as well as former BBC Breakfast anchor Louise Minchin.

Le Petit Monde represents the beautiful hotel GoldenEye, which was the original home of Ian Fleming and where he was inspired to write 14 James Bond novels, while Jamaica was one of the great loves of Ian Fleming’s life. He bought 15 acres of land on Oracabessa Bay on the northern coastline of Jamaica and built his home on the edge of a cliff overlooking a private beach.

Fleming named the house Goldeneye after Operation Goldeneye, a Second World War contingency plan which the author had developed in case of a Nazi invasion of Gibraltar. He would spend three months of each year at Goldeneye.

Following on from Casino Royale, he would spend the next 12 years writing all of his Bond stories there. Several of the Bond movies, including Dr No and Live and Let Die, were also filmed near the estate in Jamaica.

Today the property is owned by former Island Records Founder and Producer Chris Blackwell, who founded musicians including Bob Marley and U2. He has since created a boutique hotel, where guests can stay in the original Fleming Villa, which has five bedrooms and sleeps up to 10 people, as well as other boutique villas on the beach.

Chris has also set up the GoldenEye Foundation to help the local communities in Oracabessa in Jamaica.