The Peloponnese peninsula is home to more wineries and grape varieties than any other region in Greece, but for wine buffs the Dexamenes Seaside Hotel, which opens in May, offers an extraordinary experience of sleeping off a good night out in old wine tanks dating back to the 1920s. Carved from an abandoned winery set
With a name like The Lowry its is only to be expected that the Manchester hotel’s latest creation would be a work of art. And the first glimpse of its newly renovated Presidential Suite matches those expectations. The suite, already famous for its VIP guest list, will now cost £4,000 a night following renovations totalling
A trip down Memory Lane with HotelView editor David Simpson Learning that Raffles Singapore was accepting reservations for its new and expanded suite life brought the memories flooding back. Is it really 25 years since I crossed the threshold of this iconic hotel with my wife to celebrate her 40th birthday? From the word go
The 42-room hotel Chapter Roma, opening in March, is the first location in the newly established Chapter Italia Portfolio developed by Marco Cilia, formerly of Hotel Americano in New York City. Set in Rome’s vibrant and historic Regola neighbourhood, and part of the Design Hotels collection, Chapter Roma aims to provide accessibility to luxury that
A Jumbo jet normally covers 12.5 kilometers in less than a minute, but City of Bangkok’s epic final journey from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport was anything but ordinary, with a flightpath crossing 17 ditches, highway A9 and one provincial road. In fact this 12.5-kilometer journey, which attracted worldwide media attention, took five days as the jet,
Four Seasons claims “an extraordinary journey is about to begin” as it prepares to open the doors of its new Four Seasons Hotel Bengaluru at Embassy ONE, the company’s second venture in India, joining its sister property in Mumbai. Reservations are now being confirmed from 1 May, with an introductory Early Bird offers enabling guests
The Galápagos Islands is considered one of the world’s foremost destinations for wildlife-viewing, and Hotel Albermale on Isabela Island has been recognised as one of the most ideal places to come to terms with its nature. The volcanic archipelago in the Pacific Ocean is a province of Ecuador, about 600 miles off its coast, with
Normally landscaping the front garden might take in a fountain or two, maybe a couple of statues, something nice and ornamental. But Dutch hotels group Corendon had a more eye-catching centrepiece in mind … a complete Boeing 747-400. And in a monumental feat of transportation beginning on 5 February, the former KLM aircraft, named City
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts has unveiled plans for new $400m beachfront development on the Japanese island of Okinawa, in partnership with Berjaya Corporation. The 100-acre project site is located along the western coast of the island, approximately 31 miles northeast of Naha International Airport, with easy access by highway from the airport and close
The Rugby World Cup takes place in Asia for the first time from September to November across Japan, and with England among the favourites to lift the crown, the spotlight falls on Yokohama which will host not only the semi-finals and final but also the must-see clash between England and France. Yokohama, capital of Kanagawa