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IHG splashes out $300m for upmarket Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas

InterContinental Hotels Group has reinforced its position as the largest luxury hotel brand in the world with the $300m purchase of Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas. The acquisition extends IHG’s reach to a community of affluent travellers and provides instant access to some of the world’s most sought-after locations including the Maldives, pictured top of
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Jumbo jet’s five-day epic journey finally touches down – in a hotel front garden

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,
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‘Magic about to unfold’ as Four Seasons prepares to open its second hotel in India

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
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Come to terms with the beauty of the Galapagos Islands at award-winning Albermarle Hotel

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
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Forget the fountains. Amsterdam’s Corendon hotel aims much higher for its front garden … like a Jumbo jet

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
Manzamo Cape in Okinawa, Japan

Four Seasons to debut on Japanese island of Okinawa with $400m beachfront resort

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
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With the clock ticking for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, here’s a winning-line-up of Yokohama hotels for England fans

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
Maritim Hotel Blue Paradise Albena

Change of identity for Albena’s Paradise Blue as Maritim takes control

The Paradise Blue Hotel & Spa in Albena, Bulgaria, will open as a Maritim Hotel in April. The contract for the new 5-star hotel was signed late last year and Maritim Hotels (Germany) will run it on a franchise-basis. The hotel originally opened for the first time in July 2017 and is to be renamed
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The Alex Athens

Santikos Collection breaks new ground with first city property on Athens Riviera this summer

Santikos Collection is expanding this summer with its first city opening in the port of Piraeus on the Athens Riviera. Just 15 minutes from the city centre, The Alex will become the Collection’s fifth property within its portfolio, joining Marpunta Resort on the island of Alonnisos, Santikos Mansion in the Pelion region and the Aegean
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From Lithuania to Vietnam, how Design Hotels spread its worldwide wings in 2018

It was a busy 2018 for Design Hotels, which provides hospitality services to a network of more than 300 independently owned small boutique and luxury hotels worldwide. Here are the properties that were added to its portfolio during the past 12 months. Hotel Pacai, Vilnius, Lithuania May, 2018– On the main artery of the medieval
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Iconic Chinese power house becomes hotel that Shanghai ‘didn’t even know it needed’

It has been, literally, a symbol of Chinese power for almost 90 years, but now what is arguably Shanghai’s finest, and most important, building is taking on a new lease of life as a luxury hotel. The 24 floors of the art-deco former headquarters of Shanghai Power Company on the Nanjing Road has become the
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We didn’t really want to go to Graceland … but it took wild horses to drag us away

HotelView editor David Simpson visits the iconic Memphis mansion of Elvis Presley and is converted into a fan of the King of Rock and Roll The only reason we visited Graceland was because our cruise up the Mississippi ended in Memphis. Not being avid fans, we weren’t overly excited about going, but it seemed wrong
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