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to me the ideal touring hub (at least in a price range as the hopes) would be something like the dt 340's. dt has the easiest system to service that i have ever seen. You dont even need 1 tool to service the free hub body. On top of that the star ratchet set up they use is so simple I have never seen one fail.
With that being said alot of people have proven shimano hubs are very reliable when serviced consistently but i have seen and personally have had a number of their free hub bodies fail.
with cost being no issue I would do something like phil wood or chris king hubs. Again I have never seen either of these hubs fail and they are both easy to do basic service on in the field.