In mid-November, W Hotels will open its second W Retreat & Spa (the first opened in the Maldives in 2006). The W Vieques is the first W Retreat & Spa in the Caribbean and is located eight miles off the Southeast coast of Puerto Rico on the island of Vieques.
The Bohemian Hotel Savannah Riverfront, the latest luxury boutique hotel by The Kessler Collection, will officially open in Savannah, Georgia on July 24, 2009.
InterContinental Hotels is set to enrich its service and product offering within the UAE as it opens another key property this July at Dubai Festival City, with the InterContinental Residence Suites.
Castel Monastero, a new luxury hotel in Tuscany, set in an 11th Century Borgo opens featuring Chef Gordon Ramsay dining concept.
The Leading Hotels of the World announced that it has recently accepted four new hotels into its collection: Royal Spa Kitzbühel, Rocco Forte The Augustine, One&Only Cape Town and Le Gray Beirut.
The new Amanresorts luxury hotel, Amantaka, sits in the heart of Luang Prabang, a town declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1995 to protect its 32 precious temples, classic French colonial architecture and former royal palace. Luxury Travel
Hyatt Hotels & Resorts announced the opening of Park Hyatt Jeddah-Marina Club and Spa, marking its entry into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Set among landscaped gardens on the Corniche of Jeddah, Park Hyatt Jeddah-Marina, Club and Spa features views of the Red Sea and King Fahd fountain.
Terranea Resort celebrated its grand opening on June 12 in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. The 102-acre, $580 million, bluff-top property, owned by Lowe Enterprises and operated by Destination Hotels & Resorts, features a Mediterranean-style design and architecture.
A palace fit for a Maharaja recently had its soft opening in Udaipur, in India's Rajasthan, and is already winning rave reviews. Set on the banks of beautiful Lake Pichola, The Leela Palace Kempinski Udaipur has 80 luxury hotel rooms and suites and captivating views of this romantic heritage city and the surrounding majestic Aravili Mountains.
The first luxury hotel developed in collaboration with the renowned Italian luxury fashion dynasty, Missoni, opened yesterday in Edinburgh, Scotland.
The newly opened five-star Finca Cortesin Hotel, Golf & Spa offers unparalleled luxury on Spain's southern coast. Set in the Andalucia's pristine hinterland near Sotogrande and Marbella, this new 67-suite property offers an elegant holiday experience for the sophisticated traveler.
Construction of the most leaning tower on Earth, the iconic Capital Gate which will house Abu Dhabi's first Hyatt hotel, has reached the half-way point. Hyatt at Capital Centre, is a presidential-style luxury, 5-star hotel and will provide 200 hotel rooms for Abu Dhabi's international business and leisure travelers.
The Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte at Bank of America Center is scheduled to open this October in Uptown, becoming the first LEED-built hotel for The Ritz-Carlton and for the city of Charlotte.
The opening of The Mardan Palace in Antalya Turkey was attended by Hollywood film stars and world-famous celebrities including Richard Gere, Mariah Carey, Tom Jones, Sharon Stone, Seal, Paris Hilton and Monica Bellucci, along with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
Roberto Wirth, owner and General Manager of the venerable Rome 5-Star Hotel Hassler Roma, signed an agreement last week with renowned hotelier Moreno Occhiolini to create a new international luxury hotel chain, Hassler Hotels & Resorts.
