DECADENT RESORT TO OPEN ATOP OMAN: 6561FT ABOVE SEA LEVEL
Boutique Asian hotelier, Alila Hotels & Resorts has revealed its plans to expand into Oman in late 2014 with the opening of Alila Jabal Akhdar. The resort will be set in the Jabal Akhdar mountain range, a region of the sultanate that has seen limited tourist development, two hours’ drive from the capital Muscat. Alila […]
101 SPOTS TO SAVOR THE WORLD’S BEST HOTEL-DINING
Paris leads a list of the 101 best hotel restaurants around the world, as compiled by popular food site The Daily Meal. Spanning six continents, more than 40 countries and 80 cities, the list was curated by consulting ‘trusted sources’ like the Michelin Guide, and recommendations from The Daily Meal’s editors. The City of Light […]
HOTEL HARRODS
The Qatari owners of Harrods are planning to launch a line of hotels under the name of the famous luxury London store. “The target plan is to open Harrods hotels at sites in key cities such as Kuala Lumpur, New York and Paris as well as in China. “Preference will be given to construct on […]
MEET YOUR PERSONAL ‘AMBASSADOR’—COMPLIMENTS OF SPG
The Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) loyalty program has just launched a new menu of perks for its ‘elite’ members — mainly because their top 2% travelers are dominating over 30% of their revenue. International Starwood properties include Sheraton, Westin, W Hotels, Le Meridien and St Regis and here is how they intend to cater to […]
$42 MILLION FOR NYC CONDO WITH $200,000 STORAGE BIN
According to Propgoluxury, One57, the 90 floor residential high-rise addition to the Park Hyatt currently being built is marketing 13 condos with asking prices of $42 million or more. Two high-floor duplexes are priced at $98.5 million making it both New York’s highest residential building in stature and price. “But it’s not just the apartments […]
A Waldorf for downtown
CONRAD, the luxury hotel and resort company owned by the Blackstone Group, has announced that the end of 2011 will see a new Conrad hotel in New York that will be the luxury hotel brand’s fifth property in the United States. Located in the Financial District, site formerly occupied by the Embassy Suites New York at 102 […]