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.
The $1.4 billion luxury resort Mardan Palace was unveiled in Antalya, Turkey to an audience of 600 international dignitaries and celebrities who dined on top of the Mediterranean's largest swimming pool, with performances from Mariah Carey and Tom Jones on the evening of May 21.
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.
One of the world's best beaches is now home to the pinnacle of luxury resort hotels, with the June 1 opening of InterContinental Fiji Golf Resort & Spa on Natadola Beach, the pride of Fiji's Coral Coast.
Rocco Forte opened the new luxury hotel, The Augustine, in Prague on May 14, 2009, making it the company's 12th property.
Melbourne's reputation as a stylish and sophisticated city has further been enhanced with the addition of three stunning luxury properties to its hotel portfolio.
Shangri-La's Villingili Resort and Spa is the first luxury resort hotel south of the equator in the Maldives and the first to offer guests tropical tree house villas with panoramic views. The resort will offer guests a stylish luxury travel experience in a spacious, boutique-style environment with 142 spacious stand-alone villas.
SURALAI, a stunning new private luxury villa in Koh Samui, Thailand is now open. The villa provides an ultimate luxury travel experience for family vacations and an alternative to staying in a luxury hotel.
Hirsch Bedner Associates unveils a new design for the Fairmont Peace Hotel Shanghai to restore this legendary pleasure palace to its former glory.
Opening this summer, Shangri-La's Villingili Resort and Spa will have 142 luxury villas and will be the first resort on the Maldives' southern Addu Atoll.
The doors of The Langham, Yangtze Boutique, Shanghai are now open. Many of the hotel's 96 rooms and suites offer a private balcony or terrace.
Open in June 2009, Hotel Missoni Edinburgh is the launch hotel for the new hotel brand. With a prime location on the corner of George IV Bridge and the Royal Mile, and just steps from Edinburgh Castle, Hotel Missoni is situated in the heart of Edinburgh.
The Pierre, the U.S. flagship of Taj Hotels on New York's Fifth Avenue overlooking Central Park, will re-open June 1 following a $100 million renovation to create new guestroom and bath interiors and to reconfigure first floor public areas to accommodate a new restaurant, Le Caprice at The Pierre, as well as 2 East, a new lobby lounge, and a graciously welcoming reception area.
